Simon Benedikt Faistenberger

Self-portrait of Simon Benedikt Faistenberger on the vault of the St. Nikolauskirche in Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol 1744.

Simon Benedikt Faistenberger (baptized October 27, 1695 in Kitzbühel ; † April 22, 1759 in Kitzbühel) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Simon Benedikt Faistenberger is the son of the Kitzbühel painter Ignaz Faistenberger (1662–1728). After training with his father, he went to Munich to do an apprenticeship with Johann Anton Gumpp , where his uncle Andreas also worked as a sculptor. Simon Benedikt Faistenberger was Rottmayr's assistant in the painting of Melk Abbey and during this time also got to know works by Rubens .

From 1727 he moved back to Kitzbühel, where he married the court clerk's daughter, Maria Elisabeth Falger, in 1730 and became a citizen in 1733. He became a member of the Inner Council and was mayor of Kitzbühel from 1752 to 1757

As one of the most important painters of the Tyrolean Unterland in his time, he mainly created church frescoes in Kitzbühel and the surrounding area, which are characterized by moving compositions and foreshortened perspective. There are also several panel paintings from his hand, where his strength lies in portraits.

Works

Canvas Print Crucifixion in the Filialkirche Erpfendorf in Kirchdorf in Tirol (1720)
Remaining fresco of the Crucifixion of Peter above the organ gallery in the parish church of Kössen (1722)
Fresco crucifixion and resurrection of Christ in the cemetery chapel St. Johann in Tirol (1724)
Holy Family in the Marienkapelle of the parish church Kramsach (1725) canvas print
Frescoes in the Johann Nepomuk Chapel in Kitzbühel (1727)
Vault frescos in the deanery parish church Maria Himmelfahrt in St. Johann in Tirol (1727)

Ceiling painting in the choirs of the parish church Rattenberg (1729)

Frescoes in the Rerobichl Chapel near Oberndorf in Tirol (1732)

Fresco medallions in the parish church of Oberndorf in Tirol (1734)

Former vault and wall paintings in the parish church of Kirchberg in Tirol (1739), painted over by Johann Endfelder in 1835

Baroque frescoes in the vault and walls in the Liebfrauenkirche , Kitzbühel (1739)

Vault frescoes in the former St. Nikolaus hospital church in the Weitau near St. Johann in Tirol (1744)

Canvas picture St. Dominikus, canvas picture Maria Magdalena in the deanery parish church Brixen im Thale (1747)

Vault paintings in the parish church of Jochberg (1750)

Canvas painting, crucifix and station pictures in the parish church of Aurach near Kitzbühel (around 1750)

Ceiling fresco Glory of St. Rosa von Lima in the Rosakapelle in Kitzbühel (after 1751)

Former side altar leaves Coronation of Mary and Peter in the parish church of Fieberbrunn (1754)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . List of artists, p. 907.

Naredi-Rainer Paul and Madersbacher Lukas (eds): Art in Tirol Vol. 2, Innsbruck 2007, p. 115

Faistenberger Andreas: The Faistenberger, a modern Tyrolean family of artists, Innsbruck 2007, p. 367 ff

personal data
SURNAME	Faistenberger, Simon Benedikt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 27, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kitzbühel
DATE OF DEATH	April 22, 1759
Place of death	Kitzbühel

[Dehio-T-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Tirol 1980 . List of artists, p. 907.