Martin Biterich
Martin Biterich (also Bitterich , actually Pitterich ; born September 28, 1691 in St. Jakob im Stansertal, South Tyrol ; † 1759 in Mainz ) was a Baroque sculptor from Mainz who almost exclusively made figures of saints .
Life
Martin Biterich was born as the son of Viktor Pitterich and his wife Maria Mungenast . His brother Felix settled as a sculptor in Moosburg on the Isar / Bavaria ; his brother Michael in Mannheim . His sister Anna was a nun in Heidelberg . In 1713, Martin Biterich married Maria Sabina Beschauf († 1750) in Mainz, the daughter of a skilled plasterer Sebastian Beschauf who had also immigrated . On December 6th of the same year, Martin Biterich acquired Mainz citizenship . The couple had their eight children baptized in Mainz between 1715 and 1731, including Johann Georg Biterich (* 1724 or 1729 in Mainz; † 1789 in Mainz), who later continued his father's workshop very successfully. Martin Biterich had the addresses Lotharstrasse 8 (probably residential building) and Große Bleiche 44 (probably workshop) in 1747 and died in Mainz in 1759.
plant
Martin Biterich is credited with the extraordinarily high number of around 350 personal sculptures in stone and wood that are still preserved in the Rhine-Main area today. Martin Biterich's works are characterized by his routine style and effective effect. Since his holy figures do not show any ecstatic gestures, they did not fall victim to the changing tastes of the time in the 19th century and therefore came to us in such large numbers.
As contemporary contracts show, the characters of Martin Biterich were not expensive, which is why in 81 documented cases city and rural communities and in 10 cases bourgeois families were his clients. Martin Biterich worked remarkably often for mendicant orders : B. for the Franciscans of St. Wolfgang Monastery in Bad Kreuznach (today the Central Library of Local Studies in the Bad Kreuznach district ); for the Capuchins in Bensheim and Bingen and for the Carmelites from the so-called Black Monastery in Bad Kreuznach (today Catholic parish church St. Nikolaus), as well as for the former Carmelite monastery in Simmern / Hunsrück (today Catholic parish church St. Josef).
literature
- Dr. phil. Ludwig Baron Döry-Jobahaza: The Mainz baroque sculptor Martin Biterich , Mainz magazine - Middle Rhine yearbook for archeology, art and history; Year 66, pp. 9–43 and panels 6–15; Publishing house of the Mainzer Altertumsverein, Mainz 1971
- Georg Dehio and Ed .: Handbook of German Art Monuments , Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich 1984
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biterich, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bitter oak; Pitterich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mainz sculptor of the baroque period |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1691 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Jakob, Stansertal , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1759 |
| Place of death | Mainz |