Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder
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Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (17 April 1666 (baptism) – 15 October 1713) was a German painter
and copper engraver
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He was born in Wessobrunn
, into the famous Feuchtmayer
family of Baroque artists
associated with the Wessobrunner School
.
He was the brother of Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer
(1660–1718) and Michael Feuchtmayer
(b. 1667); the uncle of Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
(1696–1770), Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
(the Elder) (1705–1764), and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
(the Younger) (1709–1772); and the great-uncle of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
(the Younger) (b. 1735).
J. M. Feuchtmayer is most famous for the 1706 high altar paintings in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Idda in Bauen
, Switzerland. With his brother Franz Joseph
, he was also responsible for the choir stalls in the Benedictine monastery church
in Einsiedeln, Switzerland
. He died in Konstanz
.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and copper engraver
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
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He was born in Wessobrunn
Wessobrunn Abbey
Wessobrunn Abbey was a Benedictine monastery near Weilheim in Bavaria, Germany.It is celebrated as the home of the famous Wessobrunn Prayer and also of a Baroque school of stucco workers and plasterers in the 18th century....
, into the famous Feuchtmayer
Feuchtmayer
The Feuchtmayers were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School....
family of Baroque artists
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:...
associated with 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....
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He was the brother 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 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 uncle 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), 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), and Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer
Johann Michael Feuchtmayer 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...
(the Younger) (1709–1772); and the great-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).
J. M. Feuchtmayer is most famous for the 1706 high altar paintings in the Catholic Parish Church of St. Idda in Bauen
Bauen
Bauen is a municipality on Lake Lucerne in the Swiss canton of Uri.-Geography:Bauen has an area, , of . Of this area, 13.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 74.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.9% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...
, Switzerland. With his brother Franz Joseph
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...
, he was also responsible for the choir stalls in the Benedictine monastery church
Einsiedeln Abbey
Einsiedeln Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in the town of Einsiedeln in the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland. The abbey is dedicated to Our Lady of the Hermits, the title being derived from the circumstances of its foundation, from which the name Einsiedeln is also said to have originated...
in Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Einsiedeln is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey. Einsiedeln is also the birthplace of Paracelsus, a Renaissance physician and alchemist who is credited with first naming zinc.-Prehistoric...
. He died in Konstanz
Konstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
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