Name Johann Fischer | Role Architect | |
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Structures St Michael in Berg am Laim, Abbey Church of St. Anna, Sankt Georg |
Johann Michael Fischer (18 February 1692 – 6 May 1766) was a German architect in the late Baroque period.
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Fischer was born in Burglengenfeld, Upper Palatinate. He is a major representative of south German Baroque architects. He studied in Bohemia and combined Bohemian elements with Bavarian Baroque traditions. He often co-operated with the most gifted Bavarian artists of his time, such as Cosmas Damian Asam and Egid Quirin Asam, Johann Joseph Christian, Johann Michael Feuchtmayer, Matthaus Gunther, Ignaz Gunther, Franz Joseph Spiegler, Johann Baptist Straub, and Johann Baptist Zimmermann.
Fischer died, aged 74, in Munich, and is buried in the Munich Frauenkirche.
Main Works
Fischer designed 32 churches and 23 monasteries in southern Germany. Among these, the best-known are the following.
Bavaria
Baden-Wurttemberg
Disputed Works
Several works have been attributed to Fischer that are now disputed, although his style was an obvious influence: