Eva Börsch-Supan

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Eva Börsch-Supan , née Eva Höllinger , (born January 20, 1932 in Dresden ) is a German art and architecture historian.

Life

Eva Börsch-Supan studied German , art history and Egyptology at the universities in Leipzig and Cologne. Her most important art history teacher was Heinz Ladendorf , whom she followed from Leipzig to the Cologne Art History Institute in 1958. Since then, she has been characterized by a great thematic and temporal breadth as well as a sense of the white spots in art historical research. At Ladendorf she did her doctorate in 1963 on garden, landscape and paradise motifs in the interior, the work was printed in 1967.

She is married to the art historian Helmut Börsch-Supan and the mother of three grown children. She is also a member of the Ecological Democratic Party (ödp).

Turning to architectural history

Since 1963 she has lived in Berlin with her husband Helmut Börsch-Supan, who worked at the Berlin Palace Administration. In the mid-1960s she turned to the theme that has shaped her since then, the architecture of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and his countless students. In a reference work, she first recorded monographs of Berlin architects between 1840 and 1870, listing their training course, the works and the available sources. There followed monographs on some of them such as Ludwig Persius or the church builder Friedrich August Stüler . There was also joint work with Helmut Börsch-Supan, such as working on Reclam's art guide for Berlin.

Due to their commitment and diverse publications, the architecture of the 19th century, the so-called Schinkel School, received appreciation and scientific attention. Her art-historical work is shaped by the ethos of responsibility for this long-neglected architecture, which is threatened with demolition.

Honors

In 2008 she and her husband were awarded the Fidicin Medal of the Association for the History of Berlin in recognition of their research on the art and history of the Berlin-Potsdam cultural landscape.

Fonts (selection)

  • Garden, landscape and paradise motifs in the interior. An iconographic study. Hessling, Berlin 1967. Cologne, Phil. Fac., Diss. From May 8, 1967.
  • European stylistics. From Charlemagne to the present. Bertelsmann, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-570-05395-4 .
  • Berlin architecture after Schinkel 1840–1870. Prestel, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-7913-0050-4 .
  • with Helmut Börsch-Supan (employee): Reclam's art guide. Volume 7, Berlin: Art Monuments and Museums. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010265-0 . New edition 1991 with the title: Art Guide Berlin. ISBN 3-15-010366-5 .
  • (Ed.): Ludwig Persius: The diary of the architect Friedrich Wilhelms IV. 1840-1845. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-422-00718-0 ( Art History Studies. 51).
  • with Dietrich Müller-Stüler : Friedrich August Stüler 1800–1865. Edited by the State Monuments Office Berlin. Berlin and Munich 1997, ISBN 3-422-06161-4 . (List of works by Stüler pp. 1004–1010).
  • Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Life's work. Volume 18: The provinces of East and West Prussia and the Grand Duchy of Poznan. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-422-06380-3 .
  • Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Life's work. Volume 21: Works for King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia and Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm (IV.) Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-422-06542-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Communication from the association
personal data
SURNAME Börsch-Supan, Eva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höllinger, Eva (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art and architecture historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden