Melchior Buchner

Draft of an altar painting, undated

Vision of a religious saint, 1756

Melchior Buchner , also Puchner , Büchner (born January 6, 1695 in Schongau , † September 12, 1758 in Ingolstadt ) was a German painter and plasterer .

Life

In the monastery church of St. Martin in Fischbachau, the 73 wall and ceiling frescoes from 1738 with various motifs - u. a. from the life of Jesus as well as the Saints Martin ( Martin's legend) and Benedict - attributed. In any case, the large fresco above the organ gallery is signed by him. In Fischbachau he worked with the plasterer Thomas Glasl as well as in the Tegernsee monastery on the design of the auditorium (today in the Tegernsee high school ).

The painting Manna - Rain from the Cathedral of Eichstätt (today in the Diocesan Museum Eichstätt ) is by Buchner . In addition, the city views of Ingolstadt from the north and Ingolstadt from the south are known from him.

The painter Franz Ignaz Oefele was one of his students in Ingolstadt .

literature

Hans Vollmer : Buchner, Melchior . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 180 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Buchner, Melchior . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 684.

Individual evidence

↑ St. Martin Monastery Church ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Lillian Schacherl: Upper Bavaria. Ferienregion Oberland , ADAC travel guide, 2010, p. 106 ( Google Books ); Five examples from Fischbachau - after entering your name @1@ 2

↑ Alexander von Reitzenstein , Herbert Brunner: Bavaria , Reclams Art Guide Germany, Volume 1, Verlag P. Reclam, Stuttgart 1964, p. 282 ( excerpt )

^ Dankmar Trier: Glasl, Thomas . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 40. ( Google Books ).

↑ Ferdinand von Werden , Ludwig Brandl: Diaries for the Restoration of the Cathedral at Eichstätt 1938-1945 , 1999, p. 335 ( digitized version )

^ Hans F. Schweers: Paintings in German museums , 2002, p. 657 ( excerpt ).

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Buchner, Melchior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Puchner, Melchior; Büchner, Melchior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and plasterer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 6, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schongau
DATE OF DEATH	September 12, 1758
Place of death	Ingolstadt

[1] St. Martin Monastery Church ( Memento of the original from November 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Lillian Schacherl: Upper Bavaria. Ferienregion Oberland , ADAC travel guide, 2010, p. 106 ( Google Books ); Five examples from Fischbachau - after entering your name @1@ 2

[2] Alexander von Reitzenstein , Herbert Brunner: Bavaria , Reclams Art Guide Germany, Volume 1, Verlag P. Reclam, Stuttgart 1964, p. 282 ( excerpt )

[3] Dankmar Trier: Glasl, Thomas . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 56, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22796-7 , p. 40. ( Google Books ).

[4] Ferdinand von Werden , Ludwig Brandl: Diaries for the Restoration of the Cathedral at Eichstätt 1938-1945 , 1999, p. 335 ( digitized version )

[5] Hans F. Schweers: Paintings in German museums , 2002, p. 657 ( excerpt ).