Balthasar neumann biography of michael

Neumann was born in January at Eger (Erlau) in Bohemia, the son of a clothier....

Neumann, Valentin Franz Stanislaus.

Biography, Architectural drawing, Exhibitions, Palaces, Designs and plans Michael Petzet, 2 books.

Neumann was born in January at Eger (Erlau) in Bohemia, the son of a clothier.

He lived from to and was chief architect of both the Würzburg and Schönbornslust residences and of the monastery and pilgrimage.

Balthasar Neumann ( - ) is known for Painting.

Neumann, Balthasar (1687–1753)

Neumann, Johann Balthasar(1687–1753). German architect and military engineer, one of the greatest of the late-Baroqueand Rococoeras. He worked mainly in Franconia under the aegis of the Schönborn Prince-Bishops in the areas around Bamberg and Würzburg, where his brief covered responsibility for all military, religious, and secular architecture.

His first significant major architectural work was on the new Residenz(Seat of the Court) at Würzburg from 1719, although Johann-Dientzenhofer, Hildebrandt, de Cotte, Boffrand, and von Welschwere all consulted about the design.

Hildebrandt's influence is clear in the great central pavilion(the roof and pedimentsresemble his Belvedere in Vienna), the Kaisersaal(Emperor's Hall), the Chapel, and the fine Treppenhaus(stair), although Neumann seems to have finalized the designs about 1735.

With its ceiling painted (1750–3) by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1696–1770), the stai