Franz Xaver Zettler
Franz Xaver Zettler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1841 |
| Died | 1916 (aged 74–75) |
| Occupation | Stained glass designer |
| Relatives | Joseph Mayer (father-in-law) |
Franz Xaver Zettler (1841-1916) was a German stained glass artist.
Early life
Zettler was born on 21 August in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, his father, Franz Xaver Zettler, was 27 and his mother, Ursula Oppenrieder, was 28.[1]
Career
He started his own stained glass design company in 1870.[2]
He designed some of the stained glass in the Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche in Knightsbridge, London in 1904-1905.[3] He designed a window depicting The Crucifixion that today stands in Badin Hall.[4]
Personal life
He married Anna Mayer. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter.[1] His father-in-law, Joseph Gabriel Mayer (1808-83), was also a stained glass designer, who founded the firm of Franz Mayer of Munich.[2][5]
Death
He died on 27 March 1916, in München, Bavaria, at the age of 74, and was buried in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "FamilySearch.org". ancestors.familysearch.org. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
- 1 2 Farnsworth, Jean M.; Croce, Carmen R.; Chorpenning, Joseph F. (2002). Stained Glass in Catholic Philadelphia. Saint Joseph's University Press. ISBN 978-0-916101-43-5.
- ↑ 'Montpelier Square Area: Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche, Montpelier Place', in Survey of London: Volume 45, Knightsbridge, ed. John Greenacombe (London, 2000), pp. 124-127 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol45/pp124-127 [accessed 7 June 2015].
- ↑ "Zettler Stained Glass Window". Campus Crucifixes. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ↑ "German Stained Glass in Buffalo". buffaloah.com. Retrieved 2025-01-27.