Max Bentele (painter)

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Self-portrait of the young Max Bentele

Max Bentele (born July 25, 1825 in Lindenberg im Allgäu ; † March 9, 1893 there ; also Maximilian Bentele ) was a German history and church painter ( referred to as a decorative painter in the imperial era ).

Youth and education

Max Bentele grew up as the son of the carpenter and joiner Josef Bentele and his wife Karoline on a small farm in Lindenberg-Raisach. The artistically gifted father had attended a drawing school in Munich in his youth and in this way also supported his eager and eager son, whom he taught drawing skills before reading and writing. Later, his primary school teacher and the Simmerberg salt factor continued Max Bentele's drawing training.

After successful additional Latin lessons, he was able to begin studying at the Polytechnic School in Munich as early as 1841 - at the age of 16 . A year later (1842) he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he studied for a total of eight years; initially with Clemens Zimmermann and then with Heinrich Heß , and Julius Schnorr as well as with Joseph Schlotthauer and Moritz von Schwind .

While Moritz von Schwind's artistic imagination fascinated him, he felt personally and artistically drawn to the Oberstdorf painter Johann Schraudolph , who also worked at the Munich Academy . After the death of Bentele's parents, this mentor took on the role of a surrogate father. King Ludwig I rewarded Bentele's achievements (drawings, sketches, nudes, drapery studies) with several grants.

Memorial plaque on his house in Lindenberg

Assistant time

After his successful examination, Bentele worked on larger projects together with other already renowned artists, for example in 1849 for Augustin Palme on his large frescoes in the Basilica Vierzehnheiligen near Bamberg. Under the direction of Johann von Schraudolph (1850-1852) he painted seven frescoes in the Speyer Cathedral . On behalf of Schraudolph and based on his designs, the frescoes in the churches of Bruchsal and Baden-Baden were created in 1855–1856. Even Edward von Steinle let Max Bentele of the Second World War destroyed the old 1861-1868 for his frescoes in the stairwell Wallraf-Richartz Museum come to Cologne and work.

Altar sheet “Pietà” in the right side altar of the old parish church of St. Aurelius in Lindenberg

Allgäu

Max Bentele created altar and church paintings in his home country. His works are in the Lindenberg Aurelius Church , in the Scheidegger parish church of St. Gallus, in the parish church of St. Margareta in Heimenkirch , in Röthenbach, Ellhofen (10 oil-painted apostles in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul), large ceiling frescoes based on his own designs in Maierhöfen , Grünenbach and Gestratz, an altarpiece in St. Michael in Stockheim (Bad Wörishofen) and works in the parish church of St. Martin in Scheidegg-Scheffau, Bolsterlang, Wangen, Weitnau, Oberreitnau, Christazhofen, Merazhofen, Siggen, Hohenweiler, Ingenried near Schongau, Ruderatshofen, Lauchdorf near Kaufbeuren, Denklingen, Westendorf, Stockheim near Türkheim, Apfeltrang and Seifriedsberg can be seen.

literature

Web links

Commons : Max Bentele  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b see Günter Fichter: The Lindenberg painter Maximilian Bentele
  2. ↑ Munich Polytechnic School, founded in 1827, from 1868 Kgl. Bayr. Polytechnic school, from 1877 TH, today Technical University
  3. ↑ a b see literature ADB Hyacinth Holland: Max Bentele
  4. ↑ see web link GMV Lindenberg: Maximilian-Bentele-Straße
personal data
SURNAME Bentele, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentele, Maximilian (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindenberg in the Allgäu
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1893
Place of death Lindenberg in the Allgäu