There is a record of bishop Gebhard of Constance hiring lay artists for a now vanished cycle at his newly foundation ( 983 ) of Petershausen Abbey .
Laymen may have dominated the art of wall - painting , though perhaps sometimes working to designs by monastic illuminators .
There is a record of bishop Gebhard of Constance hiring lay artists for a now vanished cycle at his newly foundation ( 983 ) of Petershausen Abbey , and laymen may have dominated the art of wall - painting , though perhaps sometimes working to designs by monastic illuminators .