Michael Gasser (sculptor)

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Michael Gasser († 9. April 1677 in Hall in Tirol ) was from Bavaria originating in Tirol active Baroque sculptors .

Life

Nothing is known about the training of Michael Gasser, who comes from Irsing near Bad Tölz in Upper Bavaria. After three requests, he was granted citizenship in Hall on November 26, 1649 and settled there as a sculptor. Even at the beginning of his activity in Tyrol, he received larger orders and created statues and altars for several churches in the Tyrolean lowlands .

Michael Gasser follows the tradition of the Weilheim school . His works, including several Madonnas of the Patrona Bavariae type , correspond to the early Baroque in their statuesque posture and the barely bulging folds that emphasize the vertical .

His son Johann Jakob Gasser also worked as a sculptor in Hall.

Works

Madonna and Child on the facade of the Jesuit Church in Hall
  • High altar with figures of hll. Ingenuin and Albuin, Schwaz Parish Church , 1648–1650
  • Crucifixion group at the Freundsberg Palace Chapel , Schwaz, around 1650
  • Statue of the Madonna and Child on the facade of the Schwaz parish church, around 1650
  • Statues (Madonna and Child, Salvator, Holy Spirit Dove) on the facade of the Jesuit Church Hall, 1653
  • High altar, parish church Volders , 1656 (with Goerg Seltsam)
  • Madonna and Child, Hall Spitalskirche, 1671

literature

  • Reinhard Rampold: The crucifixion group of the Freundsberger Schlosskapelle - a newly discovered work by the sculptor Michael Gasser from Hall. In: Heimatblätter - Schwazer Kulturzeitschrift No. 66, 2009, pp. 11–15 ( PDF; 3.2 MB )

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personal data
SURNAME Gasser, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH before 1649
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1677
Place of death Hall in Tirol