Paul Honegger
Paul Honegger (also Paul Honecker ; * around 1590 in Mergentheim ; † May 20, 1649 in Innsbruck ) was a German painter.
Paul Honegger was born in Mergentheim in Swabia in 1590 as the son of Hans Honegger. He trained in Rome. From there, Abbot Thomas de Lugga of Stams is said to have brought him to Tyrol around 1617 to give him various jobs in his monastery. He then became a citizen and painter in Innsbruck, where he died in May 1649.
Under the art-loving princess Claudia de Medici , the wife of the Tyrolean sovereign, Archduke Leopold V , Honecker was appointed to work as court painter in Innsbruck.
- Organ wing Stams monastery (1619)
- Altarpiece Franciscan Monastery Schwaz (1621)
- Fasting picture collegiate church Innsbruck / Wilten (1623)
- Altarpiece Hofkirche Innsbruck (1629)
- Transfer of the Madonna , transfer of the miraculous image of Mariahilf from Lucas Cranach the Elder to Innsbruck (1630)
- Altarpiece parish church Stams (1636)
- Altar leaves parish church Oberhofen (1637)
- Engelsturz collegiate church Marienberg (1646)
- Parish Church Perdonig / Gaid (1626)
- Altarpiece Lana / St Agatha (1635)
literature
- J. Riegler: Paul Honecker. A Tyrolean painter of the early baroque. In: Publications of the Museum Ferdinandeum 42 (1963) 5-35. (on-line)
- E. Box: Art. Honegger. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon 74 (2012) 395f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honegger, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Honecker, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1590 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mergentheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1649 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |