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By the end of the 19th century there were many workshops producing church art, and competition between them was often intense. But
Mengelberg was confident that his studio could always produce quality items equal to or better than his competitors, supported by a fairly clear artistic doctrine in his
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Gerardus Wilhelminus van Heukelum, a Utrecht group of Catholic clergy and artists working to bring back the traditions and craftmanship in religious art and architecture. Mengelberg became the most prominent member of the guild and set up a workshop studio, a closed society of specialized
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artists employing Gothic principles and techniques to produce items sold to the clergy. By the late 19th century
Mengelberg's studio was employing more than 30 artists, designing and building items for church interiors such as organ fronts,
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to build church furniture. He moved there in 1872, and became interested in the neo-Gothic art of the
Netherlands. Mengelberg helped finish the interiors of Saint Catherine's Cathedral and Willibrord Church.
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in about 1865. Mengelberg then became acquainted with the theologian and historian of ancient art Franz Johann Joseph Bock (1823–1899), who took him under his wing and further educated him in medieval art.
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and Alfred Tepe, from whom he learnt more about artistic techniques. In 1869 he became a member of the
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Mengelberg's parents were Johann
Egidius Mengelberg and Catharina Wilhelmina Leiniger. His grandfather
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Mengelberg built church furniture and other interior items for the following churches.
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in churches throughout
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Mengelberg came from a family of artists. He began his
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Catholic Saint Catherine's Cathedral in Utrecht
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367:Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption in Zwolle
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273:Jan Herman van Heek
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364:' Church in Workum
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381:References
277:Huis Bergh
209:Gothic art
177:Protestant
153:Mengelberg
83:Occupation
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