Alfred Woltmann
Alfred Woltmann (born May 18, 1841 in Charlottenburg ; † February 6, 1880 in Menton ) was a German art historian .
Life
At the request of Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1794–1868), he wrote the first printed catalog of the Gemäldegalerie in the Altes Museum during his school days at the French Gymnasium in Berlin , where he towered over his classmates with his extraordinary talent . After graduating from high school , Woltmann studied in Berlin and Munich , received his doctorate at the University of Breslau in 1863 and then lived again in Berlin. From 1867 to 1868 he worked as a private lecturer at the Berlin University, then went to the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe as a full professor of art history , in 1874 to the University of Prague and in 1878 to Strasbourg . After several trips, on which he sought in vain for relief from his lung disease, he died in Menton / Côte d'Azur.
Woltmann became known at a young age through his work Holbein and his time and his building history in Berlin . Together with the director of the Berlin Gemäldegalerie, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Alfred Woltmann published the small writings .
Works
- Woltmann, Alfred. 1866. Holbein and his time. Leipzig: EA Seemann
- Woltmann, Alfred. 1872. The building history of Berlin up to the present day
- Waagen, Gustav Friedrich, u. Alfred Woltmann. 1875. Small writings. With a biographical sketch and a portrait of the author. Stuttgart: Ebner & Seubert
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Woltmann, Alfred . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 58th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1889, pp. 96–99 ( digitized version ).
- Alfred Stern : Woltmann, Alfred . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 185-188.
- Johannes ES Schmidt: The French Cathedral School and the French Gymnasium in Berlin. Student memories 1848–1861. Edited and commented by Rüdiger RE Fock. Publishing house Dr. Kovač , Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8300-3478-0 .
Web links
- Alfred Woltmann . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 16, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 743.
- Works by and about Alfred Woltmann in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woltmann, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1841 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charlottenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1880 |
| Place of death | Menton |