Edmund von Bruiningk

Edmund von Bruiningk (born July 26, 1846 in Dorpat , † February 9, 1885 in Meran ) came from Estonia and was an art historian . His main work consisted in the collection of "material for the new catalog of the Hermitage", which was published in 1891, together with A. Somoff.

Life

Edmund von Bruiningk attended the Schmidtsche Anstalt from 1859 to 1865, which later became the Fellin high school . At the University of Tartu , he studied 1866-1871 jurisprudence , then he went to 1872 on a study trip that him through Germany , the Switzerland and Italy led. From 1872 he stayed in Riga , moved to Saint Petersburg and developed into an art historian. From 1874 to 1876 he was an attaché with a special area of responsibility and from 1878 to 1884 he was assistant to the curator of the picture gallery in the imperial Hermitage , which he later headed. Scientific and art-historical studies took him to Dresden and Paris (1875–1876), and in the 1880s to Sweden , Denmark , Holland , Belgium , Italy and Germany. In terms of health, he had been severely restricted in his work since 1881 due to a lung disease and was dismissed from his offices in 1884. He died in 1885 without any descendants.

Origin and family

The Bruiningk family was a German-Baltic noble family. His father was Ludolph August Freiherr von Bruiningk, who was a district judge in Dorpat . He was married to the future Princess Marie von Lieven from 1826 . Edmund's brother was the historian Hermann von Bruiningk (1849–1927). Edmund von Bruiningk was unmarried.

Works

Material for the new Hermitage catalog. See: Erimetage Impérial, Catalog de la Galerie des Tableaux, Premier Volume, E. Bruiningk et A. Somoff, Saint-Pertersbourg, 1891. (gallica.bnf.fr)

literature

Hermann Baron Bruiningk: The Bruiningk family in Livonia: family history news. Commissioned by N. Kymmels Buchhandlung, 1913. (dlib.rsl.ru)

Web links

Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Axel Heinrich Edmund von Bruiningk. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital

Individual evidence

↑ "... Baron Edmund Bruiningk († 1885) was in the management of the Eremitagegalerie ..." In: Henry Thode , Hugo von Tschudi (Ed.): Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft. Volume 31, Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-144169-6 , p. 463. (books.google.de)

personal data
SURNAME	Bruiningk, Edmund von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Axel Heinrich Edmund Freiherr von Bruiningk (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Baltic art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 26, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dorpat
DATE OF DEATH	February 9, 1885
Place of death	Meran

[1] "... Baron Edmund Bruiningk († 1885) was in the management of the Eremitagegalerie ..." In: Henry Thode , Hugo von Tschudi (Ed.): Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft. Volume 31, Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-144169-6 , p. 463. (books.google.de)