Dora Bruck-Heinz

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Dora Bruck-Heinz (born March 23, 1925 in Vienna ; † March 31, 2011 there ), née Bruck, was an Austrian art historian .

Life

Dora Bruck studied during the Second World War at the University of Vienna Art History with Professors Karl M. Swoboda and Vladimir Sas-Zaloziecky . She received her doctorate in 1948 with a dissertation on the Byzantine influence on Salzburg illumination in the 12th century. From 1947 she worked at the Art History Institute of the University of Vienna and in 1949 joined the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna as a curator . Here Dora Heinz concentrated on researching the museum's important textile collection. In 1976 she resigned due to illness and published numerous scientific works with which she established her international reputation as a specialist in textile art .

She was married to the Viennese art historian Günther Heinz since 1951 . The couple had three daughters.

Publications (selection)

  • Linz carpets. On the history of an Austrian carpet factory from the Biedermeier period. Vienna 1955.
  • Old oriental carpets. Franz Schneekluth Verlag, Darmstadt 1956.
  • The Gösser regalia. In: Christian art sheets . Linz 1956.
  • On the history and significance of the Gößer regalia. In: Old and Modern Art 2, No. 2, 1957, pp. 5–8.
  • The parament treasure of the parish church in Linz. Vienna, Munich 1962.
  • European tapestries. Volume 1: From the beginnings of picture knitting to the end of the 16th century (= library for art and antiques lovers 33). Klinkhardt & Biermann, Braunschweig 1963.
  • Medieval tapestries. Rosenbaum Publishing House, Vienna 1965.
  • Textiles. In: Gothic in Austria. Exhibition catalog, Krems 1967.
  • European tapestry art of the 17th and 18th centuries. The history of their production facilities and their artistic objectives. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98163-4 .

literature

  • Brigitte Borchhardt-Birbaumer: A woman with qualities. On the death of the internationally recognized expert in textile arts, Dora Heinz (1925–2011). In: Kunstgeschichte aktuell 2/11, p. 4 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Bruck-Heinz, Dora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bruck, Dora (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2011
Place of death Vienna