Albin Rohrmoser

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Albin Rohrmoser (born December 16, 1936 in Sankt Johann im Pongau ; † June 18, 1994 in Salzburg ) was an art historian and director of the Salzburg Museum from 1979 to 1994 .

Life

Albin Rohrmoser came from a humble background: his father Franz, who died early, was a worker in the Sulzau ironworks . After compulsory school he entered the federal teacher training institute and in 1957 passed his Matura here , which also included the qualification as a primary school teacher. Subsequently, he was employed by the Salzburg State School Council and was employed as a substitute teacher in Obereching , Unken and Hollersbach im Pinzgau . In 1958 he left school and went to Vienna as a student trainee. At first he wanted to be an artist and studied for a year at the Academy of Applied Arts . He then moved to the University of Vienna, where he studied art history and archeology; his academic teachers were Otto Demus , Otto Pächt and Karl Maria Swoboda . With a grant from the Federal Ministry of Education he was able to finance a study visit to Spain in 1963/64. He was particularly interested in the late Gothic retable painter Fernando Gallego . After returning to Salzburg, he became a research assistant at the Art History Institute of the University of Salzburg with Hans Sedlmayr . In 1966 he went to Vienna again and received his doctorate in philosophy in 1967 with a dissertation on Fernando Gallego . Subsequently, he worked as a travel guide for “Academic Travel”.

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After his marriage and three children, he went back to Salzburg and looked for a job there. In 1969 he applied for the position of art historian at the SMAC , which had become vacant when the previous holder, Franz Fuhrmann , moved to the university. On February 1, 1970 he was able to take up his post as curator of the art history department of the SMCA. After his appointment, he began preparing two exhibitions on the subject of “Late Gothic in Salzburg”. In the summer of 1972, the first part of this exhibition under the title "Painting of the Late Gothic" was realized in Salzburg. In the summer of 1976, the second and, with around 100,000 visitors, extremely successful part about “Sculpture of the Late Gothic” followed.

Another focus of his activity was the art of the 20th century. One example of this is his engagement with the painter Herbert Stejskal. At the beginning of the 1970s he was actively involved in founding the " Group 73 ". In 1981 he was elected President of the Salzburg Art Association.

In 1979 he became director of the SMCA. In this role he initiated the “Museum Talks”, through which the participants should be brought closer to the “art of seeing”. A highlight of his work as director was the organization of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the SMCA in 1985. The keynote speaker was Wilfried Seipel , then director of the Upper Austrian State Museum. During his time, the museum holdings could also be expanded considerably. Under him, the Salzburg Open Air Museum, which was built by Kurt Conrad , was opened on January 1st, 1984 . The archives of the museum in 1994 were handed over to the Salzburg City Archives . The “Monographic Series on Salzburg Art” was created under his direction, in which each volume is dedicated to a Salzburg artist. He also redesigned the idea of ​​the monthly sheets (“The artwork of the month”); Each monthly sheet presents a small monograph on a work of art or an artist and is unique in this form in the German-speaking area.

Its directorate also includes efforts to improve the spatial situation of the museum. First in 1984 he was able to requisition the empty city ​​cinema adjoining the museum for a contemporary exhibition (“Lenz Collection”); the plans for a permanent extension were not successful and the building was taken over by the local "scene". The idea of ​​a “museum in the rock” - the plan was to excavate a cavern in Mönchsberg for a Guggenheim museum - could not be realized either. His endeavors to accommodate the museum in the Tuscany wing of the residence were also unsuccessful; the law faculty of the university is now located here. In 1993 he was able to bring to Salzburg an exhibition about Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller , which was actually designed for the Upper Belvedere , but could not be shown there due to renovation work, and then forwarded it to Innsbruck. The exhibition brought an increase in visitor numbers and was a financial success. However, since it was not previously planned in the museum's budget, the museum's board of directors refused to approve the annual financial statements in 1993.

These quarrels, with which he struggled in the last few years of his life, were not good for his health. Already damaged, he succumbed to a heart attack on June 18, 1994 after returning from a two-week study trip to Spain. For his funeral speech, he had chosen Nikolaus Schaffer during his lifetime . Rohrmoser is buried in the Salzburg municipal cemetery.

Fonts

  • Albin Rohrmoser: Master of the Virgo inter Virgines. The Salzburg Altar of Mary around 1470/1500. Artwork of the month, Salzburg Museum 1993.
  • Albin Rohrmoser: Salzburg at the time of Mozart. Cathedral Museum, Salzburg 1991, ISBN 978-3901014123 .
  • Liselotte von Eltz-Hoffmann & Albin Rohrmoser: Wilhelm Kaufmann. A Salzburg painter. Paperback, Salzburg 1991, ISBN 978-3901014093 .
  • Joachim Hertlein; Albin Rohrmoser; Marianne Mehling: Florence and Tuscany (= Phaidon Cultural Guide). Phaidon Press Ltd., London 1986, ISBN 978-0714823898 .
  • Albin Rohrmoser: Anton Faistauer (1887–1930). Turning away from the modern. Research on style development. (= Monographic series on Salzburg art, vol. 6). Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg 1987.
  • Albin Rohrmoser: The painter Josef Schulz 1893–1973. With a biographical introduction by Karl Heinz Ritschel. (= Monographic series on Salzburg art, vol. 3). Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg 1986.
  • Albin Rohrmoser: Herbert Stejskal - work processes. Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1985. ISBN 978-3853491089 .
  • Rohrmoser Albin & Erich Tischler: Masterpieces from the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum. With photos by Erich Tischler. Dr. Haus Nonntal Book Service, Salzburg 1984.
  • Albin Rohrmoser: Georg Jung . 1899-1957. On the occasion of the 94th special exhibition (= monographic series on Salzburg art, vol. 2). Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg, 1982.
  • Albin Rohrmoser: Albert Birkle . Oil painting and pastel (= monographic series on Salzburg art, vol. 1). Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg 1980.
  • Albin Rohrmoser & Thomas fence screen: Walter L. Brendel . Oil paintings - sculptures - collages - gouaches - color impression monotypes and drawings from 1946 to 1979. Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg 1980.
  • Rohrmoser, Albin: Master of the Großgmainer wing paintings . In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 16, 1990, pp. 713–714.

literature

  • Wolfram Morath : Collected for Salzburg: New acquisitions 1979 to 1996; Special exhibition in memory of Albin Rohrmoser, March 22 to June 29, 1997. Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg Museum for Art and Cultural History, Salzburg 1997.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Albin Rohrmoser on Find a Grave
  2. ^ Fritz Moosleitner: The "Rohrmoser era" at the Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum. In Wolfram Morath: Collected for Salzburg: New acquisitions 1979 to 1996; Special exhibition in memory of Albin Rohrmoser, March 22 to June 29, 1997. Carolino Augusteum, Salzburg Museum for Art and Cultural History, Salzburg 1997, pp. 9–13.
personal data
SURNAME Rohrmoser, Albin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian, director of the Salzburg Museum
DATE OF BIRTH December 16, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Johann im Pongau
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1994
Place of death Salzburg