Thumb, Peter#
b. Bezau, Vorarlberg, Dec. 18, 1681, d. Konstanz, Germany, March 4, 1766, master builder; son of Michael Thumb nephew of Christian Thumb. Successor to the artistic heritage of F. Beer von Blaichten, he stood at the threshold to the Rococo period; representative of the Vorarlberg School; worked mostly in southwestern Germany, Alsace and Switzerland.
Works#
Shrine at Birnau am Bodensee (Germany), 1747-58; St. Gallen Collegiate church (Switzerland), 1755-86.Literature#
H.-M. Gubler, Der Vorarlberger Barockbaumeister Peter Thumb, 1681-1766, 1972; N. Lieb, Die Vorarlberger Barockbaumeister, 2 1976.