Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
Illustration — Stucco by F. Feuchtmayer and J. Feuchtmayer in the Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698–1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn, Bavaria.
Also recorded as Franz Xaver, I Feichtmayer · Franz Xaver I Faichtmair · Franz Xaver, I Feichtmeier · Franx Xaver Feichtmayer the Elder
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer
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- Born
- 1698 · Wessobrunn.
- Died
- 1763 · Augsburg.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Stucco by F. Feuchtmayer and J. Feuchtmayer in the Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698–1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn, Bavaria.
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A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmayer (b. Feuchtmayer worked alongside his brother, Johann Michael Fischer, Matthäus Günther, and Ignaz Günther to create some of the most famous churches in Bavaria and Tyrol. His style has been variously described as "lavish," "delicate," and "vigorous."
• Illustration — Interior stucco design of the Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt in Stams, Austria
Bavaria
Bavaria
• Augsburg—Dominican Church of St. Magdalena (1721–1724) • Augsburg—Schaezler Palais (1764) • Dießen am Ammersee—Church of St. Maria (completed 1739) • Dießen am Ammersee—Church of St. Georgen (1750) • Ellingen—Castle Church • Freising—Neustift Monastery Church (1765) • Indersdorf—Augustinian Canonry (1755) • Rott am Inn—Benedictine Abbey Church of St. Marinus and St. Anianus (dome frescoes and other frescoes) (1763) • Steinbach—Pilgrimage Church of St. Maria (1764) • Staffelstein—Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen
Tyrol
Tyrol
• Fiecht—Collegiate Church of St. Josef (1740–1744) • Innsbruck—Wilten Basilica (1754) • Stams—Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt
Votivkirche St. Thekla, seit 1930 Kirche des Karmelitinnenklosters in Welden im Landkreis Augsburg (Bayern), 1756 von Hans Adam Dossenberger im Stil des Rokoko errichtet, Fuggerwappen und Chronogramm am Chorbogen mit der Jahreszahl 1758 (VCCLIDDDII), dem Jahr der Weihe
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Katholische Pfarrkirche St. Peter und Paul in Ziemetshausen im Landkreis Günzburg (Bayern), 1687/88 bzw. 1690-94 Neubau von Johann Schmuzer; Doppelempore, Fresko an der unteren Emporenbrüstung von Johann Weidner, um 1695; Stuck an der oberen Empore von Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer dem Älteren, von 1749/50
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1698
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer born at Wessobrunn.
1763
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer died at Augsburg.
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Wessobrunn.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Franz Xaver, I Feichtmayer, Franz Xaver I Faichtmair, Franz Xaver, I Feichtmeier, Franx Xaver Feichtmayer the Elder and Franz Xaver I Feichtmeier. His recorded language was German.
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