Christian Rauch (art historian)

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Christian Rauch (born September 30, 1877 in Berlin ; † January 31, 1976 in Gießen ) was a German art historian and university professor.

Life

Education

Rauch studied architecture at the Technical University of Charlottenburg and at the same time art history at the University of Berlin . During his studies in Berlin he was also a master class student at the Berlin Academy of the Arts, whose president at that time was his uncle, the architect Hermann Ende . In 1903 he received his doctorate in art history at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel . In 1906 he completed his habilitation at the University of Giessen under Bruno Sauer through the Nuremberg Renaissance painter Wolf Traut . He then became a private lecturer in art history at the University of Giessen.

Excavations in Ingelheim

His collaboration in the inventory of the Rheinhessen art monuments stimulated Rauch to deal intensively with Carolingian art . This created the scientific prerequisites for exploring the imperial palace in Ingelheim . Between 1909 and 1914, Rauch led the first comprehensive and systematic archaeological excavation campaigns on their site , which were associated with extraordinary difficulties, but ultimately confirmed his theses regarding the architecture and importance of the building. They led to the production of a reconstruction model and two scientific publications written by Rauch. In recognition of the intensity and perseverance in researching Charlemagne's imperial palace , the city of Ingelheim awarded Rauch honorary citizenship in 1975.

Professorship in Giessen

During the First World War he served as a nurse on the Western Front and was temporarily director of the museum in Douai in northern France . After the end of the war he returned to the University of Giessen, where he was appointed full professor of art history in 1920. It was here that Rauch set up the art history institute and later was dean of the Faculty of Philosophy several times , as well as temporarily rector and prorector of the university. In addition to the courses as well as the scientific and journalistic activities, many other activities in the areas of monument preservation and monument protection for the state of Hesse and for the city of Gießen went hand in hand: the publication of the art monuments in Bingen , tasks as a member of the permanent council for fine arts in Hesse , as a member of the Monument Council for Upper Hesse and as a member of the Historical Commission for Hesse , of which Rauch was one of the sponsors. After the Second World War he was one of those in Gießen who prevented the imposing half-timbered building of the old armory of Philip the Magnanimous at the New Palace from being demolished.

Rauch was the first lecturer at the Gießen Ludoviciana who limited himself to medium and modern art history. The subjects of his lectures were wide-ranging. Although the main emphasis was on architecture, he included Dutch painting and the main masters of German and Italian painting. His lectures were open to listeners from all faculties and were supplemented by excursions to art-historically interesting places in the vicinity. Otto Schmitt was one of his students .

Awards

  • Honorary Senator of the University of Giessen
  • Honorary citizen of the city of Ingelheim am Rhein (1975)

Publications (selection)

  • The Trauts: Studies and Contributions to Nuremberg Painting , Heitz & Mündel, Strasbourg 1907
  • The art monuments of the Bingen district , Hessischer Staatsverlag, Darmstadt 1934
  • The history of the Ingelheim Royal and Imperial Palatinate , Historical Association, Ingelheim 1960
  • The excavations in the royal palace Ingelheim 1909 - 1914 , Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Mainz 1976

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Honorary Citizen of the City of Ingelheim (accessed April 8, 2018)
  2. ↑ Prof. Dr. Christian Rauch ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ingelheim.de (accessed February 7, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ingelheim.de
  3. ↑ Lisa Oehler: In Memoriam Christian Rauch (PDF), Justus Liebig University Gießen (accessed February 7, 2016)
  4. ↑ Sorensen, Lee. Rauch, Christian. Dictionary of Art Historians. (accessed on April 8, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Rauch, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1976
Place of death to water