Master of Urphar

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The fresco painter who painted three churches in the area around Urphar , a village east of Wertheim , is called the master of Urphar or Urphar master . He probably worked first in the parish church in Oberschüpf , then in today's St. Laurentius cemetery chapel in Freudenberg and finally in the Jakobuskirche in Urphar.

The late Romanesque frescoes of the master in these churches were rediscovered between 1909 and 1953 and with their depictions of biblical scenes from the creation of the world to the life, death and resurrection of Jesus give an insight into the beliefs of their time. You are at the transition to the Gothic . In a typical depiction that is still reminiscent of the Byzantine imagery, the enthroned Christ is shown as the judge of the world. Images of saints such as St. Michael weighing souls at the Last Judgment expand the representations, as do saints such as Christophorus and James the Elder . James with a pilgrim's shell and a pilgrim's staff reminds us that Urphar and its ford across the Main were on the region's Way of St. James and in the 13th century it was an important stop on its east-west connection from Bohemia. The frescoes of the master were probably also intended as a spiritual view for the pilgrims to Jacob, and Urphar was consecrated in 1297 to the patronage of the apostle.

literature

  • Gustav Rommel: Urphar am Main . Historical Association Alt-Wertheim, Wertheim a. M. 1926, p.
  • Julius Assmann: The Jakobuskirche in Urphar am Main . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1965 ( Grosse Baudenkmäler. Issue 188), p.
  • Friedrich Dosch: Jakobskirche Urphar . Self-published Ev. Kirchengemeinde, Wertheim-Bettingen 1981, p.?.
  • Peter Rückert: The Jakobuskirche in Urphar and the pilgrimage in the Middle Ages . In: Wertheimer Jahrbuch 1993, pp. 9–32, here pp.?.
  • Gunnar Kuderer: Jakobskirche Urphar . 3. Edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin undated [2000] ( DKV-Kunstführer. Nr. 188), p.

Web links

  • Urpharer Meister at the tourism association "Liebliches Taubertal" e. V. (with pictures)
personal data
SURNAME Master of Urphar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Urphar Master
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Fresco painter
DATE OF BIRTH 13th Century
DATE OF DEATH 13th century or 14th century