Feuchtmayer Explained

The Feuchtmayers (also spelled Feuchtmayr, Feichtmair, and Feichtmayr) were a German family of artists from the Baroque Wessobrunner School.

The best-known members of the family were the brothers Franz Joseph, Johann Michael (the Elder), and Michael; their sons; and one grandson:

• Franz Joseph Feuchtmayer (1660 - 1718)
  • Joseph Anton Feuchtmayer (1696 - 1770)
• Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder (1666 - 1713)
• Michael Feuchtmayer (born 1667) was a brother of Franz Joseph and Johann Michael, and the father of Franz Xaver, the Elder, as well as of Johann Michael, the Younger.
  • Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Elder (1705 - 1764)
    • Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger (born 1735)
  • Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Younger (1709 - 1772)

Bibliography

• Austria: A Phaidon Cultural Guide. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. .
• Germany: A Phaidon Cultural Guide. Oxford: Phaidon, 1985. .
• Swiss Institute for Art Research's SIKART Dictionary and Database

Gallery of Works by Johann Michael Feuchtmayer (the Younger)

J. M. Feuchtmayer also did work with his brother Franz Xaver that is shown above.