Matthias Goebbels

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Painting of the St. Briktius Church in Oekoven

Matthias Goebbels ( Joseph Matthias Hubertus Goebbels ; born March 19, 1836 in Baesweiler ; † September 6, 1911 in Aachen ) was chaplain at Sankt Maria im Kapitol in Cologne for 32 years and an important church painter in his day .

The church of the Rolduc Abbey ( Kerkrade , NL) was painted by Goebbels and is considered his masterpiece. He created paintings in the style of historicism and the Nazarenes for more than 20 churches in the Rhineland, but most of them are no longer preserved. Well-preserved examples of his painting can be found next to the abbey church in Rolduc in St. Briktius in Oekoven and in the former Marienborn monastery in Hoven (Zülpich) . Because his father came from Siersdorf (Aldenhoven) , it was an honor for him to have the wings on the late Gothic Antwerp reredos with pictures from the life of Jesusto paint. He painted himself and his three sisters in the pictures.

In recognition of his services, he was appointed canon of the Aachen Minster in 1892. Although he was entitled to a grave in Aachen, he preferred to be buried in his place of birth. His grave is in the Baesweiler cemetery . In spring 2007 the cemetery forecourt was named after him.

literature

  • Klaus Hardering: The painting of the abbey church of Rolduc by the church painter Matthias Goebbels (19th century). Aachener Kunstblätter 58 (1989/90), pp. 149–192
  • Klaus Hardering: The Abbey Church of Klosterrath: Building history and importance = De Abdijkerk te Rolduc. Utrecht: Clavis, 1998. (Clavis art historical monographs; 18) ISBN 90-75616-06-6
  • Anke Twachtmann-Schlichter: Matthias Goebbels: Decorative painting and church restoration in the 19th century in Cologne. Hildesheim; Zurich; New York: Olms 1994 (Studies on Art History; Vol. 89) Zugl .: Münster (Westphalia), Univ., Diss., 1992 ISBN 3-487-09889-X
  • Hans G. Schönen: Matthias Goebbels' picture Bible in Rolduc (Kerkrade), Oekoven (Rommerskirchen) and Marienborn (Zülpich-Hoven). Rommerskirchen: Edition St. Briktius 2002 ISBN 3-926765-94-1 )
  • Klaus Hardering: Church man and church painter: The Aachen cathedral canon Matthias Goebbels. In: Baesweiler Geschichtsverein 1/2010, pp. 2–82

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personal data
SURNAME Goebbels, Matthias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goebbels, Joseph Matthias Hubertus; Göbbels, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic clergyman and church painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH Baesweiler
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1911
Place of death Aachen