Peter Lenz, afterwards Desiderius Lenz, was a German artist who became a Benedictine monk. Together with Gabriel Wüger, he founded the Beuron Art School.
A Jubilee St. Benedict Medal by Desiderius Lenz, made for the 1400th anniversary of the birth of St. Benedict in 1880
A pencil portrait of Desiderius Lenz (then Peter Lenz) in 1860 by Gabriel Wüger (then Jakob Wüger).
The Chapel of St Maurus at Beuron, constructed 1868-1871, an iconic project for the Beuron School.
Maurus Wolter was the first abbot of the Benedictine Beuron Archabbey, which he founded with his brother Placidus in 1863.
Desiderius Lenz
…produce sacred art suitable for the devotional and liturgical environment. Around 1866 a plan for an 'Ideal Church' was produced, and in 1868 they met Maurus Wolter, the first abbot of the Benedictine Archabbey of Beuron founded in 1863 under the patronage of Princess Katherina von Hohenzollern. Wolter was already…
The archabbey at Beuron, founded by Maurus and Placidus Wolter