Alfred von Wurzbach
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
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Alfred Ritter von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 59th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1890, pp. 13–15 ( digitized version ).
- Attila von Wurzbach: Constantin Wurzbach Ritter von Tannenberg. On the 100th anniversary of the death of the Austrian writer and lexicographer . In: Ostdeutsche Familienkunde 41 (1993), pp. 231–239 (extensive genealogy)
- Fritz Fellner , Doris A. Corradini (Ed.): Austrian History in the 20th Century. A biographical-bibliographical lexicon. Böhlau, Wien et al. 2006, ISBN 3-205-77476-0 , p. 465 ( Publications of the Commission for Modern History of Austria. Vol. 99).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred von Wurzbach in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alfred von Wurzbach in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- Alfred von Wurzbach at arthistoricum.net - digitized works in the themed portal "History of Art History"
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wurzbach, Alfred von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wurzbach-Tannenberg, Alfred Ritter von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian civil servant and art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1846 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1915 |
Place of death | Vienna |