Christian Wolters

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Christian Wolters (born September 2, 1912 in Frankfurt am Main ; † January 13, 1998 in Munich ) was a German art historian and restorer .

Christian Wolters was the son of the art historian Alfred Wolters (1884–1973), his younger brother was the art historian Wolfgang Wolters (* 1935). He studied art history, classical archeology and history, but also physics and chemistry. In 1936 he received his doctorate under Wilhelm Pinder at the University of Munich . For his dissertation, he already dealt with physical methods for examining paintings. To deepen this approach, he did an apprenticeship with the restorer Jacob von Danzas at the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum in Berlin and completed his training with Alexander Eibner at the Technical University of Munich, Kurt Wehlte at the Research Institute for Painting Technology in Berlin and with Johannes Wilde at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. After completing his doctorate, he worked for a year at the Art History Institute in Florence , then volunteer at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. After participating in the Second World War and being imprisoned from 1939 to 1947, he initially worked as a freelance restorer in Bremen. From 1951 he worked as a restorer at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich. From 1958 he worked at the Doerner Institute in Munich and was its director from 1964 until his retirement in 1974. An intended appointment as general director of the Berlin museums in 1964 was not successful.

He was married to the painter Ursula Rusche Wolters (1914–2003).

Publications (selection)

  • The importance of x-ray examination of paintings for art history. Shown using examples from Dutch and German painting of the 15th and 16th centuries . Prestel, Frankfurt a. M. 1938 (dissertation).
  • Scientific methods in art history . In: Martin Gosebruch, Christian Wolters, Walter Wiora: Methods of Art and Musicology (= Encyclopedia of Humanities Working Methods 6). Oldenbourg, Munich / Vienna 1970, pp. 70–91

literature

  • Paolo Cadorin: In memory of Christian Wolters . ln: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 12, 1998, pp. 285–286.
  • Michael von der Goltz: Interview with Dr. Christian Wolters January 6, 1998 . In: Journal for Art Technology and Conservation 12, 1998, pp. 287–291.
  • Collection Dr. Christian and Ursula Wolters. Africa, Japan and European ceramics; Paintings, works on paper and sculptures; Art Nouveau and applied arts, handicrafts . Special auction; Thursday, May 15, 2003, Neumeister, Münchener Kunstauktionshaus GmbH & Co. KG, Munich 2003

Remarks

  1. ^ W. Jessen: The rough Berlin working atmosphere. The dispute over the general director of the Berlin museums . In: Die Zeit No. 34, 1964.
personal data
SURNAME Wolters, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1998
Place of death Munich