Alphons Dürr (art historian)

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Alphons Dürr, around 1906

Alphons Emil Friedrich Dürr (born August 15, 1855 in Leipzig ; † September 23, 1912 there ) was a German art historian and publisher .

life and work

Alphons Dürr was born on August 15, 1855 as the son of Alphons Friedrich and Helene Emilie Dürr. After private lessons , he attended the 1st Realschule in Leipzig from 1866 to 1868 , then the Thomas School . From 1876 he studied art history , archeology and history at the University of Leipzig under Anton Springer and in Berlin (there 1877–1878) . In May 1879, he was with a thesis on the life and work Adam Friedrich Oeser doctorate , as most extensive monograph is known to Oeser. In the same year he became a partner of the publishing house of his father.

On July 15, 1879, Alphons Dürr married Louise Keßler in Marburg . Between 1887 and 1899 he was a member of the board of directors of the Association of German Booksellers . He also held several leading positions in the German Book Trade Association and in the German Book Trade Association .

Dürr's extensive estate , including autographs by Theodor Storm , Ludwig Richter and Moritz von Schwind , is located as Dr. Alphons Dürr Foundation in the German Museum of Books and Writing .

Fonts (selection)

  • Adam Friedrich Oeser. A contribution to the history of art in the 18th century . Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1879, DNB 580839516 .
  • Ed .: Joseph Ritter von Führich . The Bethlehemite Way. 13 original woodcut drawings by A. Gaber and K. Oertel. With a life sketch of the artist . 3rd edition, Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1880.
  • Friedrich Preller's Odyssey Landscapes. With a biography of the artist . Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1881, SWB online catalog 328189782 .
  • Preller and Goethe . In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 17 (1882), ZDB -ID 202971-6 , pp. 357–365.
  • Johann Heinrich Meyer in his relations with Goethe . In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst 20 (1884), pp. 25–35, 59–71.
  • A half-forgotten work by Schwind . In: Collected Studies on Art History. A celebratory offering for Anton Springer on May 4, 1885 . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1885, SWB online catalog 000424986 , pp. 231-239. ( Digitized version of Heidelberg University Library, accessed on October 11, 2019)
  • Ed .: Moritz von Schwind's mural in Hohenschwangau Castle . 46 compositions based on the watercolor drafts, engraved in copper by Julius Naue and Hermann Walde. With explanatory text . Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1886, SWB online catalog 9871706588 .
  • The Alphons Dürr bookstore in Leipzig. Festschrift to celebrate the fiftieth business anniversary of Alphons Friedrich Dürr on February 21, 1903 . Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1903, DNB 580839494 .

literature

  • Alphons Dürr: The Alphons Dürr bookstore in Leipzig. Festschrift to celebrate the fiftieth business anniversary of Alphons Friedrich Dürr on February 21, 1903 . Alphons Dürr, Leipzig 1903, DNB 580839494 .
  • Ernst Kroker : Two hundred and fifty years of a Leipzig book printing and accounting department. The history of the Dürr'schen Buchhandlung in Leipzig from the founding of its parent company in 1656 to the present and the history of the Dürr family , ed. by Johannes Friedrich Dürr. Dürr'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1906, DNB 560651171 , pp. 177-186.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timo John: Adam Friedrich Oeser 1717 - 1799. Study about an artist of sensitivity. In: Goethezeitportal. Goethezeitportal eV Society for the scientific promotion and cultural mediation of literature, art and culture on a media basis, November 25, 2006, p. 80 , accessed on October 12, 2019 (dissertation, as a book in Sax-Verlag, Beucha 2001, ISBN 978- 3-934544-17-8 published).
  2. ↑ Archives and documents on book history. Dr. Alphons Dürr Foundation. In: German National Library. June 18, 2019, accessed October 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Dürr, Alphons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dürr, Alphons Emil Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1912
Place of death Leipzig