Eduard Trier
Eduard Trier (born January 4, 1920 in Cologne , † June 27, 2009 in Cologne) was a German art historian , exhibition curator and university lecturer . From 1965 to 1972 he was director of the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Trier was the author of numerous writings on modern art .
Career
Trier was a son of the post office clerk Hans Trier and his wife Helene Trier geb. Hagen. His older brother was the later painter Hann Trier . From 1938 he attended the Kreuzgasse high school in Cologne and was then drafted into military service. After his release from American captivity , he studied art history at the University of Cologne and at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . He was interested in the sculpture of the 14th and 15th centuries and the secular iconography of the late Middle Ages, but he never lost sight of the developments in contemporary art. From 1948 on he wrote art reviews for daily newspapers and magazines such as the Bonner General-Anzeiger , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Zeit . Under Hermann Schnitzler, he inventoried the sculptures in the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne . 1952 Trier was with a thesis on the medieval wooden sculptures of the eight prophets from the Cologne city hall doctorate .
In 1953 he married the Cologne restorer Edith Brabender. The couple had three children, including Marcus Trier (* 1962).
Act
In 1959 Trier was exhibition curator at the documenta II in Kassel, staged by Arnold Bode , and wrote the introductory text to volume 2 of the catalog. In 1964 he was on the committee for painting, sculpture and printmaking of the documenta III organized by Bode and Werner Haftmann . At his suggestion, Joseph Beuys took part in the exhibition with drawings and four sculptures. In 1964 and 1966 Eduard Trier was commissioner of the German pavilion at the Venice Biennale . In 1964 he presented the works of the artists Norbert Kricke and Joseph Fassbender , in 1966 he showed works by Horst Antes , Günter Haese and Günter Ferdinand Ris in Venice .
On April 1, 1964, Trier was appointed to a chair for art history at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . From 1965 to 1972 he was director of the academy and was involved in the dispute over the academy's admission rules, during which Joseph Beuys provoked his dismissal by the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Science under Johannes Rau . Trier, who had been appointed for life, resigned and was succeeded by the sculptor Norbert Kricke . In 1972 he was made an honorary member of the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
In the same year Trier moved to Bonn and became one of the two directors of the Art History Institute of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, in 1985 he retired . Trier was a member of the jury of the Max Ernst Scholarship of the city of Brühl and was a member of the scientific advisory board of the Max Ernst Society .
Honors
Trier was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia on November 7, 1991 .
Fonts
- The prophet figures of the Cologne city hall. In: Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch , ISSN 0083-7105 , 15th year 1953, pp. 79-102.
- A contribution to the profane iconography of the Middle Ages. In: Wallraf-Richartz-Jahrbuch , ISSN 0083-7105 , 19th year 1957, pp. 193-224.
- Modern plastic. From Auguste Rodin to Marino Marini. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1954.
- (together with Willy Weyres as publisher): Art of the 19th century in the Rhineland. 5 volumes, Schwann, Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-590-30251-8 .
- As a freedman in Bonn's early spring. In: Bonn. Years of departure. General-Anzeiger, Bonn 1986.
- Theories of Sculpture in the 20th Century. newly edited, improved and expanded 5th edition, Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-7861-1879-5 .
- Writings on Max Ernst. (Edited by Jürgen Pech) Wienand, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-87909-337-7 .
literature
- Justus Müller Hofstede , Werner Spies (Hrsg.): Festschrift for Eduard Trier for his 60th birthday. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-7861-1269-X .
- Artar Valstar, Dieter Schütz (Ed.): From Hildebrand to Kricke. Contributions to the art of the 19th and 20th centuries. (Student gift for Eduard Trier on February 7, 1985) Bonn 1985, ISBN 3-416-01874-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Eduard Trier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Eduard Trier in the German Digital Library
- Press release from the Düsseldorf Art Academy on the death of Eduard Trier
- Dietmar Kanthak : Eduard Trier, an art historian teaching in Bonn, died . In. Generalanzeiger Bonn from July 1, 2009
- Stefanie Poley : E duard Trier in memory . Institute for Art History and Archeology, University of Bonn, on November 9, 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eduard Trier: The prophets of the Cologne town hall . Dissertation ( typescript ), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, 1952.
- ↑ Götz Adriani , Winfried Konnertz , Karin Thomas : Joseph Beuys. DuMont, Cologne 1994, p. 62.
- ↑ Merit holders since 1986. (PDF) State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trier, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian, university professor, exhibition curator and art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 2009 |
| Place of death | Cologne |