Christian Altgraf zu Salm

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Christian Altgraf zu Salm , completely Christian Emil Karl Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz (born April 2, 1906 in Vienna , † April 25, 1973 at Dyck Castle in Bedburdyck ), was a German art historian .

Life

Christian Altgraf zu Salm was the son of Karl Altgraf zu Salm (1871-1927) and his wife Elisabeth, Princess zu Fürstenberg (1878-1939). In 1926 he began studying art history at the University of Vienna , but after the death of his father he broke off to take over the management of his father's estate in Budkau , Trebitsch district , in South Moravia . In 1942 he was drafted into military service and worked as an interpreter in France. In 1945 he became an American prisoner of war . After the end of the war, due to expropriations and expulsions, he could no longer return to Czechoslovakia and from 1946 lived with his cousin Max zu Fürstenberg in Donaueschingen , where he took care of the princely art collection. In 1947 he began studying art history at the University of Freiburg again and was there in 1950 when Kurt Bauch with a thesis for Master of Meßkirch doctorate .

In 1954 he became head of the Princely Fürstenberg Collections in Donaueschingen. In 1958 he went to the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen as chief curator , where he was involved in the restructuring of the department for old German painting at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich and in the refurbishment of the branch galleries in Aschaffenburg, Burghausen and Augsburg, whose catalogs he edited with staff. In 1966 he became director of the museums at the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes in Munich. In 1968 he retired.

His specialty was old German painting from the 14th to 16th centuries.

Fonts (selection)

  • Works of art from the possession of Prince zu Fürstenberg . Bern Art Museum, Nov. 1948 - March 1949. Bern 1948.
  • The master of Messkirch. An investigation into the historical and art-historical position of his secured work. Dissertation Freiburg 1950.
  • Little-known sculptures from the 13th and 14th centuries from the south-eastern Black Forest . In: Writings of the Association for History and Natural History of Baar 22, 1950, pp. 17–57.
  • Grünewald's wing to the Heller Altar . In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst 2, 1951, pp. 118–123.
  • Donaueschingen. The parish church of St. Johann (= Little Art Guide 633). Schnell & Steiner, Munich 1957, 2nd, revised edition 1964.
  • with Karl Siegfried Bader : Heiligenberg Castle (= Thorbecke picture books 42). Thorbecke, Constance 1963.
  • with Gisela Goldberg : Old German painting (= Alte Pinakothek. Catalog 2). Bruckmann, Munich 1963.
  • The sword of the Principality of Strasbourg from 1663 . In: Festschrift Karl Siegfried Bader. Schulthess, Zurich / Böhleu, Cologne & Graz 1965, pp. 373-380.
  • with Gisela Goldberg, Gisela Scheffler: Staatsgalerie Augsburg, Städtische Kunstsammlungen. Vol. 1, Old German Paintings. Augsburg 1967.

literature

  • Kurt Martin : Christian Altgraf zu Salm † . In: Kunstchronik 26, 1973, pp. 409-410 ( digitized version ).
  • Doris Schmidt: A Christian knight. On the death of Christian Altgraf Salm. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 98, 28./29. April 1973.
  • Elfriede Schulze-Battmann : Christian Altgraf zu Salm 1906–1973 . In: Writings of the Association for the History and Natural History of Baar 30, 1974, pp. 5-14 (with picture and list of writings, digitized version ).
  • Salm, Christian Altgraf too . In: Badische Biographien , New Series Volume 1, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-17-007118-1 , pp. 232-234.

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personal data
SURNAME Salm, Christian Altgraf too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Salm-Reifferscheidt-Raitz, Christian Emil Karl Altgraf to
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1973
Place of death Bedburdyck