Simon Ybertracher

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High altar in the parish church of St. Katharina in Schnals

Simon Ybertracher (born October 9, 1694 in Naturns ; † August 30, 1772 in Meran ) was a Tyrolean baroque painter who created altarpieces, paintings and frescoes, mainly in Vinschgau and the surrounding area.

Life

Simon Ybertracher was born in Naturns, the son of a blacksmith. Nothing is known about his training. The oldest of his works are frescoes in the Hochnaturn residence from 1720. From 1743 there are sacred works by him.

Work (selection)

  • Jenesien , Flaas, parish church St. Sebastian Altes Altarblatt, Maria with the child (deposited)
  • Latsch , parish church Peter and Paul, four paintings 1744
  • Latsch, Spitalkirche, side altar 14 emergency helpers 1748
  • Latsch, Our Lady on the Bichl, high altar (deposited)
  • Latsch, Tarsch , St. Karpophorus, painting on the altar, 1743
  • Naturns, Gasthof Weißes Rössl, facade, Immaculate 1751
  • Naturns, St. Oswald in Tschirland, side altars and ceiling fresco
  • Plaus , Parish Church of St. Ulrich, Former high altar sheet, disputation of St. Katharina (deposited)
  • St. Pankraz , parish church, painting Baptism of St. Pankrazius around 1750
  • Katharinaberg in Schnals , parish church St. Katharina, high altar, pictures
  • Our Lady in Schnals, Parish Church of Our Lady , side altars

More of his pictures can be found in the Princely Castle in Merano.

Honors

A school and a street in his home town of Naturns are named after Ybertracher.

literature

  • August Kleeberg: painter Simon Ybertracher from Naturns . In: Der Schlern , 33, 1959, pp. 11–21.
  • Josef Weingartner : The art monuments of South Tyrol . Vol. II, 7th edition 1991.

Web links

Commons : Simon Ybertracher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kleeberg p. 21
  2. ↑ Kleeberg p. 20
  3. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 181
  4. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 773
  5. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 778
  6. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 779
  7. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 767
  8. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 726
  9. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 725
  10. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 720
  11. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 520
  12. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 746
  13. ↑ Weingartner, Vol. II, p. 738
personal data
SURNAME Ybertracher, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tyrolean baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1694
PLACE OF BIRTH Naturno
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1772
Place of death Meran