Max Fürst (painter)

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Max Fürst (born October 15, 1846 in Traunstein , † August 30, 1917 in Munich ) was a German history painter and local researcher .

Life

Max Fürst was the son of a Messner from Traunstein . On April 25, 1863, he enrolled at the Munich Royal Academy of Arts for the class of antiquities. Under the influence of his teacher and patron Johann von Schraudolph , he turned to religious painting. As early as 1869 he received the annual prize and the silver medal of the Munich Academy for the painting "Moses protects the daughters of Jethro". In 1872 he went to Rome to study, where he painted, among other things, the oil painting "To the catacomb". After his return he settled in Munich and subsequently created numerous altar paintings and wall paintings for churches, mainly in Upper Bavaria . His most extensive commission was probably 30 ceiling paintings for the St. Oswalds parish church in Traunstein (1904–1909).

Max Fürst had been a member of the Association for Christian Art since 1876 and, from 1883, its long-term deputy chairman. In addition to his work as a painter, he wrote the "Biographical Lexicon for the Area between Inn and Salzach" in 1901, as well as several local and art historical writings that appeared in various newspapers and magazines. In 1884 he published a little book about the history of the St. Oswald Church in Traunstein and in 1918 the text "King Ludwig I of Bavaria and his buildings".

In recognition of the services that Max Fürst acquired as a painter and local writer, his hometown Traunstein made him an honorary citizen in 1909. As a co-founder of the St. Georg Association in Traunstein, he later became an honorary member.

Works (selection)

  • Bergen , Parish Church of St. Giles: wall paintings (1883–1893)
  • Chieming , parish church of the Assumption of Mary: painting of the main altar (~ 1885)
  • Frasdorf , parish church St. Margaretha: John the Baptist (1885)
  • Grabenstätt , parish church of St. Maximilian: complete painting (1873–1878)
  • Litzldorf near Bad Feilnbach , St. Michael parish church : ceiling painting depicting the life of Jesus (around 1870)
  • Maria Eck Monastery : Wall frescoes on the legend of Antonius in the St. Antonius Chapel
  • Mettenheim (Bavaria) , Parish Church St. Michael: Two side altar paintings with extracts (1888)
  • Oberaudorf , Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary: mural (1877)
  • Rosenheim , Lorettokapelle: Frescoes Annunciation, Nativity and Queen of Heaven (1887)
  • Vachendorf , Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary: ceiling painting (1894/95)
  • Welshofen , parish church St. Peter: five ceiling paintings and two wall paintings (1880)
  • Straubing , Carmelite Church: four large wall paintings (1879–1883)
  • Strasbourg , Church of the Citizens Hospital: Oil painting cycle "The Works of Mercy"

as well as the profane historical paintings

  • "Drusus and the German seer on the Elbe"
  • "Portrait of the Painter Nikolaus Gysis " (1865)

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Else Scheipl: History of the Association for Christian Art in Munich 1860 to 1990 . Munich 1995, ISBN 3-927457-03-5 , p. 188
  2. ^ Complete scan of Max Fürst's writing about the history of the Traunstein Church
personal data
SURNAME Prince, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Traunstein
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1917
Place of death Munich