Dorothea Christ

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Dorothea Christ (born May 17, 1921 in Basel ; † August 19, 2009 there ) was a Swiss art historian , art critic and author .

life and work

Dorothea Herzog-Christ (1921–2009) art historian, art critic, author. Grave cemetery Wolfgottesacker, Basel, funerary inscription: As the stag screams for a fresh spring with aching desire, so my soul cries out full of longing, God, for you. Only after you, living God, does she thirst in her need. Oh, when will it happen that I can see your face?
Grave on the Wolfgottesacker , Basel

Dorothea Christ grew up in Basel and studied art history with the minor subjects classical archeology and German literary history at the University of Basel . From 1947 to 1948 she worked as an assistant at the Basel Historical Museum . Dorothea Christ then worked for the observer and from 1948 she was an art critic on the Swiss radio station DRS .

Since 1972 she has been the editor of the newsletter of the Society for Swiss Art History . From 1983 to 1987 Dorothea Christ presided over the Society of Swiss Women Painters, Sculptors and Craftsmen . She published countless art history publications and was also involved in various commissions.

Dorothea Christ married the doctor and university professor Heinrich Herzog (1920–2014) in 1950. They found their final resting place in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery in Basel.

Dorothea Christ's estate is kept in the Basel-Stadt State Archives .

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personal data
SURNAME Christ, Dorothea
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian, art critic and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 2009
Place of death Basel