Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (9 March 1660 (baptized) – 25 December 1718) was a member of the German

Feuchtmayer The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School. The best-known members of the family were the brothers Franz Joseph, Johann Michael (the Elder), and Michae ...

family of Baroque artists of the

Wessobrunner School The Wessobrunner School is the name for a group of Baroque stucco-workers that, beginning at the end of the 17th century, developed in the Benedictine Wessobrunn Abbey in Bavaria, Germany. The names of more than 600 stucco-workers who emerged f ...

. Feuchtmayer was born in

Wessobrunn Abbey Wessobrunn Abbey (Kloster Wessobrunn) was a Benedictine monastery near Weilheim in Bavaria, Germany. It is celebrated as the home of the famous Wessobrunn Prayer and also of a Baroque school of stucco workers and plasterers in the 18th century. ...

. A

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

and

stucco Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water. Stucco is applied wet and hardens to a very dense solid. It is used as a decorative coating for walls and ceilings, exterior walls, and as a sculptural and a ...

ist, he (along with his brother Johann Michael) was responsible for the choir stalls in the Benedictine monastery church in

Einsiedeln, Switzerland Einsiedeln () is a municipality and district in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland known for its monastery, the Benedictine Einsiedeln Abbey, established in the 10th century. History Early history There was no permanent settlement in the area p ...

, and for the sculptures on the altars and pulpits in the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten, Austria. He also assisted in the rebuilding of the

Salem Abbey Salem Abbey (german: Kloster Salem) was a very prominent Cistercian monastery in Salem in the district of Bodensee about ten miles from Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The buildings are now owned by the State of Baden-Württemberg and a ...

, destroyed in a fire in 1697.''Germany: A Phaidon Cultural Guide''. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. p. 645. . He died in Mimmenhausen (near Salem, Bodensee). He was the brother of

Johann Michael Feuchtmayer Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (sometimes spelled Johann Michael Feuchtmayr or Feichtmayr) (1709 – June 4, 1772) was a German stuccoworker and sculptor of the late Baroque period. He collaborated with the architects Johann Michael Fisc ...

(the Elder) and

Michael Feuchtmayer The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School. The best-known members of the family were the brothers Franz Joseph, Johann Michael (the Elder), and Micha ...

(b. 1667); the father of

Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (6 March 1696 (baptized) – 2 January 1770) was an important Rococo stuccoist and sculptor, active in southern Germany and Switzerland. J. A. Feuchtmayer was born in Linz, a member of the famous Feuchtmayer family ...

(1696–1770); the uncle of

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (1698–1763) was a German Baroque stucco plasterer of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn, Bavaria. A member of the famous Feuchtmayer family, he was the son of Michael Feuchtmay ...

(the Elder) (1705–1764) and

(the Younger) (1709–1772); and the great-uncle of

(the Younger) (1735–1803).

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1660 births 1718 deaths German Baroque sculptors German male sculptors {{Germany-sculptor-stub