Egid Quirin Asam [SEP] date of death
Egid Quirin Asam
Egid Quirin Asam (1 September 1692 (baptized) - 29 April 1750) was a German plasterer and sculptor active during the period of the Late Baroque.
Born in Tegernsee, Bavaria, 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.
Major works.
The Asam Brothers, singularly and together, were very prolific artists. Some of their major works
Asam brothers
The Asam brothers (Cosmas Damian Asam and Egid Quirin Asam) were sculptors, workers in stucco, painters, and architects, who worked mostly together and in southern Germany. They are among the most important representatives of the German late Baroque.
Life.
Cosmas Damian Asam and his brother Egid Quirin Asam were two of the nine children of Hans Georg Asam (1649–1711), the resident painter in Benediktbeuern Abbey. Both were apprentices under their father. After the death of his father in 1711, Cosmas