Matthäus Schiestl

Matthäus Schiestl (born March 27, 1869 in Gnigl (Salzburg), † January 30, 1939 in Munich ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

St. Wolfgang of Regensburg

The alms of the poor

Schiestl was born in Gnigl in 1869 as the son of the carver Matthäus Schiestl the Elder. In 1873 the family moved to Würzburg . There Schiestl, like his brothers Heinz and Rudolf, completed an apprenticeship in his father's workshop. In 1894 he began training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . There he was a student of Wilhelm von Diez and finally became a master student of Ludwig von Löfftz . In 1905 he went on an educational trip to the Holy Land and Egypt . In 1912 he was appointed professor.

Schiestl became a member of the Hetzfeld rafters ' guild, which was founded in 1905 . Between 1920 and 1939 he worked as a painter in St. Wendel .

Awards

1897 Awarded the silver medal in the competition of the Munich Academy for his "Annunciation of the Shepherds"
1898 Awarded the gold medal in the competition of the Munich Academy with a picture of the three kings

Works (selection)

St. Elisabeth, Bonn ; in collaboration with his brother Heinrich
St. Marien, Kaiserslautern
St. Benno, Munich
Adalberokirche, Würzburg
Resurrection Church, Lohr am Main

literature

M. Martischnig - G. Wacha: Schiestl Matthäus d. J .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 121. (PDF file: 194 kB)
Harriet Brinkmöller-Gandlau: SCHIESTL, Matthäus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 204-206. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Cosmus Flam and Otto Heinrich Fleischer (eds.): The Winter Postille . Bergstadt-Verlag, Breslau 1936 (p. 16: Maria Schnee )

Web links

Commons : Matthäus Schiestl - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Sonja Baranow: Schiestl, Matthäus. In: Horst Ludwig (Hrsg.): Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 4: Saffer – Zwengauer. Bruckmann, Munich 1983, pp. 37, 39
^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1235.
↑ Matthäus Schiestl ( memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the Saarland Biographies

personal data
SURNAME	Schiestl, Matthäus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and graphic artist of Christian art
DATE OF BIRTH	March 27, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gnigl (Salzburg)
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1939
Place of death	Munich

[1] Sonja Baranow: Schiestl, Matthäus. In: Horst Ludwig (Hrsg.): Bruckmanns Lexikon der Münchner Kunst. Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 4: Saffer – Zwengauer. Bruckmann, Munich 1983, pp. 37, 39

[2] Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1235.

[3] Matthäus Schiestl ( memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) in the Saarland Biographies