Theodor Baierl Saint John the Baptist 1920

Theodor Baierl (8 November 1881,

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– 1932, Munich) was a German painter and fresco artist.

Life and work

He came from a humble background, but was able to attend the

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, where he studied with

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and

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.Biography and paintings @ ArtMagick
/ref> He became a member of the

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.Theodor Baierl @ Bildergeschichte
/ref> However, he was also fond of art from the

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and the

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, both of which heavily influenced his style and thematic content. Several paintings, such as "Ritter mit Tod" (Knight with Death), are obvious homages to Albrecht Dürer. His mastery of the old techniques led to his popularity as a church painter and many of the frescoes he executed throughout Bavaria are often mistaken for older pieces. Some of his most prominent works include: the

apse In architecture, an apse (plural apses; from Latin 'arch, vault' from Ancient Greek 'arch'; sometimes written apsis, plural apsides) is a semicircular recess covered with a hemispherical vault or semi-dome, also known as an '' exedra''. ...

of St. Maximilian Church (Munich), the Stations of the Cross in the Herz-Jesu-Kirche (

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), the apse in St. Johanniskirche (

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) and the altarpiece at the Fugger Chapel at

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. He also designed glass paintings. During the First World War, his church-related commissions disappeared and were never fully restored. As a result, he changed his approach, devoting himself to easel paintings of an allegorical or historical nature, eventually modernizing his style; although he never reattained his earlier level of popularity and died in obscurity.

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External links

ArtNet: Three pages of works by Baierl
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baierl, Theodor 1881 births 1932 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters

Life and work

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