Feuchtmayer
The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School.
The best-known members of the family were the brothers Franz Joseph, Johann Michael (the Elder), and Michael; their sons; and one grandson:
- Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660–1718)
- Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696–1770)
- Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder (1666–1713)
- Michael Feuchtmayer (born 1667) was a brother of Franz Joseph and Johann Michael, and the father of Franz Xaver, the Elder, as well as of Johann Michael, the Younger.
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder (1705–1764)
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger (born 1735)
- Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger (1709–1772)
- Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder (1705–1764)
Bibliography
[edit]- Austria: A Phaidon Cultural Guide. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. ISBN 0-7148-2376-7.
- Germany: A Phaidon Cultural Guide. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. ISBN 0-7148-2354-6.
- Swiss Institute for Art Research's SIKART Dictionary and Database
Gallery of Works by Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer
[edit]- Interior of the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten, Austria, showing the high altar and pulpit sculptures by F. J. Feuchtmayer
- Pulpit in the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten
Gallery of Works by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer
[edit]- Interior view of the Wallfahrtskirche Birnau with "Honigschlecker" putto (center) in Überlingen, Germany
- Interior view of the Wallfahrtskirche Birnau with the high altar
- St. Anna Selbdritt (1750), detail (currently in the Stadtmuseum in Überlingen)
- St. Christopher (1750) (currently in the Stadtmuseum in Überlingen)
- Interior of the Franziskanerkirche in Überlingen, with high altar by J. A. Feuchtmayer
- Unteres Tor, erected 1735 after plans by architect Lorenz Rüscher, with stucco decorations by J. A. Feuchtmayer (Salem, Bodensee, Germany)
- Organ in the Salem Abbey
Gallery of Works by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder)
[edit]- Stucco by F. X. Feuchtmayer and J. M. Feuchtmayer in the Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee
- Interior of Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee
- Choir of Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee
- Interior of the Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bad Staffelstein, with stucco work by F. X. Freuchtmayer
- Interior of the Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt in Stams
Gallery of Works by Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger)
[edit]J. M. Feuchtmayer also did work with his brother Franz Xaver that is shown above.
- Interior of Ottobeuren Abbey
- Another view of the stucco of Ottobeuren Abbey
- Zwiefalten Abbey stucco
- 1891 drawing showing the stucco on the Gnadenaltar of the Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bad Staffelstein
Gallery of Works by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger)
[edit]- High altar and side altars in the Premonstratensian Monastery Church of St. Maria and St. Verena in Rot an der Rot Abbey