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Erhard Brielmaier

Erhard Brielmaier renowned and prominent architect within United States and Canada from late 1800's through 1900's. Designed and built more churches and hospitals than any other architect. In the Milwaukee Wisconsin area there are about thirty designated historical buildings status given to this architect and his sons. Most notable architecture is St. Josaphat's Basilica within Milwaukee based on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. It was designed with conservation in mind by using the materials from the torn down postal building from Chicago. You can still view the Chicago postal emblems on the brass knock handles on the entrance doors. Erhard Brielmaier born January 07, 1841 at Neufra near Rottweil, Wuerttemberg Germany, immigrated with his family to America settling in White Oak now a suburb of Cincinnati Ohio in 1850, died August 29, 1917 in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Erhard Brielmaier worked his way from carpenter, sculpturer and altar-builder to that of architect with a national reputation. His first outstanding achievement was the erection of the beautiful church of St. Josephat in Milwaukee. At the time the church would boast of having the fifth largest cupola in the world. St. Josephat would later be conferred the dignity of basilica. Erhard was much concerned about the education of his children who would follow the Brielmaier tradition and become artists. Erhard's oldest son, John (Johannes) Erhard Brielmaier born September 04, 1861 died September 09, 1913, was sent to Stuttgart to study wood sculpturing. Johannes artwork is prevalent throughout the United States. Most notably as an altar builder and sculpturer. These artworks are known for their depth and elaborate carvings of magnificient detail. Erhard's daughter Clothilde Elisabeth Brielmaier born March 04, 1867 and died March 29, 1915, sometimes referred to as 'Lottie or Clothilda' spent several years in Munich and Rome studying art. Clothilde's artwork can be viewed in Europe as well as U.S.A. In art history records she is credited with being the first woman to 'own' her own art studio on the same level as the men artists of her time. Much of Clothilde Brielmaier's paintings most notably the church murals within churches have been destroyed over the years either due to natural disaster or the 'simplification policy' of the church. Some of her large portraits can be found in historical museums. Erhard's other sons, Bernard Anselm, Joseph Mary and Leo Anthony received special training in architecture, and together with them he formed the organization of Erhard Brielmaier & Sons Co., Architects, which constructed over a thousand Catholic Churches, schools and hospitals throughout the United States and Canada. The long list of ecclesiastical edifices designed by Erhard Brielmaier reminds one of the famous London architect, Sir Christopher Wren, and the inscription on his tomb in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London might well be applied to Erhard Brielmaier; Si monumentum quaeris circumspice, - If thou seekest his monument look round about you. The following generation of Brielmaier artists to follow their grandfather Erhard Brielmaier into artworks of outstanding acclaim are most notably Sr. Thomasita Fessler sometimes referred to as SMT, Sr. T or Sr. Thomasita. Born Majella Nicola Fessler on February 23, 1912 died April 01, 2005. One of the most publicly known artists within this family, she was profiled by Life magazine in a feature story written by Jaqueline Mitchard. Previous to the publication Sr. Thomasita was being asked by the church to reconsider whether she should she remain in the church due to what the church hierarchy was 'seeing' in her artwork. Sr. Thomasita's reply was that if there was a sexual nature they were 'seeing' in her artwork, they should look within themselves for the answer to what 'they' were 'seeing'. Sr. Thomasita went on to found the art department at Cardinal Stritch College becoming the chair of the art department as well as founding the much acclaimed and awarded Studio San Damiano based on her philosophy of, "Nature is God's art and Art is man's nature" as well as the Brielmaier tradition of, "A child who learns to create will not destroy." Carl R. Brielmaier (grandson of Erhard) continued the church painting tradition. Carl was born May 12, 1892 he left his immediate family before a teen and studied alongside Clothilde Brielmaier. Carl was known to use many different names within his life and work including the name Erhard so the extent of artwork credited to him is variable. Much of the church painting he is definitively known to have created is within the midwestern United States mostly in Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio. --Jsarttech 22:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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