Franz Caramelle

Franz Caramelle (* 1944 in Kitzbühel ) is an Austrian art historian . From 1988 to 2009 he was the state curator for Tyrol .

Life

After attending primary school in his home town of Brixen im Thale and the Academic Gymnasium Innsbruck , Caramelle studied art history at the University of Innsbruck with Otto Lutterotti and Heinz Mackowitz from 1964 . In 1967 he entered the service of the Federal Monuments Office via a work contract before he graduated . In 1972 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the bronze boss Caspar Gras (1585–1674).

As an employee of the Federal Monuments Office and from 1988 to 2009 as state curator, Caramelle was involved in the recording and protection of innumerable architectural monuments. From 1979 to 2007 he had lectureships on monument preservation at the University of Innsbruck, first at the Institute for Art History, later at the Institute for Architecture and Monument Preservation. He has written numerous publications on art history and monument preservation . In 2009 he retired.

In 2010 Caramelle received the Tyrolean Decoration of Honor .

Publications

The Servite Church in Innsbruck . Innsbruck 1973.
Worth seeing in Tyrol. Monasteries, monasteries, hermitages . Innsbruck 1988.
Christ - the icon of God. Scenes from his life in pictures from Tyrol . Edited by Emmerich Beneder & Franz Caramelle, Innsbruck 2000.
Innsbruck, introd. essay and chronological outline of Innsbruck's history by Franz Caramelle. Photogr. by Hella Pawlowski . Innsbruck - Vienna 2007.

Festschrift

Michaela Frick / Gabriele Neumann (eds.): Pay attention and preserve. Caramellen for the preservation of monuments, art and cultural history of Tyrol . Festschrift for the 60th birthday of Franz Caramelle, Innsbruck 2004

Individual evidence

^ Tyrolean decorations: "We are one Tyrol and belong together" . stol.it. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved on May 27, 2011.

Web links

Federal Monuments Office: Hofrat Dr. Franz Caramelle retired. State Conservator for Tyrol 1988–2009 , accessed on March 17, 2017
Literature by and about Franz Caramelle in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Caramelle, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	1944
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kitzbühel

[1] Tyrolean decorations: "We are one Tyrol and belong together" . stol.it. February 19, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved on May 27, 2011.