Bruno Grimschitz

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Bruno Grimschitz (born April 23, 1892 in Moosburg (Carinthia) , Austria-Hungary , † June 13, 1964 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian and museum director.

Life

Bruno Grimschitz studied art history from 1910 at the University of Vienna under Max Dvořák and attended the Institute for Austrian Historical Research . During his studies in 1912 he became a member of the Landsmannschaft Kärnten Wien . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War as a front-line officer . In 1918 he completed his studies with a dissertation on the artistic development of Johann Lucas von Hildebrandts . He began his professional activity in 1919 as a research assistant at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna, where he became curator in 1928 . In 1932 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Vienna and in 1937 at the University of Vienna. From 1939 to 1945 Grimschitz was director of the Austrian Gallery. In addition, from 1940–1941 he headed the picture gallery in the Vienna Art History Museum .

He managed to keep works of so-called “ degenerate art ” in museums during his tenure. The journalist Hubertus Czernin described his role in the National Socialist era as one of the main players in the “ Aryanization ” of Vienna's private art collections. Accordingly, the museums he directed were able to expand their collections considerably. In 1944 he was appointed associate professor at the University of Vienna. After the end of the Second World War , Grimschitz was relieved of all offices. He received his teaching license back in 1956 and held it until 1963. He published numerous works, especially on the Viennese Baroque and 19th century art in Austria.

Publications (selection)

  • The Vienna Belvedere. Hölzel, Vienna 1920.
  • Joh. Lucas von Hildebrandt's artistic development up to the year 1725. Hölzel, Vienna 1922.
  • with Moritz Dreger : Johann Lucas von Hildebrandts church buildings. Filser, Augsburg 1929.
  • The Belvedere in Vienna. Wolfrum, Vienna 1946.
  • with Eva Kraft: Viennese baroque palaces. Wiener Verlag, Vienna 1947.
  • Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Welz, Salzburg 1957.
  • The old Viennese painters. Wolfrum, Vienna 1961.
  • Austrian painters from Biedermeier to modern times. Wolfrum, Vienna 1963.

literature

  • Karl Ginhart , Gotbert Moro (Hrsg.): Memorial book Bruno Grimschitz (= Carinthian Museum Writings Vol. 44). Publishing house of the History Association for Carinthia, Klagenfurt 1967.
  • Claus Pack: Herbert Boeckl's “Portrait of Bruno Grimschitz”. In: Mitteilungen der Österreichische Galerie 16, 1972, 60, pp. 131–144.
  • Monika Mayer: Bruno Grimschitz and the Austrian Gallery 1938–1945. A biographical approach in the context of current provenance research. In: Gabriele Anderl, Alexandra Caruso (Hrsg.): Nazi art theft in Austria and consequences. Studien-Verlag, Innsbruck 2005, ISBN 3-7065-1956-9 , pp. 59–79.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berthold Ohm, Alfred Philipp (Ed.): Address directory of the old men of the German Landsmannschaft. Part 1. Hamburg 1932, p. 258.
  2. ↑ Hubertus Czernin: The forgery. 1999, pp. 309-310.
personal data
SURNAME Grimschitz, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Moosburg (Carinthia)
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1964
Place of death Vienna