Axel Romdahl

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Axel L. Romdahl

Axel Ludvig Romdahl , mostly Axel L. Romdahl (born March 18, 1880 in Linköping , † May 14, 1951 in Gothenburg ) was a Swedish art historian and museum director.

Life

Axel Romdahl, the son of Per Axel Cyrus Romdahl (1841–1926) and Clara Adolfina Teresia Brogren (1852–1927), had two younger brothers: Karl Hjalmar (1881–1936) and Gunnar Theodor (1883–1953). The father - from Gotland - taught modern languages ​​as the rector at the Katedralskolan in Linköping.

Axel Romdahl, etching by Carl Larsson

In 1900, Axel Romdahl completed his studies in Uppsala with a degree in aesthetics - with literature and art history as main subjects - as well as in philosophy . In 1902 he studied for a semester at the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin with Heinrich Wölfflin and Adolph Goldschmidt . There he got to know the Berlin museums under Wilhelm Bode . In 1903 he began his professional career as a curator at the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm and went to the Nordic Museum in Stockholm a year later . In 1905 he was in Uppsala with the thesis " Pieter Bruegel the Elder and his artistic work" to Dr. phil. PhD .

In 1906 Axel Romdahl went to Gothenburg, where he became director of the local art museum and lecturer at the local university . At the latter he was appointed professor for art history and art theory in 1920. The contacts made by Romdahl to the Gothenburg art collector Conrad Pineus (1872–1945) and to Anders Zorn , Carl Larsson and Edvard Munch benefited the Gothenburg Art Museum. In the latter hang among others pictures of the three painters. Works by Jens Ferdinand Willumsen were also added. Werner Lundqvist (1868–1943) donated graphics to the art museum in 1918. Romdahl was also successful in collaboration with other sponsors - for example with Charles Felix Lindberg (1840–1909). In autumn 1948 he retired as museum director and became professor emeritus.

In addition, Romdahl was friends with Erland Nordenskiöld , the zoologist Leonard Jägerskiöld (1867–1945) and the poet Albert Ulrik Bååth (1853–1912). Rohmdahl took part in meetings of the Gothenburg Saturday Club (Swedish Lördagslaget ). There was also discussion - for example with Otto Lagercrantz and Erik Björkman - about politics.

Together with Sigurd Curman , he prepared the 700th anniversary of Linköping Cathedral in 1932 with an art-historical study of the building. Relevant publications on the Skara Cathedral and Uppsala Cathedral came out in 1928 and the 1935th

family

Axel Romdahl married Gudrun Biller (1881–1960) on August 26, 1906 in Stockholm. The couple had four children: Gunnar (1907–1975), Gunnel (1908–1965), Åke (1910–2001) and Torsten (1912–1934).

Axel Romdahl was buried in Linköping.

Memberships

Fonts (selection)

  • Pieter Brueghel the Elder and his artistic work. In: Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Allerhöchsten Kaiserhaus 25, 1905, pp. 85–169 ( digitized version ), also separately Tempsky, Vienna 1905 (dissertation).
  • with Johnny Roosval : Svensk konsthistoria . Aktiebolaget Ljus, Stockholm 1913.
  • Anger is different from an eraser . E. Arnold, Dresden 1922.
  • Sergel. A Swedish artist from the time of Gustav III. (= Nordic art books 3/4). Hölzel, Vienna 1922.
  • with Sven Dahlgren: Skara domkyrkas byggnadshistoria . Uppsala 1928.
  • with Sigurd Curman: Linköpings domkyrka, 1232–1498. Med en inledning: Biskop Gisles kyrkobygge den äldsta domkyrkan av sten . O. Isacson, Gothenburg 1932.
  • with Gerda Boëthius: Uppsala domkyrka, 1258–1435. Almqvist & Wiksells boktyrkeri, Uppsala 1935.
  • The A master of the Lübeck Bible from 1494 (= Göteborgs Högskolas Arsskrift XLVII. 23). Wettergren & Kerber, Gothenburg 1941.
  • Pieter Bruegel the Elder A. Norstedt, Stockholm 1947.

literature

Web links

Commons : Axel Romdahl  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Also known as Ludde (from Ludwig).
  2. ↑ Teresia Brogren in gw.geneanet.
  3. ↑ Gudrun Biller in the gw.geneanet
  4. ^ Entry in the member database of the Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies .
personal data
SURNAME Romdahl, Axel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romdahl, Axel Ludvig; Romdahl, Axel Ludwig; Romdahl, AL; Romdahl, A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Linkoping
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1951
Place of death Gothenburg