Ulrich after work
Ulrich Feierabend (* in the 15th century in Rapperswil SG ; † after 1480 ibid) was a Swiss manufacturer of woodcuts who was the first medieval graphic artist to sign his works.
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In the late Middle Ages, comparatively inexpensive woodcuts appeared, thanks to which even the common people could acquire holy images for private devotion. These were placed in prayer books or nailed to the wall at home. The works were printed as single-leaf woodcuts, while the copperplate engraving was only adopted at the turn of the Renaissance.
A master who produced colored devotional pictures in series in Rapperswil in Eastern Switzerland around 1465/1480 was the first to acknowledge his creation on the framing of his works by naming his name and place of residence, as otherwise only became customary in the Renaissance .
Two of his artistically high-quality woodcuts have survived today: On the depiction of Mary in the ear of corn, dated around 1466 and now kept at the Technical University in Zurich, he is called "Firabet", and the second work, a woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus made around 1480, he signed with "Firabet ze raperswil" (in today's German: Feierabend zu Rapperswil).
He was the first artist who signed single-sheet woodcuts with his full name or who even put a signature on printed products and is the oldest known graphic artist in Switzerland.
In research, the creator of these works is identified with Ulrich Feierabend, who died after 1480 in Rapperswil (or “Firabet” in old documents), about whom little has otherwise been passed on.
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- Joseph Zemp: Firabet zu Rapperswil. In: Report on the activities of the Federal Commission of the Gottfried Keller Foundation, 1926, pp. 7-10
- Adolf Hüppi: Religious graphics of the late Gothic: Firabet zu Rapperswil. In: Heimatkunde vom Linthgebiet 9, 1936, pp. 25–29, 33–36
- Renate Treydel: Firabet, Ulrich . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 40, Saur, Munich a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-598-22780-9 , p. 248. ( online via De Gruyter online , subscription access)
Web links
- Master Firabet von Rapperswil, Christ on the cross with Maria and Johannes, around 1460 - 1480
- Firabet of Rapperswil: Crucifixion with three Angels and the symbols of the Evangelists
- Firabet of Rapperswil: Crucifix with Three Angels and the Symbols of the Evangelists (about 1465)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Weber: Printmaking. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | After work, Ulrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firabet, Ulrich; Firabet to Rapperswil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss wood carver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rapperswil SG |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1480 |
| Place of death | Rapperswil SG |