Ignaz Günther

Franz Ignaz Günther ( born November 22, 1725 in Altmannsteinstrasse, † June 27, 1775 in Munich) was a German sculptor and representatives of the Bavarian rococo.

His father, Johann Georg (1704-1783) and his grandfather Johann Leonhard (1673-1738) had operated arts and crafts. In his father in carpentry Altmannsteinstrasse he learned first woodworking skills. From 1743 to 1750 he was a pupil of Johann Baptist Straub in Munich. The Journeymen years led him to Salzburg ( 1750), the court sculptor Paul Egell in Mannheim (1751 /52) and to Olomouc in Moravia (1752 ). From May to November 1753, he visited the sculpture class at the Academy in Vienna, where he earned the "First Premium of sculpture ". After recognition as " hofbefreiter " and thus guild freelance sculptor by Elector Maximilian III. Joseph he could make 1754 the establishment of its own workshop in Munich. From 1757 he was married to Mary Magdalene Hollmayr, daughter of a merchant from silver Huglfing; from the marriage were born nine children. 1761, the family acquired an estate on the Upper Anger in Munich.

Ignaz Günther worked primarily for ecclesiastical patrons. His church furnishings, altars, and especially his expressive and vibrant garment figures represent a culmination of the rococo sculpture dar. In his oeuvre also influences of classicism are recognizable from 1766.

Built in 1997, the municipality of Altmannsteinstrasse ( Landkreis Eichstätt ) a Ignaz -Günther Museum. In the Rosenheim Ignaz -Günther -Gymnasium has been named after him.

Works (selection)

• Birthplace in Altmannsteinstrasse on Schambach (Altmühltal, Upper Bavaria, Upper Palatinate earlier ) demolished because of a new building of the Sparkasse
• Altmannsteinstrasse, Parish Church, Crucifix
• 1748 Reisach ago at the Inn, former Karmelitenklosterkirche, Seated Madonna and Child at St. Simon Stock - side altar
• In 1750, crowning a Fayenceofens ( in the Badische Landesmuseum Karlsruhe )
• 1752/53 Trinity parish church of Kopřivná / Geppersdorf: Features
• 1752/59 high altar of St. Rasso (Graf Rath ) in Grafrath
• 1755 Parish Church of St. Peter in Munich: Archconfraternity Coporis Christi Altar, St. Charles Borromeo - Relief, 1755 Wachsenstein Epitaph, circa 1759 Epitaph Joseph Ignaz von Unertl
• 1754 Christ at the Column (after miraculous image of the Wies Church )
• Approx. 1755 St. Rupert Altöttinger with the statue of the Virgin; Crucifix (Bamberg, private property)
• Approx. 1755 Bozzetto for the " Starnberger saints"; " Starnberger saints" ( Starnberg, local history museum )
• 1755/56 Bad Aibling, Parish Church: altar (destroyed)
• 1755-60 SS. Peter, Paul and Mauritius (?), Of unknown original structure. Location, today: Roettenbach ( at Erlangen ), Parish Church
• 1755-60 Unterdietfurt, Parish Church: Two kneeling angels
• 1756 Collegiate Church of Neustift, Freising: high altar; St. Andrew: high altar ( destroyed)
• 1758 parish church Eiselfing: Pietà
• 1758/59 Abbey Church Benediktbeuren: Two side altars in the Anastasiakapelle
• 1758/59 Munich -Thal churches, parish and pilgrimage church: altar
• 1760 Munich - Ramer Village, Church of St. Mary: Pulpit (destroyed)
• 1760 Ingolstadt, parish church of St. Moritz: Mary Immaculate at the south side of the altar (Silver work by Guenther JF Canzler )
• ( Cultural Heritage in Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preuss. . ) Immaculata, kneeling on clouds; : before 1760 (?) here also: Coronation pulpit figure of St. Michael defeating Satan
• Around 1760 Church of St. John of Nepomuk in Munich: Johannes Nepomuk Joseph Baron Zech on Neuhofen, Solln and Koenigswiesen († July 19, 1757 ) Epitaph
• 1761 Castle Sünching, banquet hall: wood paneling, Console and putti
• 1763 Munich, Bürgersaalkirche: Guardian Angel Group
• 1763 Castle Schleißheim: Stucco additions in the billiard room, dining facilities, the main portals of the east and west side
• 1763 Ehem. Benedictine Monastery Church Rott am Inn: Amenities pieces
• 1763/64 Augustinian Abbey Church in Weyarn: altars, Annunciation Group, Pietà (ca. 1755) St. Valerius Shrine, processional cross
• 1763/64 Munich -Harlaching, Pilgrimage Church of St. Anna: altars, pulpit
• 1763/64 Holy Cross Church in Altmannsteinstrasse: Large Crucifix
• 1765/70 four churches, St. James: Crucifix and Mater Dolorosa
• 1766 Bozzetto "St. Cajetan " for Munich, Theatinerkirche, facade figure
• 1767 Convent Church Altenhohenau Altars ( parts before 1757? )
• 1766-68 Old Parish Church of St. Joseph in Starnberg: altar, pulpit
• Former 1768-70. Collegiate Church in Mallersdorf: high altar
• 1769/70 Munich main station at Marienplatz: Mars and Bellona (not included )
• Around 1770, Neuburg an der Donau, Convent of the Brothers of Charity, Group St. John of God
• 1770 Ingolstadt, St. Anton: Mater Dolorosa
• Approx. 1770-75 Bogenhausen, St. Georg: Two side altars and pulpit
• 1771/72 Munich, Frauenkirche: five portals
• 1771/72 Ingolstadt, Franciscan Church: epitaphs for Johann Graf von Preysing and wife (destroyed)
• 1772 Munich, Marienplatz, Madonna House " Maria rays in glory "
• 1773/74 Munich, Frauenkirche, 16 Refliefs the choir stalls
• 1774 Cemetery Chapel in Nenningen: Pietà
• Approx. 1774/75 Arget ( district of Munich), Parish Church: altar figures Sts. Cosmas and Damian

Exhibits in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, for example, from 1771 the high relief "St. Joseph with baby Jesus " model for the Pietà in Nenningen, House Madonna of Günther's Munich apartment building ( 1761 ), John the Baptist ( Relief, 1751 ), Hll. Joachim and Mary, Archangel Raphael (ca. 1765-70 ) in Munich City Museum: Sitting, former winged child ( Epitaph rest? ).

Many designs of Ignaz Günther remained unausgefertigt or have been made ​​by other artists. Some works (including several pulpits, and the relief gates of Munich Cathedral ) were destroyed ( by war ).

Guardian Angel Group, 1763, civic hall in Munich

Pulpit 1770-1773, St. Georg in Munich- Bogenhausen

Altar of the monastery church Altenhohenau