Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German

stained glass Stained glass refers to coloured glass as a material or art and architectural works created from it. Although it is traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensio ...

artist.

Early life

Zettler was born on 21 August in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Franz Xaver Zettler, was 27 and his mother, Ursula Oppenrieder, was 28.

Career

Signature of the company ''F.X. Zettler''. He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.Jean M. Farnsworth, Carmen R. Croce, Joseph F. Chorpenning, ''Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia'', Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Saint Joseph's University Press, 2002, p. 13

/ref> He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in

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, London in 1904-1905.'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 ccessed 7 June 2015 He designed a window depicting ''The Crucifixion'' that today stands in Badin Hall.

Personal life

He married Anna Mayer. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. His father-in-law, Joseph Gabriel Mayer (1808-83), was also a stained glass designer, who founded the firm of

Franz Mayer of Munich Franz Mayer of Munich is a German stained glass design and manufacturing company, based in Munich, Germany and a major exponent of the Munich style of stained glass, that has been active throughout most of the world for over 170 years. The fir ...

Death

He died on 27 March 1916, in München, Bavaria, at the age of 74, and was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zettler, Franz Xaver 1841 births 1916 deaths German stained glass artists and manufacturers 19th-century German artists 20th-century German artists 19th-century German male artists 20th-century German male artists