Franz luck
Franz Glück (born September 12, 1899 in Vienna , † April 23, 1981 in Bad Vöslau ) was an Austrian literary and art historian .
Life
Franz Glück, son of the art historian Gustav Glück , studied art history and German in Vienna, Heidelberg and Munich. In 1923 he received his doctorate in German at the University of Vienna with the dissertation “About Stifter's Witiko”. In 1924 he joined the publishing house Anton Schroll & Co. in Vienna as a lecturer . He was friends with Karl Kraus and Adolf Loos . After the annexation of Austria in 1938, he was no longer officially allowed to work for the publisher. After the end of the war he became director of the Schroll publishing house in 1945. From 1949 until his retirement in 1968 he was director of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna . Here he was largely responsible for the planning and conception of the new museum building and the repositioning of the museum on Karlsplatz , which opened in 1959. He was buried in an honorary grave at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
His library was acquired by the German Literature Archive in Marbach.
literature
- Hundred Years of History Museum of the City of Vienna. Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, May 21–30. August 1987 . Museums of the City of Vienna, Vienna 1987, pp. 135f.
- Jutta Bendt: The Glück library. Presentation of a Viennese collection (= directories, reports, information German literature archive 20). Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, Marbach 1998, ISBN 3-929146-44-4 ( review ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Glück grave site , Vienna, Central Cemetery, Group 40, No. 142.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luck, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian literary and art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1981 |
| Place of death | Bad Vöslau |