Egid Quirin Asam

Egid Quirin Asam
Born(1692-09-01)1 September 1692
Tegernsee, Bavaria
Died29 April 1750(1750-04-29) (aged 57)
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg
NationalityGerman
Known forSculptures
StyleLate Baroque and Rococo
Asam Church in Munich
Interior of the Asam Church
Window over the high altar in the Asam Church

Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 – 29 April 1750)[1] was a German plasterer, sculptor, architect, and painter.[2] He was active during the Late Baroque and Rococo periods.[3]

Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria,[4] Asam worked mainly together with his brother, the architect and painter Cosmas Damian Asam. Because of this, their common work is often attributed to the Asam Brothers. Asam died in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.[4]

  1. ^ Hitchcock, Henry-Russell (1968). Rococo Architecture in Southern Germany. Phaidon. pp. 19–20. ISBN 9780714813394.
  2. ^ Manca, Joseph; Bade, Patrick; Costello, Sarah (2007). 1000 Sculptures of Genius. Sirrocco. p. 511. ISBN 9781844842155.
  3. ^ Hitchcock (1968), pp. 19-22.
  4. ^ a b Bazin, Germain (1968). The History of World Sculpture. New York Graphic Society. p. 410.