Johann Georg Pinsel

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Johann Georg Pinsel (Polish: Jan Jerzy Pinsel, Ukrainian:

; b. 1715-1725,[1] d. 1761 or early 1762) was a Baroque-Rococo
sculptor of German or Czech origin[2] active in Red Ruthenia (then in
Poland, now Ukraine).[3]

Biographical details about him are scarce. He was discovered by Jan Booz
Antoniewicz and appeared in scholarly literature in 1923 in the monograph
of Wadysaw ya "Koci i klasztor Dominikanw we Lwowie"
("Dominican church and monastery in Lviv").[1][2] His first and second Cathedral of Saint George in Lviv
name, some information about his family and approximate date of death
were only established in 1993,[3] with the discovery of registers of the
Buchach Roman Catholic parish.[1] The place and exact date of his birth
remain unknown.[3]

Pinsel came to the region of Lviv most probably around 1750 and became
court artist to Mikoaj Bazyli Potocki. He settled in Buchach[3] and in 1751
married Marianna Majewska, with whom he had two sons: Bernard and
Antoni.[2] He closely collaborated with the renowned architect Bernard
Meretyn.[3] His student was Maciej Polejowski.[2]

Pinsel's works include sculptures and decorations of the Buchach townhall

(1750s), the Trinitarian church (1756-1757) and the St. George's Cathedral
Statue of Saint George
(headquarters of Greek Catholics) in Lviv, (1759-1761), interiors of the
Roman Catholic churches in: Monastyryska (1761), Horodenka (1752-1755)
and Hodovytsia (1757-1758),[3] sculptures in the Roman Catholic parish
church in Budaniv.[2][4]

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
churches in Horodenka and Monastyryska 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.[3] Townhall in Buchach

Selected works
Stone monumental sculpture of St. John of Nepomuk (preserved heads, 1750) and Virgin Mary (1751) in
Buchach
Stone sculpture for parapet Buchach City 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 (Monastyryska Raion) and Hvizdets
Saint Onuphrius (Rukomysh)

References
1. Krasny, Piotr; Ostrowski, Jan. K. (1995). "Wiadomoci biograficzne na temat Jana Jerzego Pinsla".
Biuletyn Historii Sztuki (in Polish). IS PAN. 57 (3/4): 340342.
2. Makowska, Urszula, ed. (1998). Sownik artystw polskich i obcych w Polsce dziaajcych (zmarych
przed 1966 r.) Malarze, rzebiarze, graficy. Vol. 7 (in Polish). IS PAN. pp. 195196.
 3. Ostrowski, Jan K. (2000). "A great baroque master on the outskirts of Latin Europe. Johann Georg Pinsel
and the high altar of the church at Hodowica". Artibus et Historiae. 21 (42): 197198.
4. Andrzej, Betlej (1995). "Rzeby Jana Jerzego Pinsla i jego krgu z kocioa parafialnego w
Budzanowie". Biuletyn Historii Sztuki (in Polish). IS PAN. 57 (3/4): 343352.

External links
Marko Robert Stech, Pinzel, Johann Georg in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine

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