Erich Haenel
Erich Haenel (born June 22, 1875 in Dresden ; † December 26, 1940 there ; full name: Erich Anton Haenel ) was a German art historian .
Scientific career
After obtaining his doctorate in 1898 at the University of Leipzig , he returned to Dresden and worked as an assistant to Cornelius Gurlitt at the Technical University of Dresden .
Haenel began his career at the museum in 1903 in the Dresden Historical Museum , of which he became director in 1913. In 1924 he also took over the management of the Green Vault , in 1937 that of the Münzkabinett and, in 1938, that of the Mathematical-Physical Salon .
From 1913 to 1928 he taught as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden , and was also the head of the library there from 1908.
His extensive work includes mainly publications on the weapons of the Dresden armory . He gained particular fame through the organization of important exhibitions ( August the Strong and His Time , 1933 in 40 rooms of the Dresden Residenzschloss) and the "revival" of historical tournament games in the Dresden Stallhof .
His grave is in the Inner Neustädter Friedhof in Dresden.
Fonts (selection)
- with Heinrich Tscharmann : The apartment of modern times . Leipzig 1908.
- with Heinrich Tscharmann: The single house of the modern age. , Volume 1. Leipzig 1909.
- with Heinrich Tscharmann: Das Einzelwohnhaus der Neuzeit , Volume 2. Leipzig 1910.
- The Saxon Elector's tournament books in their most outstanding representations on 40 panels. Frankfurt am Main 1910.
- with Heinrich Tscharmann: The modern rental apartment building . Leipzig 1913.
- Precious weapons from the Dresden armory. Leipzig 1923.
- with Eugen Kalkschmidt : The old Dresden. Pictures and documents from two centuries Hanfstaengl, Munich 1925; 3rd edition, Schmidt & Günther, Leipzig 1941.
- with Erna von Watzdorf : August the Strong. Baroque art and culture. Dresden 1933 (reprint Verlag Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-8035-1091-0 ).
- The old stable yard in Dresden (= historical hiking trips volume 50). Dresden 1937.
literature
- Erna von Watzdorf: Erich Haenel . In: New Archive for Saxon History 62, 1941, pp. 82–85 ( digitized version ).
- Erna von Watzdorf: Hänel, Erich Anton. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 441 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Haenel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Erich Haenel in the German Digital Library
- Finding aid from the estate of Erich Haenel (Digital Collections / Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haenel, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haenel, Erich Anton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1940 |
| Place of death | Dresden |