Wilhelm von Wörndle
Wilhelm von Wörndle (also Wilhelm Wörndle von Adelsried ; born June 16, 1863 at Weiherburg Castle , Innsbruck ; † January 29, 1927 in Glatz ) was an Austrian history painter .
Life
Wilhelm von Wörndle was the son of the landscape painter and etcher Edmund von Wörndle (1827–1906) and Sophie von Attlmayr († 1898). Like his uncle August Wörndle von Adelsfried , Wilhelm studied at the Vienna Academy , where he was a student of the history painter Josef Mathias Trenkwald . In 1893/95 he helped his father with the frescoes in the memorial chapel for Andreas Hofer in St. Leonhard in Passeier . After studying in Rome in 1895/96, he worked with his father on the frescoes of the St. Johann d. T. in Schwaz .
From around 1900 he was based in Glatz, where he worked as a busy church painter.
Works (selection)
- Niederhannsdorf , parish church Johannes d. T .: Altar painting of the church patron
- Altwilmsdorf , Hussite Chapel: ceiling fresco (1904/05)
- Wölfelsgrund , Maria Schnee pilgrimage church : frescoes "Annunciation" and "Visitation of Mary"
literature
- Wörndle, Wilhelm von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 170 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on newadvent.org, accessed November 20, 2011
- ↑ Maria Schnee pilgrimage church on grafschaft-glatz.de, accessed on November 20, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wörndle, Wilhelm von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wörndle von Adelsried, Wilhelm; Wörndle, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian history painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1927 |
| Place of death | Bald |