Paul Salvisberg
Paul Salvisberg (born April 26, 1855 in Zofingen , † May 18, 1925 in Munich ) was a Swiss publisher, art historian and writer.
Life
As the son of Friedrich Salvisberg , von Mühleberg, the then building manager of Zofingen , and his wife Agnes geb. Suter was born to Paul Salvisberg in his grandparents' rococo house. His grandmother was English . Salvisberg was not ennobled ; he picked up the “from” at the beginning of the 1880s.
Bern
Elected to the cantonal master builder, the father and his family moved to Bern at the end of the 1850s . There Paul Salvisberg attended the Ramsler and canton schools. In 1874 he enrolled at the University of Bern . There his special talent for mathematics and art drawing was noticed . The next year he was second best in the aspirant school as a lieutenant in the artillery . Here he was noticed by the military, Hermann Bleuler and Ulrich Wille , who remained his friend's patrons throughout his life. Salvisberg became a member of the Zofingia , but resigned due to constant provocations and joined the newly founded Kösener Corps Rhenania Bern. Three of his corps brothers survived him.
Southern Germany and Paris
At the end of the 1870s he went to the TH Stuttgart . There he shone as a Republican after gaining royal recognition. His inclination towards art history began to come to the fore. He studied philosophy , natural sciences , art history and aesthetics in Munich and Tübingen . There he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . In 1881 he married Lucie geb. Enslin at Erolzheim Castle in Illertal . He moved with her to Paris to set up a “German-Swiss studio with information desk and reading room for young architects, artists, art researchers and technicians”. The exaggerated project, described by Salvisberg in the first issue of his art-historical studies, was not realized; but Salvisberg wrote a lot on (French) art history.
Munich
In 1884 Salvisberg moved to Munich, which became his second home. As a committed corps student , he founded the KSCV's first association journal , the Academic Monthly Booklet , "with the help of which he organized the smaller associations of old corps students that existed in many places into a global association" . In 1890 he founded the Hochschul-Nachrichten , which “in addition to statistics and history, was supposed to cultivate an understanding of the ideal interests of universities, especially the German tongue, and to combat any damage to youthful idealism by entering political and denominational differences in the student body”. The university news was officially supported by universities all over the world, so that it could be obtained largely free of charge. The First World War destroyed this life's work, for which he had been honored with the Franz Joseph Order . The Rhine and Danube shipping occupied him in many projects and work. In his last years he was called in to work by the Deutsches Museum . He experienced his 70th birthday in full spiritual freshness. He died three weeks later, ten years after the death of his older son, who fell as a captain in World War I "for his second Bavarian fatherland, decorated with the Iron Cross".
“Paul von Salvisberg did not find any great protections for his great endeavors, especially in his home country. His successes are all the more commendable. He wielded his pen like his blade before. Perhaps often a little sharper than necessary, but honest and open. He did not know any feelings of hatred; he only hated cunning and striving. His motto, which he had printed on the Academic monthly booklet, was: Amico pectus, hosti frontem . "
Salvisberg always remained Swiss.
literature
- Oskar Salvisberg: Dr. Paul von Salvisberg . OO, undated (Swiss National Library, call number N 28, 130/17)
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Salvisberg in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paperback of the historical society of the canton Aargau 1898: An idyll from an eventful time
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Salvisberg, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Salvisberg, Paul von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss art historian, publisher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zofingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1925 |
| Place of death | Munich |