Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan

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Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan
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Ernst Ferdinand Otto Bassermann , from 1883 Bassermann-Jordan , from 1917 von Bassermann-Jordan (born July 17, 1876 in Deidesheim , † October 9, 1932 in Munich ) was a German art historian and writer, as well as the founder of scientific watch research in Germany.

family

He came from a wealthy Palatinate family that has been traceable since Brother Johannes Bassermann de Radegishusen ( Riddagshausen Monastery near Braunschweig ) and whose direct line of lineage began with Dietrich Bassermann (1615–1682) in Hanau . Bassermann's grandfather was Friedrich Daniel Bassermann (1811–1855), a well-known liberal politician at the time of the March Revolution . He was the son of the winery owner and district administrator Emil Bassermann (1835–1915, from 1883 Bassermann-Jordan ) and Auguste Jordan (1841–1899); his brothers were the winery owner Ludwig Bassermann-Jordan (1869-1914) and the viticulture historian Friedrich von Bassermann-Jordan (1872-1959).

Life

Ernst Bassermann attended the humanistic grammar school in Karlsruhe from 1891 and studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Munich . While still an intern at the Bavarian National Museum , he wrote his first major work in 1905, The History of the Wheel Clock . At a young age he was appointed by the state government in Bavaria to the highest art council of the Kingdom of Bavaria and to the commission for the Munich Pinakothek . He was a member of the “General Commission of the Art Collections of the Bavarian State” and an honorary member of the “Central Association of German Watchmakers”. In 1928 he received an honorary doctorate from the TH Dresden .

Bassermann-Jordan wrote theater reviews for the Bavarian Courier in Munich for four years . Some of his plays were also performed there.

Watch collection

Driven by a great passion for collecting and with excellent expertise, Bassermann-Jordan amassed an extensive collection of over 300 art-historically valuable clocks and scientific instruments. He bequeathed the collection to the Bavarian National Museum in Munich.

Publications (selection)

  • The decorative painting of the Renaissance at the Bavarian Court . Bruckmann, Munich 1900.
  • The beautiful person in modern art (= The style in the fine arts and trades of all times , Series 1: The beautiful person in art of all times , Volume 3). Hirth, Munich 1902.
  • The history of the wheel clock with special consideration of the clocks of the Bavarian National Museum . Frankfurt am Main 1905.
  • Unpublished paintings by old masters owned by the Bavarian state . Munich 1907.
  • The jewelry . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1909.
  • Gold enamel clocks from a private collection in Berlin . Auction catalog Hugo Helbing , Munich 1912.
  • Clocks. A guide for collectors and enthusiasts . Berlin 1914; 4th edition, with Hans von Bertele , Braunschweig 1961 (= library for friends of art and antiques. Volume 7).
  • The Bamberg Cathedral Treasure . F. Bruckmann, Munich 1914.
  • The history of time measurement and clocks . De Gruyter, Berlin 1920.
  • A muskrat apple from Peter Henlein's time. In: The watchmaker week. 1924, No. 24, p. 301 f.
  • A second muskrat apple from Peter Henlein's time. In: The watchmaker week. 1924, No. 44, p. 627 f.
  • The water machines and water arts in the park of the former archbishop's palace in Hellbrunn near Salzburg . Wilhelm Diebener, Leipzig 1925.
  • Old clocks and their masters . Wilhelm Diebener, Leipzig 1926.
  • The grandfather clock of Philip the Good of Burgundy. Leipzig 1927.

literary works

  • A festival at Hederlevhuus. Drama in a prelude and four acts . 1921/22 (director: August Weigert , screenplay Bassermann-Jordan).
  • Death and life . Stage play, performance at the State Theater in Munich in 1927.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Georg Schindler: On the 100th birthday of Bassermann-Jordan . In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie (Hrsg.): Writings of the "Friends of Old Watches" , Vol. 15. Wilhelm Kempter, Ulm 1976, ISBN 3-921348-18-8 , p.
  2. ↑ Fritz von Osterhausen: Callweys lexicon . Callwey, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7667-1353-1 , p. 31.
  3. ↑ a b Klaus Maurice: Scholar-Collector-Patron . in DGC (Ed.): Writings of the "Friends of Old Watches" , Vol. 15. Wilhelm Kempter, Ulm 1976, ISBN 3-921348-18-8 , p.
  4. ^ Ernst von Bassermann-Jordan: Old clocks and their masters . Wilhelm Diebener, Leipzig 1926.
  5. ^ Directory of honorary doctoral candidates at the TH / TU Dresden

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SURNAME Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bassermann, Ernst Ferdinand Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and watch collector
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Deidesheim
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1932
Place of death Munich