!!!Guggenbichler, Johann Meinrad

Guggenbichler, (Johann) Meinrad, b. Einsiedeln (Switzerland), April 17, 1649, 
d. Mondsee (Upper Austria), May 10, 1723, sculptor. Based in 
Mondsee from 1679, head of a renowned workshop. In the type, form and 
colour of his lively, moving figures G. combined elements of Gothic 
wood carving with the high Baroque period in Italian art (G. L. 
Bernini) and Flemish art (P. P. Rubens); influenced baroque wood 
sculpting especially in Inner Austria (J. T.  Stammel).

!Works
altars: Strasswalchen, Mondsee, Irrsdorf, Lochen, St. Wolfgang, 
Oberwang, Michaelbeuern, Oberhofen am Irrsee.

!Literature
H. Decker, M. G., 1949; Das Mondseeland, exhibition 
guide, Mondsee 1982; B. Heinzl, J. M. G. 1649-1723, 1999.



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