Stefan Gerstner

Ceiling painting in St. Leodegar, Schliengen

Stefan Gerstner (born December 26, 1885 in Mörsch , Baden , † December 1, 1971 there ) was a German painter.

He was the son of the plasterer Xaver Gerstner (1852–1888) and his wife Karoline Walter. In 1920 he married Maria Emilie Deck. He trained with the church painter Max Stertz in Endingen and studied with Hans Thoma at the Karlsruhe Art Academy . He mainly created paintings for churches in Baden.

Ceiling painting in St. Cosmas and Damian, Jechtingen

Works

1928/29 Dossenheim , St. Pankratius , ceiling painting
1929/30 Munzingen , St. Stephan , crucifixion picture on the altar, based on a design by Josef Mariano Kitschker
1937 Schliengen , St. Leodegar , ceiling paintings.
1948 Au am Rhein , St. Antonius Chapel, Antoniusbild
1954 Jechtingen , St. Cosmas and Damian, ceiling painting
1958 Bietigheim , Heilig Kreuz, repair of inventory parts
1959 Bietigheim, Holy Cross, high altar, pictures of St. Peter and Paul
Dielheim -Balzfeld, Holy Cross, ceiling picture in the nave
Wittnau , Assumption of Mary , ceiling painting

Web links

Commons : Stefan Gerstner - Collection of images, videos and audio files

An almost forgotten church painter in Baden's latest news December 3, 2016
Genealogical page about Stefan Gerstner

Individual evidence

^ Alfred Graf von Kageneck: Freiburg-Munzingen. Parish church, Erentrudis chapel, castle (= Small Art Guide 1126). Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1978, p. 8.
↑ Chronicle of the parish church .
↑ Clemens Kieser: Art and cultural monuments in the Rastatt district and in Baden-Baden . Theiss 2002, p. 30.
↑ p. 21. 36 .
↑ Figure .
↑ Ute Fahrbach-Dreher: How to deal with “difficult monuments” - clear away or live with them? In: Stadtarchiv Karlsruhe (Ed.): The Second World War - Last or Chance of Remembrance? Opposition to the memorial of the 35th Infantry Division in Karlsruhe . Info Verlag, Karlsruhe 2015, ISBN 978-3-88190-823-8 , pp. 118–119 with illustrations.

personal data
SURNAME	Gerstner, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH	Mörsch , Baden
DATE OF DEATH	1st December 1971
Place of death	Mörsch , Baden

[1] Alfred Graf von Kageneck: Freiburg-Munzingen. Parish church, Erentrudis chapel, castle (= Small Art Guide 1126). Schnell & Steiner, Munich / Zurich 1978, p. 8.

[2] Chronicle of the parish church .

[3] Clemens Kieser: Art and cultural monuments in the Rastatt district and in Baden-Baden . Theiss 2002, p. 30.

[4] . 21. 36 .

[5] Figure .

[6] Ute Fahrbach-Dreher: How to deal with “difficult monuments” - clear away or live with them? In: Stadtarchiv Karlsruhe (Ed.): The Second World War - Last or Chance of Remembrance? Opposition to the memorial of the 35th Infantry Division in Karlsruhe . Info Verlag, Karlsruhe 2015, ISBN 978-3-88190-823-8 , pp. 118–119 with illustrations.