Werner Weisbach (1 September 1873, in Berlin – 9 April 1953, in Basel) was a German-Swiss art historian.
Werner Weisbach | |
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| Born | September 1, 1873 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | April 9, 1953 (aged 79) Basel, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Art historian |
| Alma mater | University of Freiburg Leipzig University University of Munich |
He studied art history, archaeology, history and philosophy at the universities of Freiburg, Berlin, Munich and Leipzig, receiving his promotion from the latter institution in 1896 (doctoral advisor, August Schmarsow). Following a study trip through Europe, he served as a volunteer at the Museum of Berlin under the directorship of Wilhelm von Bode. From 1903 onward, he worked as a lecturer at Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Berlin, where from 1921 to 1933 he taught classes as an associate professor of art history. During the era of National Socialism he emigrated to Basel, Switzerland as a private scholar (1935).[1][2]
Selected works edit
- Impressionismus; ein problem der malerei in der antike und neuzeit (2 volumes, 1910–11) – Impressionism; a problem of painting in antiquity and modern times.
- Kriegsziele und deutscher idealismus, 1915 – War aims and German idealism.
- Der Barock als Kunst der Gegenreformation, 1921 – Baroque as an art of counterreformation.
- Die italienische Stadt der Renaissance, 1922 – The Italian city of the Renaissance.
- Kunst des Barock in Italien, Frankreich, Deutschland und Spanien, 1924 – Baroque art in Italy, France, Germany and Spain.
- Rembrandt, 1926 – On Rembrandt.
- In English: Spanish baroque art; three lectures delivered at the University of London, 1941.
- Manierismus in mittelalterlicher Kunst, 1942 – Mannerism in medieval art.
- Religiöse Reform und mittelalterliche Kunst, 1945 – Religious reform and medieval art.
- Vincent van Gogh; Kunst und Schicksal, 1949 – Vincent van Gogh, art and fate.
- Die Basler Buchillustration des XV. Jahrhunderts, 1957 – The Basler Buchillustration of the 15th century.[3]
References edit
- ^ Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exile by Ulrike Wendland
- ^ Biografie, Werner Weisbach Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- ^ HathiTrust Digital Library (published works)
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