Alfred Thieme

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Villa Alfred Thieme at Weststrasse 15 (today Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse; building destroyed in World War II)

Conrad Alfred Thieme (born May 2, 1830 in Leipzig ; † April 2, 1906 there ) was a major German industrialist , consul general and art collector .

Alfred Thieme was the son of the Leipzig banker Conrad Friedrich August Thieme. He was a personally liable partner in the company CF Weithas successor, iron, sheet metal and girder wholesaler . Thieme was President of the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1890 to 1896 .

Thieme was considered one of the richest men in Saxony. In the years 1874 to 1876 he had a representative villa built in Weststrasse (today Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse) by the Leipzig architect Arwed Roßbach . In 1886 he donated 66 Dutch paintings from his collection to the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig. A second, even more valuable collection, which he assembled, was acquired by the Leipzig Museum in 1916.

From 1891 to 1901 he was a member of the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament , appointed by the king .

His sons were the publisher Georg Thieme (1860–1925) and the art historian Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922).

literature

  • Wilhelm von Bode : The Alfred Thieme picture gallery in Leipzig . In: Zeitschrift für Bildende Kunst NF 11, 1900, pp. 97–105.
  • Ulrich Thieme: Alfred Thieme Gallery in Leipzig . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1900 ( digitized version ).
  • The Alfred Thieme gallery in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig. New acquisitions from 1916 . Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig 1916.
  • Renate Hartleb: The Leipzig art collector Alfred Thieme. A contribution to the Dutch collection of the Museum of Fine Arts . In: Annual issue Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig 5, 1999, pp. 26–33.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of Saxon State Parliament History. Presidents and members of parliament from 1833 to 1952. Dresden 2001.
personal data
SURNAME Thieme, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thieme, Conrad Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist, consul general and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1830
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1906
Place of death Leipzig