Johann Georg Pinsel ( pl, Johann Georg / Jan Jerzy Pinsel, uk, Йоган Ґеорґ Пінзель; 1715–1725 – 1761 or early 1762) was a

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

Rococo Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...

sculptor active in

Eastern Galicia Eastern Galicia ( uk, Східна Галичина, Skhidna Galychyna, pl, Galicja Wschodnia, german: Ostgalizien) is a geographical region in Western Ukraine (present day oblasts of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Ternopil), having also essential h ...

(then in

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, now

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). Biographical details about him are scarce. He was discovered by Jan Bołoz Antoniewicz and appeared in scholarly literature in 1923 in the monograph of p. Władysław Żyła "Kościół i klasztor Dominikanów we Lwowie" ("Dominican church and monastery in Lviv"). His first and second name, some information about his family and approximate date of death were only established in 1993, with the discovery of registers of the

Buchach Buchach ( uk, Бучач; pl, Buczacz; yi, בעטשאָטש, Betshotsh or (Bitshotsh); he, בוצ'אץ' ''Buch'ach''; german: Butschatsch; tr, Bucaş) is a city located on the Strypa River (a tributary of the Dniester) in Chortkiv Raion of T ...

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parish. The place and exact date of his birth remain unknown. Pinsel came to the

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most probably around 1750. According to Jan K. Ostrowski, it is almost certain that he was of

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ethnic origin. He settled in Buchach and became court artist to Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki. On 13 May 1751, he married Marianna Elżbieta née Majewska, the widow of Jan Kieyt, with whom he had two sons: Bernard and Antoni. He closely collaborated with Bernard Meretyn. His student was Maciej Polejowski. He died between September 16, 1761 and October 24, 1762, probably in Buchach. Pinsel's works include sculptures and decorations of the Buchach Town Hall (1750s), the Trinitarian church (1756-1757) and the St. George's Cathedral (headquarters of

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s) in

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, (1759-1761), interiors of the Roman Catholic churches in:

Monastyryska Monastyryska ( uk, Монастириська; pl, Monasterzyska, yi, מאָנעסטרישטש, Monastrishtch) is a town in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. In 2001, the population was 6,344. The town is situated on the river Koropet ...

(1761),

Horodenka Horodenka ( uk, Городе́нка, pl, Horodenka, occasionally ''Horodence'', yi, האראדענקע ''Horodenke'') is a city located in Kolomyia Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in Western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Horodenka u ...

(1752-1755) and Hodovytsia (1757-1758), sculptures in the Roman Catholic parish church in

Budaniv Budaniv ( uk, Буданів, pl, Budzanów) is a village in Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, in western Ukraine, near Terebovlya. It belongs to Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of Budaniv is 1,634 ( ...

. His only work that survived intact, in its original spatial arrangement, is the facade of the St. George's Cathedral. His sculptural complexes in the Roman Catholic churches in Horodenka and

were almost completely destroyed between 1939 and 1989. The figures of the high altar in Hodovytsia have been saved thanks to efforts of the staff of the Lviv Art Gallery.

Selected works

* Stone monumental sculpture of St.

John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus IV ...

(preserved heads, 1750) and Virgin Mary (1751) in Buchach * Stone sculpture for parapet Buchach Town Hall (initially 14 survived) * The altar of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Horodenka (18 sculptures, rescued 5) * Column with a statue of the Virgin Mary in Horodenka * The interior of churches in Ustia Zelene (now

Chortkiv Raion Chortkiv Raion ( uk, Чортківський район) is a raion in Ternopil Oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Chortkiv. It has a population of On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukrain ...

) and

Hvizdets Hvizdets ( uk, Гвізде́ць, pl, Gwoździec, yi, גוואַזדזיעץ, G'vojiets) is an urban-type settlement in Kolomyia Raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region), Ukraine. It is located ENE of Kolomyia, SE of Ivano-Franki ...

* Saint

Onuphrius Onuphrius ( el, Ὀνούφριος, Onouphrios; also ''Onoufrios'') lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Vene ...

( Rukomysh)

References

External links

Marko Robert Stech, Pinzel, Johann Georg in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinsel, Johann Georg 18th-century births Polish Baroque sculptors Polish male sculptors Ukrainian male sculptors Ukrainian sculptors German Baroque sculptors Ukrainian Baroque sculptors People from Buchach Artists from Lviv 1725 deaths