Benno Ulm

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Benno Ulm (born October 22, 1921 in Vienna , † December 7, 2000 in Linz ) was an Austrian historian .

Life

Benno Ulm, son of Benedikt Ulm and Ida Neumann, grew up in Mildenau in Bohemia and only came to Austria at the age of fourteen, when the family had to leave what was then Czechoslovakia and settle in Freistadt . In autumn 1947 he began studying art history, archeology and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in 1955. In the spring of 1957, Ulm started work at the Upper Austrian State Museum . He worked as an assistant to the director at the time, Wilhelm Jenny, and after his death on January 20, 1960, he was appointed head of the Art and Cultural History Department - a task that he fulfilled for a quarter of a century until he retired on January 31, 1985 . He is buried at the city cemetery in Linz- Urfahr .

Works

Selection:

  • The style development in the architecture of the Gothic country churches in the districts of Perg and Freistadt in Upper Austria. Dissertation 1955.
  • Benno Ulm, Otfried Kastner: Catalog of the collection of medieval sculptures in the State Museum, 1958.
  • The art of the Danube School. 1965.
  • Josef Reitinger , Benno Ulm, Karl Heinz Hattinger: Upper Austrian Maritime Museum . Greinburg Castle . Catalog of the Upper Austrian Provincial Museum No. 69, 1970.
  • The Mühlviertel. His works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. In: Austrian art monograph. Volume V, Salzburg 1971, 2nd improved edition 1976.
  • Upper Austria. Dehio manual . The art monuments of Austria. Revised by Kurt Woisetschläger with contributions by Justus Schmidt and Benno Ulm. Hardcover, 1971.
  • The Schwanthaler family. Using the scientific legacy of Max Bauböck. 1974, 25 pages.
    In: Otto Wutzel : The Schwanthaler family of sculptors 1633–1848. From baroque to classicism. Catalog for the Upper Austrian provincial exhibition in the Augustinian canons of Reichersberg am Inn, Linz 1974, pp. 60–84.
    In: Thomas Schwanthaler. Catalog, Vienna 1974, pp. 30–54.
    In: Wastl Fanderl: Schwanthaler cribs. Rosenheim 1974, pp. 150-174.
  • Romance of memory. Benno Ulm on Albrecht Dunzendorfer . Board book 1974.
  • The peasant war . Catalog of the Upper Austrian State Exhibition, 1976.
  • The Zürn family of sculptors 1585–1724, Swabia / Bavaria / Moravia / Austria. Exhibition d. Province of Upper Austria, Braunau am Inn 1979.
  • Art in Upper Austria 1918–1938. 1984.
  • The parish church "Maria Himmelfahrt" in Königswiesen . In: Christian art centers in Austria. No. 190. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1991.
  • Sankt Michael ob Rauchödt, Parish Grünbach , Diocese Linz. In: Christian art centers in Austria. No. 209. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1991.
  • Kefermarkt pilgrimage church . Ried im Innkreis 1992.

literature

  • Otto Wutzel: Benno Ulm and his services for Upper Austrian regional studies. In: Upper Austria. Culture report. 39, 1985, episode 13.
  • Aldemar Schiffkorn: Benno Ulm. Three decades of regional research. In: Studies on Art and Cultural History. Festgabe for Benno Ulm (= Upper Austrian Homeland Papers . Volume 40, Linz 1986, Issue 3/4, pp. 452-460, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • Bernhard Prokisch : Councilor Dr. Benno Ulm (1921-2000). Linz 2000 (obituary of the state of Upper Austria), PDF on ZOBODAT

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Schiffkorn 1986, p. 453.
personal data
SURNAME Ulm, Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH December 7, 2000
Place of death Linz