Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1702 in Ebbs, Tirol - 7 September 1761 in Augsburg) was an Austrian-German Rococo painter.
Also recorded as Johann-Wolfgang Baumgartner · Wilhelm Baumgärtner · baumgartner j. w. · johann wolfg. baumgartner
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Dudley P. Allen Fund · CC0
- Name
- Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
- Born
- sources differ (1712 and 1702). · Ebbs.
- Died
- 1761. · Augsburg.
- Nationality
- Germany and Austria.
- Occupation
- painter, printmaker, draftsperson and artist.
- Languages
- German.
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Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner (1702 in Ebbs, Tirol - 7 September 1761 in Augsburg) was an Austrian-German Rococo painter.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Augsburg. Work by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Städel Museum, Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Saint Nicholas of Flue. Etching after J.W. Baumgärtner., 1700-1799, by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Saint Rupert of Salzburg. Etching by Bock after J.W. Baumgartner., by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner • Style — Rococo • Illustration — The Prodigal Son Living with Harlots by Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner • Illustration — The Assumption and Crowning of Mary, painted ceiling in the transept of Baitenhausen church, 1760
Life
Life
He was born Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner in Tyrol and he learned glass painting in Salzburg. He moved to Augsburg and worked as a glass painter. The ceiling painting in the Sanctuary of the Holy Cross of the former Klosters Mountains is considered as his largest and most important work.
Works
Works
• Ceiling frescoes of the Sanctuary of St. Mary of Mount Carmel in Baitenhausen in Meersburg on Lake Constance, 1760 • Ceiling frescoes in the nave of the Sanctuary of St. Maria Loreto in Westheim • The Martyrdom of St. Venantius of Camerino • Daily edification of a true Christian • Mark the Evangelist writing • The Holy. John I. and the Gothic King Theodoric • Drawings of Bible pictures in Historia veteris (ac novi) Testamenti Iconibus Expressa
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Johann-Wolfgang Baumgartner, Wilhelm Baumgärtner, baumgartner j. w. johann wolfg. Baumgartner and joh. Wolfgang baumgartner. His recorded language was German.
Identity
Identity
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner is recorded as painter, printmaker, draftsperson and artist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1702
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner born at Ebbs.
1761
Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner died at Augsburg.
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Ebbs.
Birth place
Augsburg.
Death place
Context
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Context
The circumstances in which Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner stands. A monk, suffering a hallucination that he is being attacked by wolves, being freed from his delusions by Saint Anselm. Drawing by an artist in the circle of J.W. Cathedral Church of Osnabrück: allegory and calendar. 1764, after J.W. Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Saints and martyrs. Klauber after J.W. Steudlin after J.W. Saint Rupert of Salzburg.
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- “Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q261859: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16015492-3, Ausstellung: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner - Ölskizzen und Hinterglasbilder (2009 : Salzburg).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16015492-3, Ausstellung: Johann Wolfgang Baumgartner - Ölskizzen und Hinterglasbilder (2009 : Salzburg).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q261859: Johann Wolfgang BaumgartnerWikimedia Foundation
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