Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
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Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (sometimes spelled Johann Michael Feuchtmayr or Feichtmayr) (1709, Wessobrunn
, Bavaria
– June 4, 1772) was a German Baroque
stucco
sculptor
and plasterer of the Wessobrunner School
, who worked alongside Johann Michael Fischer
, Johann Joseph Christian
, and Franz Joseph Spiegler
to create some of the most famous churches along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route
.
J. M. Feuchtmayer is considered to be one the finest artists of his time. His work on the Ottobeuren Abbey
, one of the most magnificent churches of the Baroque era, was especially important. The stucco that dominates the design is his.
A member of the famous Feuchtmayer
family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer
(b. 1667); the nephew of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer
(1660–1718) and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
(the Elder) (1666–1713); the brother of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
(the Elder) (1705–1764); the cousin of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
(1696–1770); and the uncle of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
(the Younger) (b. 1735).
Wessobrunn
Wessobrunn is a municipality in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria in Germany.-Paterzell airfield:Paterzell airfield is located in Wessobrunn. The local aeroclub Luftsportverein Weilheim-Peißenberg competes in glider aerobatics. The German National Champion in 2006, Markus Feyerabend...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
– June 4, 1772) was a German Baroque
Baroque sculpture
Baroque sculpture is the sculpture associated with the Baroque cultural movement, a movement often identified with the existence of important Baroque art and architecture in non-absolutist and Protestant states.-Course:...
stucco
Stucco
Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as decorative coating for walls and ceilings and as a sculptural and artistic material in architecture...
sculptor
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
and plasterer of the Wessobrunner School
Wessobrunner School
The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of Baroque stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria, Germany....
, who worked alongside Johann Michael Fischer
Johann Michael Fischer
Johann Michael Fischer was a German architect in the late Baroque period....
, Johann Joseph Christian
Johann Joseph Christian
Johann Joseph Christian was a German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver. His masterworks are considered to be the choir stalls in Zwiefalten Abbey and Ottobeuren Abbey....
, and Franz Joseph Spiegler
Franz Joseph Spiegler
Franz Joseph Spiegler was a German Baroque painter. He is best known for his frescoes, which decorate many of the churches and monasteries along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route. The frescoes in the Zwiefalten Abbey are considered his masterpiece.Spiegler was born the Free Imperial City of Wangen...
to create some of the most famous churches along the Upper Swabian Baroque Route
Upper Swabian Baroque Route
The Upper Swabian Baroque Route is a touristic theme route through Upper Swabia, following the themes of "nature, culture, baroque". The route has a length of about 500 km . It was established in 1966, being one of the first theme routes in Germany...
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J. M. Feuchtmayer is considered to be one the finest artists of his time. His work on the Ottobeuren Abbey
Ottobeuren Abbey
Ottobeuren is a Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany.-First foundation:It was founded in 764 by Blessed Toto, and dedicated to St. Alexander, the martyr. Of its early history little is known beyond the fact that Toto, its first abbot, died about...
, one of the most magnificent churches of the Baroque era, was especially important. The stucco that dominates the design is his.
A member of the famous Feuchtmayer
Feuchtmayer
The Feuchtmayers were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School....
family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer
Michael Feuchtmayer
Michael Feuchtmayer was a member of the Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the German Wessobrunner School.He was the brother of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer ; the father of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer ; the...
(b. 1667); the nephew of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer
Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer
Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the Wessobrunner School.Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn Abbey...
(1660–1718) and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer was a German painter and copper engraver.He was born in Wessobrunn, into the famous Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with the Wessobrunner School....
(the Elder) (1666–1713); the brother of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School.A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698, Wessobrunn, Bavaria – 1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the...
(the Elder) (1705–1764); the cousin of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer was an important Rococo stuccoist and sculptor, active in southern Germany and Switzerland....
(1696–1770); and the uncle of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with the Wessobrunner School....
(the Younger) (b. 1735).
Major works
Austria
- WilheringWilheringWilhering is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria. Their slogan is culture and life and for culture they have Cistercian Abbey and the Rococo church, for life they have the nature and woods that are around Wilhering. The Cisterican Abbey was established in the 1146 and...
—Stiftskirche Mariä HimmelfahrtWilhering AbbeyWilhering Abbey is a Cistercianmonastery in Wilhering in Upper Austria, about 8 km from Linz. The buildings, re-constructed in the 18th century, are known for their spectacular Rococo decoration.-History:...
(stucco in transepts and choir)
Baden-Württemberg
- Bad SäckingenBad SäckingenBad Säckingen is a rural town in the administrative district of Waldshut in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is famous as the "Trumpeteer's City" because of the book "The Trumpeteer of Säckingen", a famous 19th century novel by German author Joseph Victor von Scheffel.- Geography :Bad...
—Convent Church of St. Fridolin (1751) (stucco) - HaigerlochHaigerloch-Geography:-Geographical situation:Haigerloch lies at between 430 and 550 metres elevation in the valley of the Eyach, which forms two loops in a steep shelly limestone valley...
—Pilgrimage Church of St. Anne (1753–1755) (stucco work and side altar design) - Kisslegg—Neues Schloss (New Castle) (1721–1727) (stucco figures of the SibylSibylThe word Sibyl comes from the Greek word σίβυλλα sibylla, meaning prophetess. The earliest oracular seeresses known as the sibyls of antiquity, "who admittedly are known only through legend" prophesied at certain holy sites, under the divine influence of a deity, originally— at Delphi and...
s on the staircase) - Seeon im ChiemgauSeeon-SeebruckSeeon-Seebruck is a municipality in the district of Traunstein in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the northern end of lake Chiemsee. It is located near the origin of the river Alz.-Municipal districts:* Seebruck* Seeon* Truchtlaching...
—Chapel of St. Nicholas at the Benedictine Monastery of St. LambertSeeon AbbeySeeon Abbey was a Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Seeon-Seebruck in the rural district of Traunstein in Bavaria, Germany.-History:...
(stucco) - SigmaringenSigmaringenSigmaringen is a town in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Situated on the upper Danube, it is the capital of the Sigmaringen district....
—Catholic Parish Church of St. John the Evangelist (altars) - ZwiefaltenZwiefaltenZwiefalten is a municipality in the district of Reutlingen, located halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. The former Zwiefalten Abbey dominates the town...
—Zwiefalten AbbeyZwiefalten Abbey- References :...
(1741–1747) (stucco)
Bavaria
- AmorbachAmorbachAmorbach is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany, with some 4,100 inhabitants .- Location :...
—Benedictine Abbey Church of St. MariaAmorbach AbbeyAmorbach Abbey was a Benedictine monastery located at Amorbach in the district of Miltenberg in Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany.- History :...
(high altar and other altars) - AugsburgAugsburgAugsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
—Dominican Church of St. Magdalena (1716) (stucco) - Dießen am AmmerseeDießen am AmmerseeDießen am Ammersee is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany.-References:...
—Church of St. Maria (completed 1739) (stucco) - OttobeurenOttobeurenOttobeuren is a municipality in Bavaria, Germany, located 10 km southeast of Memmingen near the A7. It is famous for Ottobeuren Abbey, situated next to the Basilica....
—Benedictine Monastery Church of the Holy TrinityOttobeuren AbbeyOttobeuren is a Benedictine abbey, located in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany.-First foundation:It was founded in 764 by Blessed Toto, and dedicated to St. Alexander, the martyr. Of its early history little is known beyond the fact that Toto, its first abbot, died about...
(1737–1766) (stucco) - StaffelsteinBad StaffelsteinBad Staffelstein is a small town in the Bavarian Administrative Region of Upper Franconia in Germany. It is known for the beautiful landscape that surrounds it, which has been given the name "Gottesgarten am Obermain"...
—Pilgrimage Church of VierzehnheiligenFourteen Holy HelpersThe Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their intercession is believed to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases...
(stucco on the Gnadenaltar) - WürzburgWürzburgWürzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....
—Pilgrimage Church of St. Maria (Marienkapelle) (1747–1750) (stucco)