Friedrich Polleroß

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Exhibition opening with, among others, Real Councilor Michael Widermann (2nd from left), artist Matthias Laurenz Gräff (middle), Günter Stummvoll (3rd from right) and Friedrich Polleroß (right) (2012)

Friedrich Bernhard Polleroß (* 1958 in Horn ) is an Austrian art historian , researcher and writer and works as a research assistant at the University of Vienna .

Life

Friedrich Polleroß grew up in Neupölla , graduated from the Horner Gymnasium and then studied art history and history at the University of Vienna, where he wrote his dissertation under Günther Heinz in 1986 with the title “The sacred identification portrait”. He started his professional career in 1986 as a contract employee at the Institute for Art History. Since 1988 Polleroß has been a university lecturer at the Institute for Art History at the University of Vienna. In 1993 he was entrusted with the management of the slide collection. Since 2011 he has also been the head of the institute's archive and Erasmus officer. His academic research focuses on the Austrian Baroque, Habsburg representation and courtly portraits in the course of art history and the regional history of the Waldviertel. Polleroß wrote numerous books, articles, catalog articles, reports and appeared as the editor of numerous international books and publications.

In addition to his professional activity, Friedrich Polleroß is, among other things, Vice President of the "Institute for Research in the Early Modern Age" in Vienna, member of the board of the "WHB" and the editorial team of the magazine "Das Waldviertel" as well as head of the " First Austrian Museum for Everyday History " in Neupölla. He also worked on a research project for the European Science Foundation and worked on a research project at the “Center de recherche du château de Versailles”.

Books

  • 100 years of anti-Semitism in the Waldviertel = series of publications by the Waldviertler Heimatbund 25. Krems an der Donau, 1st edition 1983; 2nd edition 1996.
  • The sacred identification portrait: A courtly type of image from the 13th to the 20th century = manuscripts for art history in the Werner publishing company 18, 2 volumes. Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft , Worms 1988. ISBN 978-3-88462-917-8
  • Together with Andrea Sommer-Mathis, Christopher F. Laferl: feather jewelry and imperial crown. The baroque image of America in the Habsburg lands . Exhibition catalog Schloss Hof. Vienna 1992.
  • The art of diplomacy. In the footsteps of the imperial ambassador Leopold Joseph Graf von Lamberg (1653–1706) . Petersberg 2010.
  • 100 years of joinery Zimmerl-Polleroß. Story of a family from Waldviertel . Petersberg 2013.

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Polleroß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Reviews: Markus Völkel in arthist ; Werner Telesko in Kunstgeschichte aktuell 3/11 ; Anne-Simon Rous in points of view .
personal data
SURNAME Polleroß, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Polleroß, Friedrich Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH horn