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Balthasar Riepp (22 November 1703,
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Pieta, 1748
File:B. Riepp Unterweisung Mariens.JPG, Education of
Apostle Paul
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and James the Elder at the church of St. Martin in Marktoberdorf
File:1754 Großaitingen Aufnahme Mariens in den Himmel.jpg, The
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Balthasar Riepp (22 November 1703, Kempten
Kempten (; ) is the largest town of Allgäu, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany. The population was about 68,000 in 2016. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later taken over by the Romans, who called the town ''Cambodunum''. K ...
- 2 August 1764 in Vils) was a German-Austrian painter, primarily of religious subjects.
Life
Riepp's father was a servant at the Fürstäbtliche Residenz (a monastery complex) in Kempten. Prince-Abbot helped provide him with a basic education, which included drawing lessons from thecourt painter
A court painter was an artist who painted for the members of a royal or princely family, sometimes on a fixed salary and on an exclusive basis where the artist was not supposed to undertake other work. Painters were the most common, but the cour ...
. In 1725, after some time as an apprentice to Jacob Carl Stauder, he took a two-year study trip to Italy, courtesy of a stipend from , the new Prince-abbott.
In 1728, Riepp was offered employment in the highly successful workshop of Paul Zeiller
Paul Zeiller (21 August 1658 in Reutte – 19 August 1738 in Reutte) was an Austrian painter in the Baroque#Painting, Baroque style. From 1692, he had a workshop in Reutte that later became an art school. His son, Johann Jakob Zeiller and adopted ...
in Reutte
Reutte (; Swabian: ) is a town in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is the administrative center of the Reutte district (''Districts of Austria''). Reutte is located on the Lech, and has a population of 6,704 (as of 2018).
Neighbouring municipal ...
. Seven years later, he married Zeiller's daughter, Maria Anna. By that time, he was a sought-after artist with students of his own. In 1738, when Zeiller died, Riepp took over management of his art school.
In 1740, shortly after obtaining his Bürgerrechtes (citizenship) in Reutte, Riepp's only child, Johann Anton Laurentius, died. He began drinking heavily, which led to a separation from his wife and, as his condition worsened, he was accused of offending public morals. Soon, he felt it was necessary to leave Reutte. His dependence on alcohol, combined with his generosity toward the needy, slowly reduced him to poverty and homelessness. He died in an emergency shelter
An emergency shelter is a place for people to live temporarily when they cannot live in their previous residence, similar to homeless shelters. The main difference is that an emergency shelter typically specializes in people fleeing a specific ...
in Vils.Biography and Paintings@ Alpic.net Community. Streets in Reutte and Biberbach have been named in Riepp's honor. For the 300th anniversary of his birth in 2003, an exhibition called ''Genie im Schatten'' (Genius in the Shadows) toured Kempten, Reutte,
Breitenwang
Breitenwang is a municipality and village in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Geography
Geographical location
Breitenwang is located in the Reutte basin adjacent to the city on the Plansee and is closely interwoven wit ...
and Vils.
References
Gallery
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a female given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religion
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also called the Blesse ...
by her mother Saint Anne
According to apocrypha, as well as Christianity, Christian and Islamic tradition, Saint Anne was the mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the wife of Joachim and the maternal grandmother of Jesus. Mary's mother is not named in the Bible's Gosp ...
, 1750
File:Biberbach St. Jakobus und Laurentius 669.JPG, Crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. It was used as a punishment by the Achaemenid Empire, Persians, Ancient Carthag ...
at church of St. James and Laurentius in Biberbach
File:Biberbach St. Jakobus und Laurentius 652.JPG, Ceiling fresco at the church of St. James and Laurentius in Biberbach
Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Catholic Mariology#Dogmatic teachings, Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church. Pope Pius XII defined it on 1 November 1950 in his apostolic constitution as follows:
It leaves open the question of w ...
at the church of St. Nikolaus, Großaitingen
File:1754 Großaitingen Nikolaus und Walburga als Fürsprecher jpg.jpg, Saints Nicholas
Nicholas is a male name, the Anglophone version of an ancient Greek name in use since antiquity, and cognate with the modern Greek , . It originally derived from a combination of two Ancient Greek, Greek words meaning 'victory' and 'people'. In ...
and Walpurga as intercessors, church of St. Nikolaus, Großaitingen
Further reading
* Josef Mair: ''Der Maler Balthasar Riepp (1703–1764). Hommage zum 300. Geburtsjahr''. Ehrenberg-Verlag, Reutte 2003,External links
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