Christian Nebehay

Christian M. Nebehay (born May 11, 1909 in Leipzig ; † November 25, 2003 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art dealer , art collector and author .

Life

Christian M. Nebehay was born in Leipzig in 1909 as the son of the art dealer Gustav Nebehay . As a child in Vienna he met Gustav Klimt , who dedicated three of his drawings to the Nebehay family,

Nebehay wrote numerous works about Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele , which were especially recognized internationally. The New York Times , for example, described his book Egon Schiele: From Sketch to Picture as “indispensable for everyone who studies Schiele”. (English: " Egon Schiele: Sketchbooks is indispensable to any student of Schiele [...]”)

He worked on the film Schiele in Prison, produced in 1980 by Mick Gold ( Emmy Award 1995) . He wrote scripts for various documentary films for Austrian television, including Gustav Klimt und seine Zeit (1975) and Egon Schiele (1976).

Works from Nebehay's art dealer are exhibited in the National Gallery of Art , the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art .

Personal

Nebehay's first marriage was to a niece of Katharina Schratt , Johanna Nebehay (born von Müller-Schratt), and his second marriage was to the author Reneé Nebehay-King. Nebehay's son is married to Paula Molden, the granddaughter of Paula von Preradović (writer; author of the text of the Austrian national anthem ) and Ernst Molden (journalist and diplomat; founder of the Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse ). Her father was Otto Molden (cultural politician; founder of the European Forum Alpbach ).

Art dealers / foundations

Art dealer and gallery Christian M. Nebehay

In 1947 Nebehay founded the Christian M. Nebehay company (gallery, art dealer and antiquarian bookshop ) in the first district of Vienna . For decades he played a leading role in the art and antiquarian trade far beyond Austria. The business continued after his death. A former chairman of the Austrian Antiquarian Book Association called it “the most important still active antiquarian bookshop on the 'Old Continent of Europe'”. Nebehay, who was President of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers , also founded the Association of Antiquarian Booksellers Austria , which he chaired for over two decades, as well as the Society of Friends of the Albertina . His commitment is z. B. to thank that the original chandelier for the study room of the Albertina could be acquired. Nebehay was also able to make numerous acquisitions in the interests of Austrian art, including the acquisition of the manuscript of the Third Symphony by Anton Bruckner for the Austrian National Library .

Awards

• 1994: Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class
• 1984: Honorary member of the Main Association of the Austrian Book Trade
• 1980: Paul Harris Fellow, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
• 1978: appointed professor
• Honorary member of the Gustav Klimt Memorial Society

Works (selection)

• Egon Schiele and the railway. Böhlau , Vienna 1995, ISBN 978-3-205-98393-4 .
• The happiness in this world. Memories. Verlag Christian Brandstätter , Vienna 1995, ISBN 978-3-85447-554-5 .
• Gustav Klimt: From the drawing to the picture. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-85447-369-5 .
• Egon Schiele: Life and Work. Residenz Verlag , Salzburg 1992, ISBN 978-3-7017-0265-7 .
• Egon Schiele: Life. Letters. Poems. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1992, ISBN 978-3-7017-0197-1 .
• Egon Schiele: From the sketch to the picture. The sketchbooks 1912–1918. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1989, ISBN 978-3-85447-320-6 .
• Ver Sacrum 1898-1903. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag , Munich 1979. New edition: Harenberg Kommunikation Verlag, Dortmund 1987, ISBN 978-3-88379-528-7 .
• Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and the Lederer family. Kornfeld, Bern 1986, ISBN 978-3-85773-016-0 .
• Secession. Edition Tusch , Vienna 1986, ISBN 978-3-85063-163-1 .
• Egon Schiele: Life and Work in Documents and Pictures. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-423-02884-4 .
• My father's golden armchairs. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 978-3-85447-038-0 .
• Vienna in particular: Architecture and painting around 1900. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 978-3-85447-021-2 .
• Ver Sacrum 1898-1903. Edition Tusch, Vienna 1975 as well as 2nd, supplemented edition 1981, ISBN 3-85063-046-3 .
• Egon Schiele. Life and work. Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1980, ISBN 978-3-7017-0265-7 .
• Ver Sacrum 1898-1903. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1979, ISBN 978-3-423-01420-5 .
• Gustav Klimt: His life according to contemporary reports and sources. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 978-3-423-01146-4 .

literature

• Christian M. Nebehay, My father's golden armchairs . Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1983, ISBN 978-3-85447-038-0 .
• Barbara Pasquinelli, Franziska Kristen, Bildlexikon der Kunst . Volume 12.Parthas Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-936324-91-4 .

Web links

• Christian Michael Nebehay in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
• Christian M. Nebehay : Austria Forum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christian M. Nebehay: The golden armchairs of my father. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1983, p. 114.
2. ^ Gustav Klimt Memorial Association: Gustav Klimt - last studio , 2003
3. ↑ Abrams: Kirkus Reviews , May 20, 2010.
4. ^ ^{A b} John Russell: Art . In: New York Times (online), December 3, 1989
5. ↑ Profile of Christian Nebehay at IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
6. ^ ^{A b} Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna specifically: Architecture and Painting around 1900. Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 1983, p. 1 (foreword).
7. ^ Baby (Cradle) by Gustav Klimt , website of the National Gallery of Art (accessed October 16, 2017).
8. ↑ ^{a b} Christian M. Nebehay: The golden armchairs of my father. Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1983, p. 51.
9. ↑ Christian M. Nebehay, Ver Sacrum 1898-1903. Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, p. 1 (foreword).
10. ↑ Christian M. Nebehay closes . In: Börsenblatt (online), 23 August 2017
11. ^ ^{A b} Christian Nebehay at the Austrian online personal encyclopedia Austria-Forum.
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Christian M. Nebehay, Happiness in this world. Memories . Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Vienna 1995, p. 14.