Ignaz Günther
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Ignaz Günther (born November 22, 1725 in Altmannstein, Germany; died June 27, 1775 in Munich) was a German sculptor within the bavarian rococo.
He learned under Johann Baptist Straub from 1743 to 1750, and under Paul Egell in Mannheim from 1751 to 1752. In 1753, he worked at the Vienna Academy. In 1754, he started his own shop in Munich.
He is best remembered for his works on churches and altars.
Works
- Bürgersaalkirche (Group of guardian angels, 1763) in Munich
- Pieces in the Bavarian National Museum in Munich
- Church of Rott am Inn (1761/62)
- Works in Weyarn (1763/64, altar)
- Heiligkreuzkirche ("Church of the holy cross") in Altmannstein (1763/64)
- Churches in Starnberg and Mallersdorf
- Pieta in the chapel of Nenningen (1774)
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