Günther, Ignaz

Günther, Ignaz

(ĭg`näts gün`tər), 1725–75, German sculptor. Günther produced numerous wood carvings that reveal mannerist and rococorococo
, style in architecture, especially in interiors and the decorative arts, which originated in France and was widely used in Europe in the 18th cent. The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille
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 influences. His elegant figures are elongated to the point of distortion, and the wood is brightly painted, as in his works for the church at Rott-am-Inn in Bavaria.