Johann Georg Urbansky
Johann Georg Urbansky was a Bohemian-German baroque-era sculptor and carver, who was mainly active in Lower Silesia.
Life
He was born in Kulm in Northern Bohemia. In 1693 he became a student of the sculptor Johann Brokoff in Prague. In 1697 he went to Bautzen to continue his apprenticeship with Theodor Pausewein. After 1718 he was active in Breslau, working together with other sculptors like Johann Albrecht Siegwitz and Franz Joseph Mangoldt.Work (selection)
- Breslau
- * Wrocław Cathedral:
- ** Marble pulpit
- ** Sculptures of the Saints Gregory and Hieronymus
- ** Epitaphs of the bishops Gottfried and Nanker
- * St. Mary Magdalene Church, Organ Case
- * Cathedral of St. Vincent and St. James, Decoration of the mausoleum and the other at the [Collegiate Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, Wrocław|Church of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew, Wrocław|Church of the Holy Cross]
- Hirschberg
- * Church of the Holy Cross, figural decoration of the high altar
- Striegau
- *Parish Church St. Peter and Paul, side altar sculptures of the saints Gertrude and Scholastica
- Groß Tinz
- *Statue of John of Nepomuk in front of the churchyard