Michael Kössler

St. Ingnatius altar in the parish church of Glatz

Michael Koessler (also Kößler; Kösler, Koeßler * to 1670 in Swabia , † after 1734 ) was a German sculptor and carver of Baroque . His work places were in Wroclaw , in the then directly to Bohemia belonging Glatz , in Moravia , in the Duchy of Nysa and in the Duchy of Opole .

Life

Anna selbdritt , Moravian old town

The life data of Michael Kössler, who came from Swabia, are not known. On August 2, 1699, he married in Breslau and had a child baptized there that same year. Another child was baptized in Glatz in 1708 , where he acquired citizenship and presumably ran a sculpture workshop until the 1720s. His place of residence in Falkenberg is proven for 1728 .

Works

In County Glatz

Glatz , Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary:
- Carved Figures of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (1704)
- Ignatius Altar (1712-1713) or (1737)
Konradswalde , parish church: high altar (1705; 1751 removed ), figures of St. Blasius and Valentin (1705)
Reinerz , Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul: high altar and pulpit Shark (1718; has long been mistaken for a work of d Michael Klahr the Elder.. Kept )

In the principality of Neisse

Grottkau , parish church St. Michael: Architectural high altar with figures (1728)

In the Duchy of Opole

Himmelwitz , former monastery church of the Assumption of Mary: main altar in Régence style (1734)

In Moravia

Schönberg : Mariensäule (1718–1720) with the figures of the hll. Josef , Petrus , Johannes von Nepomuk , Sebastian , Rochus , Franz Xaver and Bruno as well as Pope Gregor XII. The crowning piece is the figure of the Immaculate Conception ; in the grotto St. Rosalia depicted.
Old town : sculpture of St. Anna selbdritt (1712–1716) for the parish church of St. Anna ( today in the Diocesan Museum in Olomouc )

literature

Kössler, Michael . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 189 .
Ewa Chojecka: Sztuka Górnego c od Śląska średniowiecza do końca XX wieku . Muzeum Śląska, Kattowitz 2004, ISBN 83-8745577-6 , p. 138-139 and 153 .
Dehio -Manual of Art Monuments in Poland Silesia. Munich / Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X .

Individual evidence

↑ Ryszard Gładkiewicz: Kłodzko: dzieje miasta Ed. Muzeum Ziemi Kłodzkiej, 1998, p, 204.
↑ Travel guide: The Glatzer Land - Glatz / Kłodzko. grafschaft-glatz.de, accessed on November 5, 2019 .
↑ Drahomír Polák: History mariánského sloupu v Šumperku. Šumperk 1996, p. 53 (Czech).
↑ Helena Zápalková: sv Sousoší. Anny Samotřetí z kostela sv. Anny ve Starém Městě pod Sněžníkem. Příspěvek k dílu slezského sochaře Michala Kösslera. Střední Morava Olomouc 14, 2008, issue 27, pp. 32–39.

personal data
SURNAME	Kössler, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kößler, Michael; Kösler, Michael; Koessler, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baroque sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH	Swabia
DATE OF DEATH	after 1734

[1] Ryszard Gładkiewicz: Kłodzko: dzieje miasta Ed. Muzeum Ziemi Kłodzkiej, 1998, p, 204.

[2] Travel guide: The Glatzer Land - Glatz / Kłodzko. grafschaft-glatz.de, accessed on November 5, 2019 .

[3] Drahomír Polák: History mariánského sloupu v Šumperku. Šumperk 1996, p. 53 (Czech).

[4] Helena Zápalková: sv Sousoší. Anny Samotřetí z kostela sv. Anny ve Starém Městě pod Sněžníkem. Příspěvek k dílu slezského sochaře Michala Kösslera. Střední Morava Olomouc 14, 2008, issue 27, pp. 32–39.