Erich von der Bercken

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Erich von der Bercken (born December 17, 1885 in Lennep ; † 1942 ) was a German art historian .

Life

Erich von der Bercken studied art history in Berlin , Munich and Freiburg and received his doctorate in 1912 under Wilhelm Vöge in Freiburg. In 1913 he became a research assistant at the Bavarian National Museum in Munich and in 1915 he moved to the Alte Pinakothek , where he became a curator in 1920 and chief curator in 1928.

Publications (selection)

  • Investigations into the history of coloring in Venetian painting. Part 1, Hermann Freise, Parchim 1914 (inaugural dissertation to obtain a doctorate from the high philosophical faculty of the Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg im Breisgau).
  • with August L. Mayer : Jacopo Tintoretto. R. Piper, Munich 1923 ( archive.org ).
  • with Konrad Escher and August L. Mayer: Painting of the Renaissance in Italy . Volume 1: Painting from the 14th to 16th centuries in central and southern Italy. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin-Neubabelsberg 1922, part 1 ( archive.org ) and part 2 ( archive.org ). Volume 2: Painting of the 15th and 16th centuries in Northern Italy. Academic Publishing Company, Berlin-Neubabelsberg 1917 ( archive.org ). Volume 9: Painting of the Early and High Renaissance in Northern Italy. Athenaion, Potsdam 1927 (all within the framework of the Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft ).
  • The paintings of Jacopo Tintoretto . R. Piper, Munich 1942.

literature

  • Ernst Buchner : Erich von der Bercken †. In: Pantheon. Volume 31, 1943, p. 24.
  • Hans-Michael Körner (Ed.): Large Bavarian Biographical Encyclopedia. KG Saur, Munich 2006, p. 145 ( books.google.de ).

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SURNAME Bercken, Erich von der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Lennep
DATE OF DEATH 1942