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Józef Mehoffer: stained glass windows of the martyrs in the cathedral of Fribourg  wikidata:Q110068200 reasonator:Q110068200
Artist
Józef Mehoffer  (1869–1946)  wikidata:Q1354695
 
Józef Mehoffer
Alternative names
Joseph Mehoffer; I︠U︡zef Mekhoffer; Jozef Mehoffer; Josef Mehoffer
Description Polish-Austro-Hungarian painter, stained-glass artist, decorator, graphic artist and teacher
Date of birth/death 19 March 1869 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1946 / 8 July 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ropchyce Edit this at Wikidata Kraków Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Kraków; Fribourg; Vienna (1889–1890); Paris (1891–1896) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q1354695
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Author
Workshop of Kirsch & Fleckner   wikidata:Q110064478
 
Workshop of Kirsch & Fleckner
Alternative names
Kirsch and Fleckner
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Title
Detail: dying Catherine and Barbara
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Genre Art Nouveau Edit this at Wikidata
Description

The detail shows the lowest zone of the right-hand double window. The dying of the martyrs Catherine and Barbara is depicted in an unbelievable way. Both saints, painted in complete nudity on white glass, are depicted at the moment of their death throes: Catherine, plunging headlong from the wheel with her bosom uncovered, and Barbara, lying sideways on the ground with her legs drawn up. Each of the holy figures is accompanied by a female lament figure.

The window is entirely in the Modern Style (Jugendstil/Art nouveau). This style draws its inspiration from the forms of the plant and animal world. The figures are often stylised to make use of a formal language consisting of undulating lines. The world of flowers is dominant. In golden colour, it spreads between the middle and lower part of the window. In addition, there are imaginative, colourful flowers that resemble butterflies or whose petals look like lips. In addition to the flower shapes, the colours are also symbolic. The flower carpet, on which the bodies of the martyrs lie, stands for the blessed seeds of Christianity. Red and violet express death and mourning. Mehoffer has exploited the whole palette in this work, juxtaposing the strongest colours with the gentlest tones. Despite these tensions, the unity of the whole is preserved.
Depicted place
mini
mini

in chronological order: stained glass windows
in the aisle chapels

  1. of Apostles
  2. of Our Lady of Victory
  3. of the Martyrs (detail)
  4. of Eucharist
  5. of Epiphany
  6. of St. Ann etc.
  7. of the deacons and bishops
  8. of Nicholas of Flüe

in the choir

  1. of Trinity: «God the Father»
  2. of Trinity: «God the Son»
  3. of Trinity: «God the Holy Spirit»
  4. of history
  5. of church history
Depicted part Death of Saints Catherine and Barbara
Date between 1898 and 1899
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium stained glass
medium QS:P186,Q1473346
Dimensions 4 strips à 670 × 70 cm (21.9 × 2.2 ft)
Object location
46° 48′ 22.6″ N, 7° 09′ 47.6″ E Edit this at Structured Data on Commons Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Place of creation en:Fribourg, Switzerland
Object history The stained-glass window was designed by Jósef Mehoffer. It was executed by the studio Kirsch & Fleckner, which presented the window at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, where Jósef Mehoffer was awarded a gold medal for this work.
Credit line
This is an image of a cultural property of national significance in Switzerland with KGS number
02067
Inscriptions

Signature bottom left:

JÓZEF MEHOFFER
References
  • Hortensia von Roda: Die Glasmalereien von Józef Mehoffer in der Kathedrale St. Nikolaus in Freiburg i. Üe. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte (Hrsg.). Bern: Benteli 1995, (= Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte der Schweiz, Bd. 7), ISBN: 3-7165-0969-8
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