Erwin Hintze

Erwin Hintze (born December 31, 1876 in Strasbourg , realm of Alsace-Lorraine ; † August 1, 1931 in Breslau , province of Lower Silesia ) was a German art historian .

Erwin Hintze was the son of the mineralogist Carl Hintze (1851-1916). From 1897 to 1901 he studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Breslau . Since October 1, 1901, he worked as a research assistant under Karl Masner (1858-1936) at the Silesian Museum of Applied Arts and Antiquities in Wroclaw. In 1913 he was appointed professor. From 1926 he was in charge of the castle museum set up in the Wroclaw City Palace, and from 1929 until his death he was director of the Wroclaw City Museum.

His area of ​​interest was the history of the arts and crafts , especially goldsmithing and pewter foundries .

Publications (selection)

• The influence of the mystics on the older Cologne school of painting, the 'Master of the Madonna with the Bean Blossom' and Stephan Lochner . Dissertation Breslau 1901.
• The Wroclaw goldsmiths. An archival study . Breslau 1906 ( digitized version ).
• Silesian goldsmiths . Breslau 1912–1916.
• The German tin foundry and their brands . 7 volumes. Hiersemann, Leipzig 1921–1931.
• Nuremberg tin . Leipzig 1921 ( digitized ).
• Gliwice iron art casting . Wroclaw 1928

literature

• Piotra Łukaszewicza (Red.): Muzea sztuki w dawnym Wrocławiu . Breslau 1998, p. 221.
• Piotr Łukaszewicz: Hintze, Erwin . In: Encyklopedia Wrocławia . Breslau 2000, p. 270.