Ernst J. Grube
Ernst J. Grube (born May 9, 1932 in Kufstein , Austria ; † June 12, 2011 in London ) was a German art historian and author .
Life
His German parents moved with him to Berlin, where he attended the Schiller-Gymnasium. Grube studied at the Free University of Berlin . After his studies he got a job at the library of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , where he then became Ernst Kühnel's assistant . During those years his interest in Islamic art awoke, which accompanied him in his further life. In 1958 he moved to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was directed by James Rorimer in those years . Starting in 1968, Grube was the first curator of the Islamic Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In the following years he played a key role in expanding the Islamic Collection. In 1968 he became a professor at Hunter College at the City University of New York . In 1972 he moved to Italy and taught in Padua and Naples. From 1977 to 1988 he taught as a professor at the University of Venice . In 1958, Grube was married to Alberta Fabris in his first marriage. In his second marriage he married the art historian Eleanor Sims.
Works (selection)
- Muslim Miniature Paintings from the XIII to XIX Century from Collections in the United States and Canada , 1962
- The World of Islam , 1966
- The Classical Style in Islamic Painting , 1968
- Islamic Pottery of the 8th to the 15th Century in the Keir Collection , 1976
- Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning (together with G. Michell), 1984
- A Mirror for Princes from India: Illustrated Versions of the Kalilah Wa. , 1992
- Studies in Islamic Painting , 1995
- Peerless images: Persian painting and its sources (together with B. Marshak and E. Sims), 2002
- Islamic Painting From American Collections , 2011
literature
- Claus-Peter Haase : Obituary for Ernst J. Grube (1932–2011). In: Der Islam , Volume 91, Issue 1 (2014), pp. 1–5 ( DOI: 10.1515 / islam-2014-0001 ).
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grube, Ernst J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kufstein , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 2011 |
| Place of death | London |