Michael Klahr the Younger

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Michael Klahr the Elder J. Baroque altar of the parish church Bad Landeck
High altar in Neundorf

Michael Klahr the Younger (also: Michael Ignatius Klahr ) (born November 23, 1727 in Bad Landeck , Grafschaft Glatz ; † June 27, 1807 ibid) was a German baroque sculptor .

Life

Michael Klahr the Elder J. was born by his father Michael Klahr the Elder. Ä. trained and worked in his sculptor's workshop, which he continued after his father's death. He also worked mainly for church clients in the County of Glatz. He created numerous altars, pulpits, sculptures, wayside shrines and the like. a. His later works illustrate the transition from Baroque to Rococo . His three sons also became sculptors, but could not achieve the fame of their forefathers.

Works

In County Glatz

  • Bad Landeck , parish church of the Nativity of Mary ( Kościół Narodzenia NMP ): high altar (the current one is a copy made by A. Klein in 1904–1905), pulpit with a figure of Christ on the sound cover, group of the Holy Family and Christmas crib
  • Bad Reinerz , parish church of St. Peter and Paul ( Kościół ŚŚ. Piotra i Pawła ): Baptismal font baptism of Christ
  • Ebersdorf , Parish Church of St. Nicholas ( Kościół Św. Mikołaja ): high altar, side altars and statues
  • Ebersdorf near Neurode , parish church of St. Martin ( Kościół Św. Marcina ) side altar of Maria Immaculata
  • Eisersdorf , parish church of St. Martin ( Kościół Św. Marcina ): pulpit with coat of arms of Joseph von Nussdorfer
  • Habelschwerdt , Parish Church of St. Michael ( Kościół Św. Michała ): Figures of Sts. Franz-Xaver and Johannes Nepomuk ; Chapel of St. Florian ( Kaplica Św. Floriana ): side altar of Our Lady of Sorrows .
  • Hausdorf b. Neurode , Parish Church of St. Catherine ( Kościół Św. Katarzyny ): main altar
  • Kieslingswalde , Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary ( Kościół Wniebowzięcia NMP ): Main altar with figures of Maria Immaculata and Sts. Barbara , Katharina , Johannes Nepomuk and Antonius , on the gates St. Florian and Georg
  • Konradswalde , branch church of the Exaltation of the Cross ( Kościół Podniesienia Krzyża Św. ): Main altar and pulpit
  • Neundorf , Church of the Assumption of Mary: main altar and pulpit
  • Neuwaltersdorf , Filialkirche St. Nikolaus ( Kościół Św. Mikołaja ): pulpit with reliefs of the church fathers
  • Rengersdorf , Parish Church of St. James ( Kościół Św. Jakuba ): Figures of Sts. Franz-Xaver , Thekla , Jakobus , Holy Trinity
  • Rosenthal , Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary ( Kościół Wniebowzięcia NPM ): pulpit decorated in relief, figures from the main altar ( were added to the new altar by Joseph Elsner in 1895 )
  • Thanndorf , parish church of St. Johannes Baptist ( Kościół Św. Jana Chrzciciela ): Figures of Sts. Anna , Zacharias , Maria and Joseph
  • Verlorenwasser , Filialkirche St. Joseph: main altar ( attributed )

In Lower Silesia

literature

  • Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland. Silesia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , pp. 198f., 270, 272, 282, 362, 411, 412, 467, 492, 517, 527, 527, 657, 664, 669, 808 , 941 and 1205.
  • Peter Güttler: The Glatzer Land. A travel guide to the landscape, art and culture of the Kłodzko Mountains / Ziemia Kłodzka in Silesia. Aktion West-Ost eV, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-928508-03-2 .

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personal data
SURNAME Klahr, Michael the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klahr, Michael the Elder J .; Klahr, Michael Ignatius; Klahr, Michael Ignatz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Landeck , County of Glatz
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1807
Place of death Bad Landeck