Edmund Wilhelm Braun

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Edmund Wilhelm Braun , also EW Braun , (born January 23, 1870 in Epfenbach , † September 23, 1957 in Nuremberg ) was a German art historian .

Life

Bronze head of Dr. EW Braun

Edmund Wilhelm Braun, born into a family of teachers in Epfenbach in 1870 , first attended elementary school in Weinheim before enrolling at the Berthold High School after the family moved to Freiburg . After graduating from high school , he devoted himself to the studies of archeology and art history at the University of Freiburg , which he continued at the University of Heidelberg before he received the academic degree of Dr. phil. acquired.

Edmund Wilhelm Braun began his professional career in 1891 as an employee at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg. In 1893 he went to the Silesian State Museum in Opava , with whose management he was entrusted from 1897 until his retirement in 1935. From 1932 to 1934 he was professor of art history at Karl Ferdinand University in Prague . Edmund Wilhelm Braun, who stayed in Opava until 1945, was most recently employed as a research assistant at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum from 1947 to 1957 after his return to Germany .

Edmund Wilhelm Braun deviated from the traditional museum concept of the collections and turned to contemporary art. He supported Silesian artists and worked as editor of the magazine for history and cultural history of Austrian Silesia . Edmund Wilhelm Braun, who presided over the Association of German Museums in Czechoslovakia , was awarded the Franz Joseph Order in 1908 and the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Merit in 1915 . Braun, who was considered an expert on Gothic , Renaissance and Baroque , wrote over 300 articles for domestic and foreign magazines.

Edmund Wilhelm Braun, who was married four times, died on September 23, 1957 four months before he would turn 88 in Nuremberg.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the history of Trier book painting in the early Middle Ages. Trier 1896
  • Alt-Troppauer goldsmith's art. 1905
  • Silesian art under Emperor Franz Josef I. In: Jubilee issue of the Troppauer Zeitung of December 2nd, 1908
  • The models of some 'Turkish' representations in the German arts and crafts of the XVIII. Century. 1908
  • The Freiburg Minster Treasure: two Viennese goldsmiths' works from 1770. 1909
  • The historical section of the Silesian craft exhibition in Opava 1909. In: Journal for History and Cultural History of Austrian Silesia 5, 1909–1910, p. 71
  • The table silver of Duke Albert von Sachsen-Teschen: A contribution to the history of Viennese goldsmithing in the Louis Seize period. 1910
  • The German Renaissance plaques from the Alfred Walcher Ritter von Molthein collection in Vienna. 1918
  • The silver chamber of an imperial prince: (The Lobkowitz inventory); Works of German goldsmithing from the late Gothic and Renaissance periods. 1923
  • The establishment of the German-Bohemian porcelain factories and their development during the 19th century. 1940

literature

  • Günther Schiedlausky : Edmund Wilhelm Braun In: Kunstchronik 11, 1958, pp. 79–82.
  • Theodor Brückler, Ulrike Nimeth: Personal Lexicon for Austrian Monument Preservation (1850-1990). 2001, p. 33.
  • Ernst Schremmer: Troppau: Silesian capital between peoples and borders. 1984, p.
  • Germanoslavica Volume 5, 1998, pp.?.
  • Theodor Brückler: heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand as monument curator . Böhlau, Vienna 2009, p. 558 ( Google Books ).

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personal data
SURNAME Braun, Edmund Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun, EW
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Epfenbach
DATE OF DEATH September 23, 1957
Place of death Nuremberg