Otto Glänz

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Franz Otto Glänz (* 1837 in Freiburg im Breisgau , † 1907 ibid) was a German carpenter and wood sculptor who worked in the neo-Gothic style .

life and work

Otto Glänz was one of five sons of the carpenter and wood sculptor Franz Sales Glänz (1810–1855) and after his early death took over his workshop with his brothers August Glänz (1830–1863) and Maximilian Glänz (1839–1868).

Among other things, he created a pulpit and a baptismal font for the Reformed Church in Meilen in 1864/68 and the high altar of St. Oswald's Church in Zug , Switzerland, in 1865/66 . In 1867 he made the altar for the St. Wendelin chapel in Todtnau- Brandenberg, and in 1868 the neo-baroque high altar tabernacle for the parish church of St. Gallus in Kirchzarten . In 1876 he made two side altars for St. Bartholomew in Beuren an der Aach .

literature

  • Friedrich Kempf: The Glänz family of sculptors. The revival of the Gothic in Freiburg i. Br. At the beginning of the 19th century . In: Schau-ins-Land 34, 1907, p. 53 ( digitized version ).
  • Peter Kalchthaler : Glaenz (Glänz), German carpenter family . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 55, Saur, Munich a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22795-0 , p. 522 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A (otherwise undetectable) Adolph Glänz appears as a sculptor in the Freiburg address book in 1856, August Glänz is named from 1858, the Glänz brothers are named from 1865, Otto Glänz from 1869, Otto Glänz & Sohn (Belfortstrasse 18) from 1890 to 1907. His son (Franz) Otto Glänz appeared from 1908 to 1930/31. See the historical address books of the city of Freiburg .
  2. ^ Zürcher Denkmalpflege 9th report 1977/78, 1st part. Zurich 1982, p. 103.
  3. ↑ B. Staub: The Canton of Zug . 2nd edition, Zug 1869, p. 53 ; INSA. Inventory of recent Swiss architecture . Vol. 10. Society for Swiss Art History, Bern 1992, ISBN 3-280-02180-4 , pp. 531-532. The altar was replaced by a new high altar in 1935.
  4. ↑ Built in 1867 with many donations from the citizens . In: Badische Zeitung October 21, 2010 (here incorrectly attributed to August Glänz, who, however, died in 1863).
  5. ^ Manfred Hermann, Franz Kern: Parish Church of St. Gallus Kirchzarten. 4th edition. Regensburg, Schnell & Steiner 1999, ISBN 3-7954-4794-1 , p. 6; Johanna Pölzl: How the church got into the village. A short local history of Kirchzartens. Dreisam Druck, Kirchzarten 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814630-0-2 , p. 95.
  6. ↑ Joseph Sauer : The church art of the first half of the 19th century in Baden. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1933, p. 52 ( digitized version ). The altars were removed in the 1960s.
personal data
SURNAME Glänz, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glänz, Franz Otto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carpenter and wood sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH 1907
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau