Albert Ilg

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Albert Ilg

Albert Ilg (born October 11, 1847 in Laimgrube , today part of Vienna ; † November 28, 1896 there ) was an Austrian art historian .

life and work

From 1873 Ilg was curator of the Museum of Art and Industry in Vienna, from 1876 curator of the imperial collections (today: Kunsthistorisches Museum ) and there from 1884 director of the collection of weapons and art-industrial objects.

Rudolf Eitelberger's collaborator published the source writings on art history as his successor . His main work is the first monograph on Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach . With this work he took an initiative to reassess the baroque in terms of art history . At the same time, he advocated viewing the neo-baroque as an Austrian “national style”. For this purpose he published the pamphlet The Future of the Baroque Style. An art epistle under the pseudonym Bernini the Younger .

The interior of the Art History Museum and the sculptural decorations in the New Castle were designed according to his specifications .

Albert Ilg also got the translation of Cennino Cennini's handbook on painting, the Libro dell'arte o trattato della peintura .

He rests in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (31A-2-10). A portrait medallion by Franz Xaver Pawlik is attached to the tomb .

In 1899, Ilgplatz in Vienna- Leopoldstadt (2nd district) was named after him.

Publications (selection)

literature

  • Gerhard Winkler:  Ilg, Albert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , pp. 130 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Ilg Albert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 27.
  • Wendelin Boeheim: Albert Ilg , in: Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House 19, 1898, pp. 354–359
  • Alphons Lhotsky: Albert Ilg 1847–1896 , in: Montfort. Journal for History, Local History and Folklore Vorarlbergs 1, 1946, pp. 206–224
  • Elisabeth Springer: Biographical sketch of Albert Ilg (1847-1896) , in: Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): Fischer von Erlach and the Viennese Baroque tradition . Böhlau, Vienna 1995, pp. 319-344
  • Eva B. Ottillinger: From the Blondel style to the Maria Theresa style. Albert Ilg and the rococo reception in Viennese living culture of the 19th century , in: Friedrich Polleroß (Hrsg.): Fischer von Erlach and the Viennese baroque tradition . Böhlau, Vienna 1995, pp. 345-368
  • Andreas Kreul: Between pathos and reorganization. The Fischer von Erlach monographs by Albert Ilg , in: Friedrich Polleroß (Ed.): Fischer von Erlach and the Wiener Barocktradition Böhlau, Vienna 1995, pp. 389–403
  • Selma Krasa-Florian: Albert Ilg and Viktor Tilgner. On the sculpture of the neo-baroque in Vienna , in: Friedrich Polleroß (ed.), Fischer von Erlach and the Viennese Barocktradition, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1995, pp. 369–388
  • Edzard Rust, Huberta Weigl : The fishermen from Erlach and their first monograph Albert Ilg , in: Kunsthistoriker aktuell. Announcements of the Austrian Association of Art Historians 13, 1996, pp. 9-10
  • Peter Stachel: Albert Ilg and the “invention” of the baroque as the Austrian “national style” . In: Moritz Csáky, Federico Celestini, Ulrich Tragatschnig (eds.): Barock - a place of memory. Interpretament of modernity / postmodernism . Böhlau, Vienna-Cologne-Weimar 2007, ISBN 978-3-205-77468-6 , pp. 101–152.

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personal data
SURNAME Ilg, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Laimgrube , today Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1896
Place of death Vienna