The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque

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 ...

. The best-known members of the family were the brothers Franz Joseph, Johann Michael (the Elder), and Michael; their sons; and one grandson: *

Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (9 March 1660 (baptized) – 25 December 1718) was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists of the Wessobrunner School. Feuchtmayer was born in Wessobrunn Abbey. A sculptor and stuccoist, he ( ...

(1660–1718) **

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) *

Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (17 April 1666 (baptism) – 15 October 1713) was a German painter and copper engraver. Life and work He was born in Wessobrunn, into the famous Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with ...

(1666–1713) * Michael Feuchtmayer (b. 1667) was a brother of Franz Joseph and Johann Michael, and the father of Franz Xaver, the Elder, as well as of Johann Michael, the Younger. **

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder 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 ...

(1705–1764) ***

Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (17 October 1735 – 6 January 1803) was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with the Wessobrunner School. He was the son of Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder) (170 ...

(b. 1735) ** Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger (1709–1772)

Bibliography

*''Austria: A Phaidon Cultural Guide''. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. . *''Germany: A Phaidon Cultural Guide''. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. {{ISBN, 0-7148-2354-6.
Swiss Institute for Art Research's SIKART Dictionary and Database

Gallery of Works by Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer

Image:Seitenstetten innen.jpg, Interior of the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten, Austria, showing the high altar and pulpit sculptures by F. J. Feuchtmayer Image:Seitenstetten kanzel.jpg, Pulpit in the Parish Church of St. Maria in Seitenstetten

Gallery of Works by Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer

Image:Birnau Honigschlecker.jpg, Interior view of the Wallfahrtskirche Birnau with "Honigschlecker" putto (center) in

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, Germany Image:Birnau Innenansicht.jpg, Interior view of the Wallfahrtskirche Birnau with the high altar Image:Überlingen Museum Feuchtmayer Anna.jpg, St. Anna Selbdritt (1750), detail (currently in the Stadtmuseum in

) Image:Überlingen Museum Feuchtmayer Christophorus.jpg,

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(1750) (currently in the Stadtmuseum in

) Image:Franziskanerkirche Ueberlingen 01.jpg, Interior of the Franziskanerkirche in

, with high altar by J. A. Feuchtmayer Image:Salem Unteres Tor.jpg, Unteres Tor, erected 1735 after plans by architect Lorenz Rüscher, with stucco decorations by J. A. Feuchtmayer ( Salem, Bodensee, Germany) Image:Salemer Münster Orgel.jpg, Organ in the

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Gallery of Works by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Elder)

Image:Diessen Stiftskirche 3.jpg, Stucco by F. X. Feuchtmayer and J. M. Feuchtmayer in the Church of St. Maria in

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Image:Diessen Stiftskirche 2.jpg, Interior of Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee Image:Diessen Stiftskirche 5.jpg, Choir of Church of St. Maria in Dießen am Ammersee Image:Vierzehnheiligen-Basilika3-Asio.JPG, Interior of the Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bad Staffelstein, with stucco work by F. X. Freuchtmayer Image:Stift-Stams-church-inside.jpg, Interior of the Monastery Church of Mariae Himmelfahrt in

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Gallery of Works by Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger)

J. M. Feuchtmayer also did work with his brother Franz Xaver that is shown above. Image:Ottobeuren-basilika flickr-2.jpg, Interior of

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Image:Ottobeuren-interieur.JPG, Another view of the stucco of

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stucco Image:14HeiligenGnadenaltar.jpg, 1891 drawing showing the stucco on the Gnadenaltar of the Pilgrimage Church of Vierzehnheiligen in Bad Staffelstein

Gallery of Works by Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger)

Image:St-Verena02.JPG, High altar and side altars in the Premonstratensian Monastery Church of St. Maria and St. Verena in

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