Zeitungsreise: Living History
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A brief correction and supplement to the biography of the painter Johann Evangelist Holzer published in the Bote für Tirol. It clarifies the ecclesiastical career of his brother and identifies the locations of artworks in Miemingen and Stams Abbey.
The concluding installment on the Puellacher family of painters focuses on the work of Josef Anton Puellacher. It highlights his comprehensive frescoes in the Church of St. Valentine in Mais as well as other church decorations throughout Tyrol.
Second part of the historical treatise on the Church of St. Valentine in Mais and the Puellacher painter family. Following an architectural overview from the 8th-century translations of relics and modifications in the 15th and 17th centuries to the 1826 restoration, the biographical account of Joseph Anton Puellacher begins.
A detailed obituary commemorates the life and work of the painter Karl Henrici, who died in Bozen in the autumn of 1823. Following his flight from Silesia to escape Prussian military conscription and years of study in Prague, Vienna, Venice, and Verona, he settled in Bozen. This first part of the biography highlights Henrici's career, training, and prolific artistic output.
A biographical contribution to art history about court painter Christoph Helfenrieder, who fled to Merano in the 17th century. There he created significant sacred works, including for the parish church of Merano and the Schnals Charterhouse, before dying during a outbreak of plague in 1635.
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