Fritz Knapp (art historian)

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Fritz Knapp (born October 29, 1870 in Halle (Saale) , † 1938 in Würzburg ) was a German art historian .

Life

Fritz Knapp, son of the Halle-based publisher Wilhelm Georg Knapp (1840–1908), studied philosophy in Marburg and Halle from 1890 , but then moved to Bonn and studied art history there with Carl Justi . He continued these studies in Berlin , Munich and Basel . During the semester break, study trips took him to Italy, France, Spain and England. He received his doctorate in Basel at Easter 1896 under Heinrich Wölfflin .

From October 1897 to the end of 1904 he worked in the Berlin museum service - mostly in the Gemäldegalerie and at the Nationalgalerie - as an assistant, among others with Wilhelm von Bode . On March 11, 1905, he completed his habilitation with Wölfflin, who had moved to Berlin in 1901 . From September 24, 1906, Knapp taught for one semester as an associate professor at the University of Greifswald .

From 1907 to 1936 he was the first professor of art history at the University of Würzburg . His professorship , installed in the summer semester 1907, was converted into a professorship on 7 June 1921st In Würzburg, Knapp read thirty years on art history from the early Middle Ages to modern times; dealt in the lectures with the Italian and German Renaissance as well as the Baroque .

Fritz Knapp's summer house, built in 1932 by Franz Kleinsteuber in the New Objectivity style in Würzburg.

Initially a member of the German National People's Party , he joined the NSDAP in May 1933 (membership number 3107716).

Fonts (selection)

  • Piero di Cosimo. A master of transition from the Florentine Quattrocento to the Cinquecento . Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1899 ( archive.org ).
  • with Wilhelm von Bode: masterpieces of painting. Old masters . Richard Bong, Berlin 1900 ( archive.org ).
  • Fra Bartolommeo della Porta and the School of San Marco. Wilhelm Knapp, Halle (Saale) 1903.
  • Michelangelo. The master’s works in 166 illustrations with a biographical introduction . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart and Leipzig 1906 ( archive.org ).
  • Andrea del Sarto . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1907 ( archive.org ).
  • Perugino . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld, Leipzig 1907 ( archive.org ).
  • Andrea Mantegna. The master's paintings and engravings in 200 illustrations . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart, Leipzig 1910 ( archive.org ).
  • with Valerian von Loga , Ludwig Justi : The Italian sculpture from XV. to XVIII. Century . Fischer & Franke, Berlin 1910.
  • Walks through the workshops of Franconian sculptors . Heinrich Stürtz, Würzburg 1911.
  • Würzburg and its collections . In: Munich Yearbook of Fine Arts . Vol. 8, 1913, pp. 97-142.
  • The artistic culture of the West. A history of art and artistic worldviews since the fall of the ancient world. 3 volumes, K. Schroeder, Bonn 1923.
  • Main Franconia. Bamberg, Würzburg, Aschaffenburg. A Franconian art history. Heinrich Stürtz, Würzburg 1928.
  • Vincent van Gogh. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1930.
  • German art. Aschendorff, Münster in Westphalia 1930.
  • Riemenschneider. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld and Leipzig 1935.
  • Balthasar Neumann, the great architect of his time. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1937.
  • Grünewald . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1937.
  • Leonardo da Vinci . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1938.

literature

  • Stefan Kummer : The beginnings of art history at the University of Würzburg. In: Beginnings of historical research at the University of Würzburg. 150 Years of the Historical Institute / 100 Years of the Art History Institute . Ed. Vulpes, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-939112-80-8 , pp. 9-62 ( digitized version ).

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Fritz Knapp, he recalled, was still one of the listeners in Jacob Burckhardt's lectures.
  2. ↑ A call from the University of Dorpat , ultimately rejected by Knapp, had initiated the Würzburg conversion of the extraordinary to a full professorship for Knapp.
  3. ↑ Kummer p. 36.
personal data
SURNAME Knapp, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Knapp, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH 1938
Place of death Wurzburg