Bernhard Höfel

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Bernhard Höfel (born September 18, 1862 in Innsbruck ; † January 21, 1943 there ) was an Austrian jeweler and patron .

Life

Bernhard Höfel, son of the jeweler and collector Josef Höfel, who was born in Bregenz on October 23, 1823 , worked for many years on the administrative committee of the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum , especially in the arts and crafts committee. He bequeathed the art collections set up by his father and enlarged by him with great understanding , consisting of over a hundred paintings , important holdings of handicrafts and a rich bibliography , to the city of Innsbruck and the Ferdinandeum Museum.

literature

  • Innsbrucker Nachrichten of February 3 and March 27, 1943
  • Journal of the Ferdinandeum , Volume 3, 1890, 34, XI
  • Wilhelm Eppacher: The benefactors of the state capital Innsbruck , In: Publications from the Innsbruck city archive , edited by Karl Schadelbauer, 1951, p. 18
  • Hofel Bernhard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 349.
personal data
SURNAME Hofel, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian jeweler and patron
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 1943
Place of death innsbruck