Ekkehard May

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Werner Willi Ekkehard Mai (born January 26, 1946 - † July 31, 2020 ) was a German art historian specializing in 19th century art.

Life

Ekkehard Mai studied art history , German literature and philosophy in Bonn and Berlin . In 1974 he was the subject of state portrait and art theory in the era of Louis XIV. At the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn to Dr. phil. PhD. He then worked at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , at the Technical University of Darmstadt and as an art critic .

From 1983 until his retirement in January 2009 he was deputy director of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud , Cologne. Together with Stephan Waetzoldt , he led the project group of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation for Art, Culture and Politics in the German Empire . He took on teaching positions in Cologne and appeared in numerous publications on the history of art academies, exhibitions and museums, Dutch painting and history painting in Europe as well as 19th and 20th century art. Most recently he was honorary professor for general art history at the University of Cologne . Mai was regarded as a recognized specialist in 19th century art, especially at the Düsseldorf School of Painting .

Mai was buried in an urn on August 20, 2020 at the Central Cemetery in Rösrath .

Publications

  • Medals and Plaques . Picture books of the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 7, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1970
  • Art, art history and sociology . In: The artwork , 1/1976, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1976
  • The Düsseldorf School of Painting and 19th Century Painting . In: Wend von Kalnein : The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 19 ff.
  • together with Dietrich Bieber: Eduard von Gebhardt and Peter Janssen - Religious and monumental painting in the late 19th century . In: Wend von Kalnein: The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1979, ISBN 3-8053-0409-9 , p. 165 ff.
  • Technology, machines, automatons and the freedom of art . In: The work of art , 2/1980, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1980
  • Art in contradiction - practice of the avant-garde . In: The Artwork , 1/1983, Kohlhammer Verlag, Stuttgart 1983
  • as editor with Stephan Waetzoldt and Gerd Wolandt: History of ideas and art history: Philosophy and fine arts in the empire . Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1983, ISBN 978-3-78611-338-6
  • The Düsseldorf Art Academy in the 19th Century - Cornelius, Schadow and the Consequences . In: Gerhard Kurz (Hrsg.): Düsseldorf in the German intellectual history . Schwann Verlag, Düsseldorf 1984, ISBN 3-590-30244-5 , p. 197 ff.
  • Gesolei and Pressa: On the program and architecture of Rhenish exhibitions in the twenties . In: Kurt Düwell , Wolfgang Köllmann (ed.): Rhineland and Westphalia in the industrial age . Volume 4, Wuppertal 1985, p. 271 ff.
  • together with Frank G. Zehnder and Rainer Budde: Wallraff-Richartz-Museum Cologne. From Stefan Lochner to Paul Cézanne. Mondadori Electa, Milan 1986.
  • Exposures. History and Criticism of the Exhibition System . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1986, ISBN 978-3-42200-787-1
  • together with Anke Repp-Eckert: Triumph and Death of the Hero . Mondadori Electa, Museums of the City of Cologne, Milan 1988
  • History painting in Europe. Paradigms in form, function and ideology . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1990
  • together with Stephan Waetzoldt and Hugo Borger: '45 and the consequences. Art history of a restart . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 1992, ISBN 978-3-41202-291-4
  • as editor together with David A. Levine: I Bamboccianti: Dutch painter rebels in the Rome of the Baroque - exhibition catalog Cologne / Utrecht 1991/1992 , Mondadori Electa, Milan 1992, ISBN 978-8-84353-604-7
  • together with Karl Schütz and Hans Vlieghe: The painting of Antwerp: genres - masters - effects . Verlag Locher, Cologne 1994, ISBN 978-3-93005-418-3
  • together with Sibylle Ebert-Schifferer and Paul Beusen: L'art Gourmand. Still lifes for the eye, culinary art and gourmets from Aertsen to Van Gogh . Verlag Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Gent 1996, ISBN 978-9-05349-230-7
  • as editor together with Joachim Rees : Art form Capriccio: From the grotesque to modern game theory . Verlag Walther König, Cologne 1997, ISBN 978-3-88375-291-4
  • as editor: The capriccio as an art principle . Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, Tübingen / Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-8-88118-144-5
  • as editor: Fascination Venus. Images of a goddess from Cranach to Cabanel . Publishing house Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Gent 2000
  • together with Winfried Nerdinger : Wilhelm Kreis. Architect between the Empire and Democracy 1873–1955. Klinkhardt and Biermann Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-78140-349-9 .
  • The future of the old masters . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 978-3-41209-401-0
  • Hermann Freihold Plüddemann . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 978-3-41206-204-0
  • Feuerbach and Paris . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-42206-527-7
  • as editor: Holland after Rembrandt: On Dutch art between 1670 and 1750 . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2006
  • The German art academies in the 19th century. Artist training between tradition and avant-garde , Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20498-3
  • Landscapes from Andreas Achenbach to Fritz von Wille. Ideal and reality . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-675-6
  • Winter pictures from the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-852-1
  • Life pictures. The genre painting of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-756-2
  • as editor with Peter Springer: The last national monument: Bismarck am Rhein: A monument that was never built . Böhlau Verlag, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-41222-173-7
  • View of the collection: Düsseldorf School of Painting in the Dr. Ax Foundation . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86568-919-1
  • People and the sea: Düsseldorf painting school in the Dr. Ax Foundation . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-73190-075-7
  • Carl Gehrts (1853–1898) and the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-73190-154-9
  • Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880). A century of life . Böhlau Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-412-50580-6

Web links

  • Vita in the portal zikg.eu (Central Institute for Art History, Munich)
  • Mai, Ekkehard , publications, search results in the portal katalog.ub.uni-leipzig.de
  • Mai, Ekkehard , publications, search results in the portal spk-digital.de

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Trinks: The Unforgettable Maker of Art. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Nico Kirchberger: Die Düsseldorfer Malerschule ( Memento from December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Website in the portal titelmagazin.com , accessed on November 27, 2015
personal data
SURNAME May, Ekkehard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mai, Werner Willi Ekkehard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1946
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2020