Schwanthaler, Thomas#
b. Ried im Innkreis (Upper Austria), June 5, 1634, d. Ried im Innkreis (Upper Austria), Feb. 13, 1707. Most important Upper Austrian sculptor in the second half of the 17th century; father of Johann Franz Schwanthaler and Franz Matthias Schwanthaler. Took over the atelier of his father Hans S. in 1656; combined the local style of wood carving with the more emotional style coming from the South to obtain a realistic depiction of the human body.
Works#
Upper Austria: Eitzing, side altars, 1660/1661; Ried im Innkreis, statues at the high altar of the parish church, 1663-1665, St. Florian altar, 1669, Christ with the 12 sleeping apostles on the Mount of Olives, choir stalls, 1699; Zell am Pettenfirst, high altar, 1668; Ungenach, statues, 1666-1671; Schalchen, wood carving group, 1672; Mehrnbach, St. John baptizing Christ in the River Jordan, 1675; St. Wolfgang, double altar, 1675/1676 (principal work); Mattighofen, statues for the altar, 1676; Aspach, altar in the Anna-Chapel, 1676; Gmunden, statue group for the high altar in the parish church, 1678; Waldzell, high altar, 1683; Muensteuer, high altar, 1686; Reichersberg, epitaphs, iron statue of St. Michael; Tumeltsham, pulpit, 1697. - Salzburg: Andorf, wood carving group for the high altar, around 1672; Maria Plain, sculptures on three altars, end of the 17th century.Literature#
T. S., exhibition catalogue, Vienna 1974.