Eduard Prosch (Artistic Director)

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Eduard Heinrich Franz Albert Prosch (born August 14, 1804 in Ludwigslust , † January 30, 1878 in Breslau ) was a German administrative lawyer and director of the grand ducal collections in Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

Life

Eduard Prosch was a son of the secretary of Duke Friedrich Ludwig zu Mecklenburg and later Secret Finance Councilor Carl Prosch (* 1765 in Cottbus). The mother was his first wife, Carolina Sophia Wilhelmina, geb. White († September 11, 1805 in Ludwigslust at the age of 29).

Like his older brother Karl Prosch , Eduard Prosch attended the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin. After graduating from high school, he studied law at the Georg August University in Göttingen and the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg, as well as art history in Göttingen and Paris . In 1826 he was promoted to Dr. jur. PhD. Returning to Mecklenburg, he became Second Secretary in 1827, then Cabinet Secretary and Chairman of the Cabinet of Hereditary Grand Duke Paul Friedrich . After his accession to government in 1837, Prosch became court counselor, in 1839 real cabinet secretary, in 1841 cabinet counselor and in 1849 secret cabinet counselor.

In 1842 he took over the supervision of the artistic work at Schwerin Cathedral . When the grand ducal collection had to be relocated in 1845 due to construction work on Schwerin Castle, the Grand Duke decided to make it publicly accessible at the same time. The establishment of the collection was entrusted to Eduard Prosch, who rented and refurbished two houses in Alexandrinenstrasse in Paulsstadt from house marshal Jaspar Friedrich von Bülow .

In 1851 he was officially appointed director of the grand ducal collections in Schwerin, Ludwigslust and Neustadt . He had a small purchase budget and was the first manager of the collections who also purposefully bought works by Mecklenburg artists. In addition to the picture gallery, he built a collection of plaster casts of ancient statues. He went on several acquisitions to Italy . A collection of watercolors made by him on these trips was in the art trade in 2003. He was succeeded by Friedrich Schlie .

Since it was founded in 1835, he was a member of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology . In 1851 he was a co-founder and until 1855 a member of the Scientific Association in Schwerin. According to the Kösener corps lists , he was a member of the Mecklenburg Corps Vandalia Rostock II (1822) and Vandalia Göttingen (1823) and founder of the Vandalia Rostock III (1824).

His son of the same name Eduard Prosch d. J. (* July 8, 1834 in Ludwigslust; † August 26, 1913 in Greifswald ) became a landowner, musician and composer.

Portraits

Another portrait by Schloepke, which was in the art trade in 2003, is said to represent him at a young age (rather his son Eduard Prosch junior because of the dating 1868?)

Awards

Works

  • The rights of the neighbors according to the principles of German private law. Schwerin 1826 (dissertation) ( digitized version )
  • Sphinx. Riddle poems. 1856
  • Co-editor: The Grand Ducal Palace in Schwerin. Construction periods 1844-1851, 1851-1857. 1859
  • Sphinx. Riddle poems. New series, 1861
  • with Friedrich August Stüler and Hermann Willebrand : The Schwerin Castle. 3 volumes 1866–1869
  • The plastic works of the grand ducal art collection: explained according to their content and their artistic significance. 2 volumes, 1872
Volume 1: sculptures of Greek and Roman classical art. Digitized

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7823 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Date of birth checked by church records! The birth details of the 1819 census list for Ludwigslust (August 13, 1805) are incorrect.
  2. ↑ Ilka Voermann: The copy as an element of princely painting collections in the 19th century. (= Writings on the history of the residence 8), Lukas, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86732-135-8 , p. 249f.
  3. ↑ The cast collection, which eventually comprised more than 300 pieces, came to the Institute for Classical Studies at the University of Rostock in 1919, see collection history
  4. ^ Rare collection of Italian portraits from Venice and Rome , Hampel Auctions 2003, accessed on November 1, 2015
  5. ↑ KKL 1910, 185 , 76; 87 , 147; 185 , 81. There is no proof of matriculation in Rostock in the Rostock matriculation portal .
  6. ↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 7825 .
  7. ↑ Hampel Auctions , accessed on November 1, 2015
  8. ↑ Awards according to Mecklenburg-Schwerin State Handbook 1878, p. 29
personal data
SURNAME Prosch, Eduard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prosch, Eduard Heinrich Franz Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German administrative lawyer, director of the grand ducal collections in Mecklenburg-Schwerin
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigslust
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1878
Place of death Wroclaw