Dieter Gleisberg

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Dieter Gleisberg (born January 9, 1937 in Leipzig ) is a German art historian . From 1969 to 1980 he was director of the State Lindenau Museum in Altenburg , then until 1992 director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig . In 1990 Gleisberg was a member of the BFD parliamentary group in the last people 's chamber in the GDR.

Life

Gleisberg first attended elementary and high school in Leipzig, although there must have been an interruption in school in view of his year of birth and the end of World War II. In order to be able to study, Gleisberg attended the workers and farmers faculty in Leipzig, where he passed the Abitur. He then began studying art history and archeology at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig in 1954 , from which he graduated in 1959 as a graduate art historian.

After completing his studies, Gleisberg found a job at the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg , initially as a research assistant until 1968. In 1969 he was given the management of the house, which he ran as director until 1980. In 1971 Gleisberg became a member of the LDPD block party , of which he was a member of the executive committee from 1977 to 1990.

In 1981 Gleisberg received a call to Leipzig to take over the management of the renowned Museum of Fine Arts . As the head of this house in the trade fair city of the GDR, proximity to government bodies was almost inevitable, as the museum had and still has an international reputation.

In view of this prominent position in Leipzig's cultural life, the electoral alliance Bund Free Democrats, to which Gleisberg's LDPD party belonged, nominated him as a candidate for the Volkskammer elections on March 18, 1990 . In the electoral district of Leipzig, Gleisberg was ranked number 2. Since the BFD was able to win exactly two seats in the constituency, Gleisberg moved as a member of the last GDR parliament. During the parliamentary term, allegations were made that Gleisberg was an unofficial employee of the Ministry of State Security . Shortly before the Volkskammer was dissolved, the temporary examination committee published six categories to classify the parliamentarians and the names in five of six categories to check the members of parliament for Stasi participation . Gleisberg was in category four, which stated that an entry as an IM was proven in a card index, but the associated file had been destroyed, could not yet be found or was incomplete .

Obviously, these suspicions could not be dispelled in the following period, so that Gleisberg announced his resignation on April 1, 1992. He justified this with personal reasons to clarify his situation. Furthermore, he admitted system proximity to the former GDR state and, for health reasons, felt that he was no longer able to cope with the ever-increasing burdens of a museum director. In addition, against the background of a downsizing in favor of younger members that could hardly be ruled out at the time, he wanted to take personal consequences. Gleisberg then went into early retirement from May 1992 at the age of 55.

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Gleisberg is the author of publications on Max Klinger , Conrad Felixmüller , Max Beckmann , Otto Dix , Rudolf Hausner , Gerhard Altenbourg , Wolfgang Mattheuer , Gerhard Kurt Müller , Rolf Münzner , Reiner Schwarz or Peter Schnürpel. He also published on the art of graphics, Goethe as Art lover and collectors from Altenburg and Leipzig from the 18th and 19th centuries. He is in charge of the series “Alte Leipziger Kataloge”, Oberursel 1993 to 1996 and is co-editor of the series “Göpfersdorfer Kunstblätter” at E. Reinhold Verlag Altenburg.

Exhibitions under Gleisberg's direction

Honors

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Neue Zeit of October 2, 1990 p. 2.
  2. ↑ Neue Zeit of April 2, 1992 p. 22.
  3. ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 9, 1981, p. 4.
  4. ↑ Neues Deutschland, October 5, 1981, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Neues Deutschland from September 1, 1982 p. 4.
  6. ^ New Germany of April 18, 1983, p. 23.
  7. ↑ Neues Deutschland, August 27, 1984 p. 4.
  8. ↑ Neues Deutschland, March 9, 1985 p. 6.
  9. ↑ List of winners of the Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . Retrieved May 23, 2018.

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personal data
SURNAME Gleisberg, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian; MdV
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig