Our purpose is to record the works of liturgical artists Maximilian (or Max) and Alphonse Schneiderhahn.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
by Maximilian Schneiderhahn St. Louis, Missouri September 27, 2009
Courtesy of Thomas Schneiderhahn
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by Maximilian Schneiderhahn
We were surprised by the mosaic - we didn't know that Max had done any. But he did work in a variety of mediums, and family lore says he did this, so we'll go with that.
Max was a liturgical artist and sculptor in St. Louis and fittingly has a copper/bronze bas relief (done by himself - his signature is on it) on his tombstone.
Max was a liturgical artist and sculptor in St. Louis and fittingly has a copper/bronze bas relief (done by himself - his signature is on it) on his tombstone.
Max was a liturgical artist and sculptor in St. Louis and fittingly has a copper/bronze bas relief (done by himself - his signature is on it) on his tombstone.
Maximilian (Max) Schneiderhahn was a liturgical artist and sculptor who lived and worked in St. Louis, Missouri at the turn of the century. We (Jerome Gaynor and Jim Frazier) have started a project to document Max's life and his art. Alphonse Schneiderhahn (his son) also was a religious artist and we hope to pick up his work along the way.
If you possess art by these men, please contact us. We'd like to photograph it at your convenience. We'd also like to photograph the venue where the piece is displayed, if it's a public space.
Jim maintains this site and you can contact him here for further information.
Thank you to everyone who has assisted us in the project.
About Signatures
In some cases, we could not confirm the work was by Maximilian or Alphonse, usually by either not being able to get close enough to the art or the signature just not being visible. But either the written or oral history of the institution or family is good enough for us in this undertaking. If a signature was inspected, this has been noted.
Copyright
All of the photographs here, unless otherwise noted, were taken by Jim Frazier, and are copyrighted by him, all rights reserved, in the year they were posted.
To View the Pictures...
These pictures are all hosted on Flickr. Clicking on the picture will take you to its page on Flickr where you can see a larger size and more miscellaneous data.