Christine Kamm-Kyburz

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Christine Kamm-Kyburz (born April 20, 1949 in Zug ; † January 28, 2019 ) was a Swiss art historian .

Life

Christine Kamm-Kyburz was the oldest of five children of the Zug-based turned parts manufacturer Heinrich Kyburz and his wife Martha Murer. She attended the canton school in Zug , where she completed the Matura type B in 1968 . In the same year she began studying art history (major) at the University of Zurich, with minor subjects in archeology and journalism . In the following years she worked on the features section of the Zuger Tagblatt , stayed several times in London and Northern Italy and took part in international art-historical conferences. In 1971 she was on the board of theZuger Kunstgesellschaft elected. In 1976 she married the architect and art collector Peter Kamm (1935–2008). In 1979 she was elected to the culture commission of the canton of Zug . In 1981 she did her doctorate at the University of Zurich under Adolf Reinle with a thesis on Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi .

Kamm-Kyburz published works on architecture and art from the 18th to the 21st century. She worked for the Kunsthaus Zug for many years ; In 1998 she co-founded the Kamm Collection Foundation . In 2014 she was ad interim president of the Zuger Kunstgesellschaft. She was on the business committee of the Swiss Homeland Security . She was a member of the Swiss Landscape Fund set up by the Federal Assembly and project manager of the Josef Hoffmann estate edition .

Publications (selection)

  • Franz Bucher. November 1973 – end of 1976, excerpt from the work . Galerie Verena Müller, Bern 1977, OCLC 718217182 .
  • Markus Kohler - a look at the Lucerne scene in the sixties . Zuger Kunstgesellschaft, Zug 1980, OCLC 75011383 .
  • The new theater-casino as an example of contemporary architecture . In: Zuger Neujahrsblatt . Zug 1982, p. 18–21 ( online [PDF; accessed January 1, 2019]).
  • The architect Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1719–1790 - a contribution to Palladianism in Veneto . Benteli Verlag, Bern 1983, ISBN 978-3-7165-0445-1 .
Reviews from:
  • Cinzia Maria Sicca in: The Burlington Magazine , 127.1985, 988, pp. 463-464;
  • Erik Forssman in: Kunstchronik , 38.1985, 9, pp. 390–393,
  • Margherita Azzi Visentini in: Museum Patavinum (Università degli Studi di Padova), 4.1986, pp. 221–222.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zentralplus: Kunsthaus Zug is losing its formative personality. January 30, 2019, accessed January 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Christine Kamm-Kyburz: The architect Ottavio Bertotti Scamozzi, 1719–1790 - a contribution to Palladianism in Veneto . Benteli Verlag, Bern 1983, ISBN 978-3-7165-0445-1 .
  3. ↑ Peter Kamm on the Zug library website
  4. ↑ a b Brief details of Kamm-Kyburz's work The Reformed Church and the Church Center in Zug on the website of the Society for Swiss Art History
  5. ↑ Falco Meyer: Knatsch in the Kunsthaus part 2: "What does relief mean here?" In: Zentralplus . July 22, 2014 ( online [accessed January 1, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Kamm-Kyburz, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH train
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2019