Konrad Wengner
The Hand of the Painter from Maria-Thann In the quiet landscapes of Maria-Thann, Germany, a life began that would eventually find its way to the shores of Constance. Johann Konrad Wengner entered the world in 1728, a time when the brush and the pigment were the primary tools for capturing the divine. He was a man of the brush, a painter who sought to translate the spiritual weight of his faith into visual form. His life followed the steady, deliberate path of a craftsman, moving through the German territories with a purpose defined by his vocation. His work was deeply rooted in the sacred. He…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Konrad Wengner's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.