Matthias Goebbels
Illustration — Painting by Matthias Goebbels at St. Briktius-Kirche in Oekoven, Germany • Illustration — Interior of Rolduc Abbey, with Goebbels' painting over the altar Joseph Matthias Hubertus Goebbels (19 March 1836 – 6 September 1911) was a German Catholic Priest and artist. Goebbels served as a priest at the Church of Sankt Maria im Kapitol in Cologne, Germany and became a noted painter of church interiors.
Also recorded as Joseph Matthias Hubertus Goebbels
Matthias Goebbels
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- Born
- 1836 · Baesweiler.
- Died
- 1911 · Aachen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Occupation
- painter · priest · artist
- Movements
- Nazarene movement
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Painting by Matthias Goebbels at St. Briktius-Kirche in Oekoven, Germany • Illustration — Interior of Rolduc Abbey, with Goebbels' painting over the altar Joseph Matthias Hubertus Goebbels (19 March 1836 – 6 September 1911) was a German Catholic Priest and artist. Goebbels served as a priest at the Church of Sankt Maria im Kapitol in Cologne, Germany and became a noted painter of church interiors.
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He was born in Baesweiler and his father was from Aldenhoven, Germany.
Goebbels painted in the historicist style of the Nazarene movement and decorated the walls of more than 20 churches in the Rhineland region. The interiors of Rolduc Abbey near Kerkrade, Netherlands are considered his masterpiece. Many of his paintings are no longer extant today, however well-preserved examples can be found near Rolduc, in particular at St. Briktius in Oekoven-Rommerskirchen (pictured) and at the former Marienborn Monastery (Kloster Marienborn) in the village of Hoven near Zülpich, Germany. He was also commissioned to paint the wings on the late Gothic altarpiece at Antwerp Cathedral with pictures from the life of Jesus.
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Institutional cataloguing adds that matthias Goebbels is recorded with the occupation painter. Institutional cataloguing adds that matthias Goebbels is recorded with the occupation priest. Recorded with the occupation artist. Institutional cataloguing adds that matthias Goebbels is recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Prussia. Institutional cataloguing adds that matthias Goebbels is recorded with the gender male. The record continues: matthias Goebbels was born on 19 March 1836. Goebbels died on 6 September 1911. Institutional cataloguing adds that matthias Goebbels worked at Cologne. Associated with Nazarene movement.
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Painting by Matthias Goebbels in St. Briktius church in Oekoven-Rommerskirchen, Germany
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Baesweiler.
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In appreciation of his services, in 1892 he was appointed Canon at Aachen Minster. Although a tomb in Aachen was built for him, his wishes were to be buried in his birthplace, so he is instead buried in Baesweiler cemetery. In the spring of 2007, a town square in front of the cemetery was named after him.
Literature
• Klaus Hardering: Die Abteikirche von Klosterrath: Baugeschichte und Bedeutung = De Abdijkerk te Rolduc. Utrecht: Clavis, 1998. (Clavis kunsthistorische monografieen; 18) • Anke Twachtmann-Schlichter: Matthias Goebbels: Dekorationsmalerei und Kirchenrestaurierung im 19. Jahrhundert in Köln. Hildesheim; Zürich; New York: Olms 1994 (Studien zur Kunstgeschichte; Bd. 89) Zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Univ., Diss., 1992
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- 1.Sybille Fraquelli: Die romanischen Kirchen im Historismus. Band 1 (= Colonia Romanica. Jahrbuch des Fördervereins Romanische Kirchen e. V. Band 25). Köln 2010, S. 265.
- 2.Sybille Fraquelli: Die romanischen Kirchen im Historismus. Band 1 (= Colonia Romanica. Jahrbuch des Fördervereins Romanische Kirchen e. V. Band 25). Köln 2010, S. 57.
- 3.Sybille Fraquelli: Die romanischen Kirchen im Historismus. Band 2 (= Colonia Romanica. Jahrbuch des Fördervereins Romanische Kirchen e. V. Band 26). Köln 2011, S. 41f.
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