Alfred von Wurzbach

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Alfred Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg , (born July 22, 1846 in Lemberg , † May 18, 1915 in Vienna ) was an Austrian civil servant, art historian , art critic and author .

Life

Wurzbach was the son of the lexicographer Constantin von Wurzbach and his wife Antonia Hinzinger. After graduating from high school, Wurzbach began to study law in Vienna. After successfully completing his studies, he got a job with the Lower Austrian Lieutenancy.

In 1871 Wurzbach worked for some time as secretary of the Wiener Hypotheken-Rentenbank , but returned to his old position after the stock market crisis in 1873. In 1876 he quit his civil service, settled down as a privateer, made extensive trips through Holland, Belgium, France and Germany and earned his living as a writer and art critic . From 1880 to 1886 he worked as an editor and art critic for the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung . After that he turned almost exclusively to larger art-historical works. His son was Wolfgang von Wurzbach (1879–1957).

Alfred Wurzbach, Knight von Tannenberg, died on May 18, 1915 in Vienna at the age of 68 and was buried in an honorary grave (group 9, number 68) in the Hietzingen cemetery .

His sister was the actress Theodora von Fiedler-Wurzbach .

Works

  • Contemporaries. Biographical sketches. 12 booklets. Vienna, Pest, Leipzig: Hartleben, 1870–1871
  • Martin Schongauer. A critical examination of his life and works together with a chronological list of his copperplate engravings . Vienna, 1880
  • Songs to a woman . Stuttgart: Neff, 1881
  • History of Dutch Painting. Leipzig: Freytag; Prague: Temsky, 1885
  • Dutch Artist Lexicon, 3 vols. Vienna & Leipzig: Halm & Goldmann, 1906–11

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