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His son, Peter Parler, became one of the major architects of the Middle Ages. The family name is derived from the word Parlier, meaning "foreman". [1] Life and work. Nave of Holy Cross Minster. Choir of Holy Cross Minster, showing "Parler style" sculptural details depicting the Old Testament.
Heinrich Parler (c. 1300 – c. 1370), also known as Heinrich of Gmünd, founder of the dynasty, father of Johannes, Peter and Michael. Johannes von Gmünd (Johann Parler the Elder) (1330-po 1359), oldest son of Heinrich Parler, father of Heinrich IV.
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Johann, Heinrich's eldest son, repaired the Cathedral in Basel (completed 1363), and settled in Freiburg-im-Breisgau where he became Master of the Works at the Minster from 1359 (he may have designed the chancel). Johann's son, Michael II of Gmünd (d. c.
Peter Parler (1333/5–99), son of Heinrich, is the most celebrated of the tribe. He worked at Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Cologne Cathedral (possibly), and the Frauenkirche at Nuremberg before being summoned to Prague in 1356 by Kaiser Karl IV (1346–78) to work on the Cathedral of St Vitus (Veit), begun in 1344 by Matthias of Arras : he completed ...
Heinrich Parler, father of the masterbuilder family, presumably came from Cologne. It was him who built the Minster of the Holy Cross in Schwäbisch Gmünd, which is considered to be the initial building of the Late Gothic period in Central Europe. He was born around 1300 and died around 1370 in Gmünd.
Born in Schwäbisch Gmünd around 1330, Peter Parler was the son of master builder Heinrich Parler and the most well-known in a family of master masons and architects.
Heinrich Parler the Younger, also known as Heinrich von Gmünd, Heinrich of Freiburg, or Heinrich IV Parler, was a sculptor in the second half of the fourteenth century. He is the best-known sculptor of the Parler family , [2] a german family of stonemasons, construction foremen and architects whose members strongly influenced the Gothic style ...
