Michaelsmeister
As Michael Meister is unnamed artist referred to in the second half of the 13th century murals on the Swedish Baltic island of Gotland created. There he mainly painted large-scale compositions in the Romanesque churches.
The artist is named after his pictures of the Archangel Michael as a weigher of the soul, which he painted on Gotland around 1260 . On the north wall of the nave of the church of Vamlingbo, for example, it depicts a monumental balance of the soul of Emperor Heinrich II . The master's craftsmanship is reminiscent of wall paintings from Bamberg Cathedral , for example .
During church restorations, further works by the Michael Master were discovered, which were painted over in the 17th century. In the Eskelhem Church vault paintings were discovered depicting paradise and the cosmos. In the church of Hejdeby there were a number of figure paintings with angels, apostles and saints as well as a damaged representation of the Coronation of Mary.
The motif of the weighing of souls, which the Michael Master depicts, became popular on Gotland; Around 1300 the motifs of the Michael Master were imitated in the churches of Sanda , Hall and Väskinde with a little less artistic skill.
The stonemason Egypticus , found on Gotland, also repeated the motif in the church of Dalhem in the first half of the 14th century .
literature
- Ulrich Quack: Gotland: the largest island in the Baltic Sea; a Swedish province of particular charm; Culture, history, landscape. DuMont Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7701-2415-4
- Ernst Rieber: Gotland in History and Art Ludwigsburg 1974 Issue 3
- B. G Söderberg: Svenska kyrkomålningar från medeltiden . Stockholm 1951 (Danish)
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| SURNAME | Michaelsmeister |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanesque fresco painter on Gotland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 13th Century |