Matthias Kirchner

Matthias Kirchner (* 1735 in Hall in Tirol , † 1805 in Kitzbühel ) was an Austrian baroque painter .

Life

After the death of Simon Benedikt Faistenberger in 1759 , Kirchner from Hall received citizenship in Kitzbühel, where he worked as a painter until his death. He created frescoes and panel paintings for churches in the Kitzbühel area, but also flower and fruit still life and is considered the last important baroque painter in the region. Stylistically, he is close to the Augsburg Rococo of Matthäus Günther . Copper engravings by Martin Schedel often served as models for his panel paintings .

Works

Ceiling fresco Adoration of the Brazen Serpent , Parish Church Going (around 1775)

Frescoes, pilgrimage chapel on Kirchanger, Kirchberg in Tirol , around 1770
Ceiling frescoes, Westendorf parish church , 1774
Ceiling frescoes, parish church Going am Wilden Kaiser , around 1775
Easter grave, Going parish church, around 1780
Ceiling frescoes, parish church Aschau im Spertental , 1783
Ceiling fresco glorifying the altar sacrament and mural painting Manna rain and bronze snake , Kitzbühel parish church , 1786
Ceiling painting in the choir, Aurach parish church near Kitzbühel , around 1790
Ceiling frescoes, Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser parish church , 1798

literature

Kirchner, Matthias . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 364 .
Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Culture Department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2012. 63rd Monument Report. Innsbruck 2012, p. 118 ( PDF; 12 MB )

Web links

Commons : Matthias Kirchner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Baumann, Wiesauer: Pilgrimage Chapel Our Lady and St. Anna am Kirchanger, Kirchanger Chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
^ Drexel, Wiesauer: parish church hl. Cross. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
^ Johannes Neuhardt, Harald Rupert: The churches of Kitzbühel. Christian Art Centers in Austria, No. 533, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2011, p. 9 ( online )
↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Parish Church hl. Rupert. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .
^ Drexel, Wiesauer: parish church hl. John the Baptist. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kirchner, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1735
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hall in Tirol
DATE OF DEATH	1805
Place of death	Kitzbühel

[1] Baumann, Wiesauer: Pilgrimage Chapel Our Lady and St. Anna am Kirchanger, Kirchanger Chapel. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .

[2] Drexel, Wiesauer: parish church hl. Cross. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .

[3] Johannes Neuhardt, Harald Rupert: The churches of Kitzbühel. Christian Art Centers in Austria, No. 533, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 2011, p. 9 ( online )

[4] Müller, Wiesauer: Parish Church hl. Rupert. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .

[5] Drexel, Wiesauer: parish church hl. John the Baptist. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved August 8, 2018 .