Sebastian Staudhamer

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Sebastian Staudhamer (born December 18, 1857 in Burgkirchen an der Alz , † January 14, 1945 in Munich ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman , church painter and art historian .

education

Sebastian Hamer Staud studied philosophy and Catholic theology in the Episcopal Seminary of St. Stephan in Passau , received in 1881 by Bishop Joseph Francis of ringer in the Great Cathedral in Passau the priesthood and was followed for five years in the ministry.

Live and act

In 1886 he moved to Munich to the former Kollegiatstiftskirche and the Court Church , to which both the Executive Board as provost , he was appointed 1,923th As a church painter , Staudhamer was a student of Carl Baumeister and Max Adamo , painted altar and devotional pictures for churches and monasteries as well as portraits of church dignitaries. In 1893 he was one of the founders of the German Society for Christian Art and launched the art magazines Die christliche Kunst (1904) and Der Pionier (1908). Until 1924 he acted as editor of Christian Art and then passed the office on to Georg Lill .

literature

  • German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE), 1st edition, Vol. 9, Munich 1998, p. 457.

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