Ernst Friedrich Bange

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Ernst Friedrich Bange (born May 11, 1893 in Huttrop near Essen , † July 2, 1945 in Berlin ) was a German art historian .

Life

He was the son of the draftsman Friedrich Georg Bange (1867–1943) and Emilie Bange, b. Tackenberg (* 1859). After attending elementary school and secondary school in Essen until he graduated from high school in 1912, he studied art history, classical archeology, history and philosophy in Berlin , Munich and Kiel . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War and received the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class. In 1919 he received his doctorate in Kiel under Georg Vitzthum von Eckstädt .

From 1921 he worked at the sculpture collection of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , initially with a contract for work, from 1927 as a research assistant, from 1930 as curator. In 1936 he was awarded the title of professor. After Theodor Demmler's death , he became head of the sculpture department in July 1944. In 1945 he committed suicide.

Bange was in a relationship with the art historian Ernst Günter Troche .

Scientifically, he was mainly concerned with the sculpture of the Renaissance , in particular with small sculptures .

Publications (selection)

  • A Bavarian painting school of the 11th and 12th centuries . Munich 1923 (dissertation).
  • Royal Museums in Berlin: Description of the sculptures of the Christian epochs . Volume 2, 2: The Italian bronzes of the Renaissance and Baroque. Part 2 reliefs and plaques . Berlin 1922.
  • The sculptures of the Deutsches Museum . Volume 2: The sculptures in bronze and in other metals, works in mother-of-pearl and wax, cut stones . Berlin, Leipzig 1923.
  • The sculptures of the Deutsches Museum . Volume 4: The sculptures in wood, stone and clay: Small sculptures . Berlin, Leipzig 1930.
  • Peter Flötner (= Master of Graphics Volume 14). Leipzig 1926.
  • The small sculpture of the German Renaissance in wood and stone . Florence, Leipzig, Munich 1928.
  • The tomb of Emperor Maximilian I in the Court Church of Innsbruck . Berlin 1946.
  • The German bronze statuettes of the 16th century . Berlin 1949.

literature

  • Peter Metz : EF Bange . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstwissenschaft 3, 1949, pp. 51–52.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Andreas Sternweiler : Love. Research. Teaching. The art historian Christian Adolf Isermeyer (= Schwules Museum. Life stories Volume 4). Verlag Rosa Winkel, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-86149-082-X , p. 34.

Web links

  • Estate in the Secret State Archive of Prussian Cultural Heritage
personal data
SURNAME Worry, Ernst Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 11, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Food - Huttrop
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 1945
Place of death Berlin