Max Emanuel Ainmiller

Maximilian Emanuel Ainmiller ( born February 14, 1807 in Munich, † December 8, 1870 ) was a German painter. He has earned international recognition as a glass painter Special.

Life

Under the leadership of Friedrich gardener Ainmiller devoted to the study of architecture and ornamentation at the Munich Academy, whose honorary member and leader he was later before he accepted a position with the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory as a decorator on whose recommendation. During this time he worked increasingly with the recent discovery of the stained glass and managed to eliminate all the shortcomings and obstacles in their production and thus lead to a new perfection. In a specially built for the stained glass Ainmiller Institute took over the post of an inspector, where he developed other techniques, which further increased the quality and diversity of this art.

Work

Ainmiller also renowned for his rediscovery of the cabinet stained glass. His art works include the windows of the Regensburg Cathedral, which Mariahilfkirche in Munich, the Speyer Cathedral and Bayern window in Cologne Cathedral. Due to its virtuosity Ainmiller was also abroad in high demand as a glass painter, he has created all the windows of the Cathedral of Glasgow, as well as single copies in the Saint Paul 's Cathedral and St. Peter House in Cambridge. Other works were, inter alia, for churches in Madrid, Boston, Rome and St. Petersburg. As an oil painter, he worked mainly in the field of architecture, painting, and has also worked there much prestige. Famous are his views of the Chapel Royal at Windsor Castle and Westminster Abbey. Besides painting Ainmiller devoted himself also to sculpture, art tailoring and the art of watchmaking. In his home city of Munich is named after him since 1888, " Ainmillerstrasse ".

Tomb

In the Old South Cemetery in Munich is the burial site of Ainmiller ( New arcade -NA -158 ).

Built in 1871 grave monument is a situation created by sculptor Johann von Halbig portrait statue.