Dressler's art manual
Dressler's art manual is a comprehensive art dictionary in several volumes.
It was edited by Willy Oskar Dressler (1876–1954). The reference work lists around 32,000 German artists, archeologists, art scholars and art writers living in the 1920s. It contains brief information on German-speaking visual artists and was intended more as an address book than a lexicon.
The lexicon first appeared from 1906 to 1913 under the title Dressler's Art Yearbook. A reference book for German fine and applied arts .
Later it was continued under the name Dressler's art manual in three volumes, some of which appeared in several editions.
- Dressler's art manual. First volume. Image, art and sound art. The book of public art maintenance in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Wasmuth, Berlin 8, 1923; Bookshop of the orphanage, Halle (Saale) 9, 1930-10, 1934
- Dressler's art manual. Second volume. The book of the living German artists, archeologists, art scholars and art writers. Visual arts. Wasmuth, Berlin 8, 1921; Curtius, Berlin 9, 1930
- Dressler's art manual. Third volume. Tonkunst. The book of the living German artists, music scholars and music writers. Wasmuth, Berlin 8, 1921
The ninth volume of volume 2, published in 1930, was reprinted around 1990 because of its great value for the art and antiques trade.
Web links
Remarks
- ^ Dressler, Rostock 1, 1906-5, 1910; 6, 1911/12-7, 1913.