Alexander Amersdorffer

Alexander Amersdorffer (born November 9, 1875 in Nuremberg , † August 13, 1946 in Berlin ) was a German art historian and ministerial official .

Life

Alexander Amersdorffer came from Nuremberg and was at the Friedrich-Wilhelm University in Berlin in 1901 to Dr. phil. PhD. The subject of his dissertation was: Critical Studies on the Venetian Sketchbook .

From 1904 to 1910 Alexander Amersdorffer was an unskilled worker at the Prussian Ministry of Culture, where he held the position of advisor for art matters. He succeeded Ludwig Justi as First Permanent Secretary of the Prussian Academy of the Arts on March 1, 1910 , held the title of professor and was senator of the Prussian and German Academy of the Arts in Berlin until his death. From 1930 he also worked as an art teacher in Berlin. His merit is, among other things, the award of honorary citizenship of Berlin to Max Liebermann . Alexander Amersdorffer died in the summer of 1946 after an operation at the age of 70.

family

His son Heinrich Amersdorffer (born December 10, 1905 in Berlin; † December 2, 1986 in Munich) became a painter, graphic artist and art teacher.

Works (selection)

Critical studies of the Venetian sketchbook. With three illustrations in the text. With an addition. Inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , Berlin, Mayer & Müller, 1901.
To be German means to be honest. Speech to celebrate the very high birthday of His Majesty the Emperor and King on January 27, 1915 , Berlin, 1915.
The Academy Thought in the Development of the Prussian Academy of the Arts Publications of the Prussian Academy of the Arts (= publications of the Prussian Academy of the Arts, Academy of the Arts (Berlin), Volume 2), Berlin, publishing house of the Prussian Academy of the Arts, 1928.

literature

Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 20.

Web links

Entry in the Kalliope network

Individual evidence

^ Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 15.

personal data
SURNAME	Amersdorffer, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian and ministerial official
DATE OF BIRTH	November 9, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH	August 13, 1946
Place of death	Berlin

[Klee15-1] Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 15.