Bernhard Grueber

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Bernhard Grueber

Bernhard Grueber (born March 27, 1807 in Donauwörth ; † October 12, 1882 in Schwabing ) was a German architect , architectural writer and art historian .

Life

Grueber went to Munich with his father as early as 1812 and attended high school there. Grueber studied painting and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and worked as an assistant to Joseph Daniel Ohlmüller in the construction of the Mariahilfkirche in the Au near Munich from 1830 . He then directed the preparatory work for the restoration of the Regensburg Cathedral , after which he was appointed teacher at the Royal Polytechnic School in Regensburg in 1833 .

In 1834 and 1837 he toured Italy; the fruit of this was the work Comparative Collection for Christian Architecture (Augsburg 1837–1841). In 1842 Grueber built a magnificent hall in the palace of Prince Salm in Prague , and in 1844 he became professor of architecture at the Polytechnic in Prague. At the same time he was active as an architect in the construction of new buildings and in the restoration of older monuments.

Were among his new and renovated buildings: the summer house of Queen Anne in the Prague Castle , the main school building Decin , the cemetery church in St. Johann in central Bohemia, the palace of Baron Aehrenthal in Prague, St. Mary's Church in Turnau , castle Blatná , Sychrov , Orlik Castle and Skal Castle .

Since the 1830s Grueber suffered from severe hearing impairment, which made contact with other people extremely difficult for him. Because of his German nationalist attitude, he also got into the nationality dispute with the Czechs. In 1875, for example, in his work The Elements of Art Activity, he asserted : “ Culture and orderly conditions are only mentioned where either Germans have lived since ancient times or where German settlers and German laws later spread. "

After his release, he moved to Freising in 1874 and finally to Schwabing, where he died on October 12, 1882. Grueber left behind an extensive scientific and graphic work, as well as short stories, stories and comedies.

His son Erwin Grueber (1846–1933) was a lawyer and professor in Oxford and Munich, his son Albrecht Grueber (1847–1888) was a genre painter and portraitist.

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Fonts (selection)

  • Comparative collections for Christian architecture (1839–1841)
  • Medieval architecture (1840–1841)
  • Regensburg and its surroundings (1843)
  • The Bavarian Forest (1846, together with Adalbert Müller )
  • Characteristics of the architectural monuments of Bohemia (Vienna 1856);
  • General building studies , vol. 1:
  • Hohenfurt Monastery in Bohemia (1861)
  • Building materials theory (Berlin 1863);
  • The imperial castle in Eger and the monuments adjoining this building . Prague and Leipzig 1864 ( e-copy ).
  • The Lords of Rosenberg as patrons of the arts (1867)
  • The Cathedral of Heil. Vitus and the artistic activity of Emperor Charles IV (Prague 1869)
  • The German and Slavic House in Bohemia (1870)
  • Art of the Middle Ages in Bohemia (1871)
  • Main Periods of Medieval Art Development in Bohemia (1871)
  • German life. Description of the German people in all their tribes (1871)
  • The elements of artistic activity (Leipzig 1875)
  • Kramny: List of authors in the communications of the emperors. royal Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments . 1856-1906 , p. 11

buildings

(New buildings and renovations)

  • Hrubá Skála Castle

  • Church of the Nativity in Turnov

  • Cemetery church in Svatý Jan pod Skalou

  • Blatná Castle

  • Servite Convent at the Church of Mary on the Lawn in Prague

  • Sychrov Castle

  • Hohenfurth monastery church

  • House of the Hohenfurth monastery in Budweis

literature

  • Hyacinth Holland :  Grueber, Bernhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 49, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, pp. 577-581.
  • Věra Laštovičková: Architect Bernhard Grueber (1806–1882), diploma thesis, Charles University in Prague, Philosophical Faculty, Prague 2008, 186 pp. And 111 figs. (Appendix) (Czech), see [1]

Web links

Commons : Bernhard Grueber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Bernhard Grueber  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note 24 in http://www.zeitenblicke.de/2006/2/Vybiral (September 17, 2008)
personal data
SURNAME Grueber, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1807
PLACE OF BIRTH Donauwörth
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 1882
Place of death Schwabing