Johann Georg Pinsel

Johann Georg Pinsel was a Baroque-Rococo sculptor active in Eastern Galicia.
Biographical details about him are scarce. He was discovered by Jan Bołoz Antoniewicz and appeared in scholarly literature in 1923 in the monograph of p. Władysław Żyła "Kościół i klasztor Dominikanów we Lwowie". His first and second name, some information about his family and approximate date of death were only established in 1993, with the discovery of registers of the Buchach Roman Catholic parish. The place and exact date of his birth remain unknown.
Pinsel came to the Kingdom of Poland most probably around 1750. According to Jan K. Ostrowski, it is almost certain that he was of German ethnic origin. He settled in Buchach and became court artist to Mikołaj Bazyli Potocki. On 13 May 1751, he married Marianna Elżbieta née Majewska, the widow of Jan Kieyt, with whom he had two sons: Bernard and Antoni. He closely collaborated with Bernard Meretyn. His student was Maciej Polejowski.
Pinsel's works include sculptures and decorations of the Buchach Town Hall, the Trinitarian church and the St.