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1704 - 1784. Known for: Sculpture in the Rococo style.
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Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the... Read full biography
Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl. From 1726 to 1734, Johann Baptist Straub worked in Vienna before... Read full biography
Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl. From 1726 to 1734, Johann Baptist Straub worked in Vienna before returning to Munich, where Prince-Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria appointed him court sculptor in 1737. Johann Baptist Straub primarily created decorations for churches and monasteries in Upper Bavaria,... Read full biography
Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl. From 1726 to 1734, Johann Baptist Straub worked in Vienna before returning to Munich, where Prince-Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria appointed him court sculptor in 1737. Johann Baptist Straub primarily created decorations for churches and monasteries in Upper Bavaria, and his workshop became the most important in Munich during his lifetime. His most notable pupil was Ignaz Günther. Johann Baptist Straub died in Munich in 1784.
Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl. From 1726 to 1734, Johann Baptist Straub worked in Vienna before returning to Munich, where Prince-Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria appointed him court sculptor in 1737. Johann Baptist Straub primarily created decorations for churches and monasteries in Upper Bavaria, and his workshop became the most important in Munich during his lifetime. His most notable pupil was Ignaz Günther. Johann Baptist Straub died in Munich in 1784.
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Johann Baptist Straub was a German sculptor born in 1704 in Wiesensteig. Coming from a family of sculptors, Johann Baptist Straub spent four years working within the Munich court art circle under the court sculptor Gabriel Luidl.
From 1726 to 1734, Johann Baptist Straub worked in Vienna before returning to Munich, where Prince-Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria appointed him court sculptor in 1737.
Johann Baptist Straub primarily created decorations for churches and monasteries in Upper Bavaria, and his workshop became the most important in Munich during his lifetime. His most notable pupil was Ignaz Günther.
Johann Baptist Straub died in Munich in 1784.