Günter Meissner

Günter Meißner (born July 3, 1936 in Hanover ; † November 19, 2015 ) was a German art historian who became known as the editor-in-chief and publisher of the General Artists' Dictionary.

Life

Günter Meissner studied at the Art History Institute of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig , where he received his degree in 1958 and was with a dissertation on the painter in 1962 Hans Baluschek doctorate . Then he was assistant and senior assistant at the institute.

Since January 1, 1969, he worked for the EA Seemann publishing house in Leipzig on the project of the General Artists' Lexicon and took over the management of the twelve-person editorial team, which in 1976 was increased to 25 employees. The first volume appeared in 1993. He remained editor-in-chief until 1992 and co-editor until his death.

In addition to his work on the Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon , he wrote numerous art history books, including monographs on contemporary painters such as Hans Baluschek, Rudolf Bredow , Max Liebermann and Werner Tübke .

He was part of the GDR travel team .

In 1978 he received the Leipzig City Art Prize .

literature

Alfred Langer: Art Literature and Reproduction. 125 years of Seemann-Verlag in the service of research and dissemination of art . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1983, pp. 154–155 (with photo).

Remarks

↑ Genesis and meaning of the architectural canopy . Diploma thesis, Leipzig 1958; Abstract Meaning and Genesis of the Architectural Baldachins In: Research and Progress 33, 1959, pp. 178-183.
↑ Hans Baluschek. Life and work . Dissertation Leipzig 1962.
^ Eberhard Kasten: The General Artist Lexicon (AKL). A practical report . In: Klaus Barckow, Walter Delabar (Ed.): New information and storage media in German studies. On the prospects of EDP as an information carrier for literary research . P. Lang, Bern a. a. 1994, p. 97.

Web links

Literature by and about Günter Meißner in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Günter Meißner in the Saxon Bibliography
Dr. sc. Günter Meißner: Obituary notice. In: lvz-trauer.de.

personal data
SURNAME	Meissner, Günter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Meißner, Günter Richard Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 3, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	19th November 2015

[1] Genesis and meaning of the architectural canopy . Diploma thesis, Leipzig 1958; Abstract Meaning and Genesis of the Architectural Baldachins In: Research and Progress 33, 1959, pp. 178-183.

[2] Hans Baluschek. Life and work . Dissertation Leipzig 1962.

[3] Eberhard Kasten: The General Artist Lexicon (AKL). A practical report . In: Klaus Barckow, Walter Delabar (Ed.): New information and storage media in German studies. On the prospects of EDP as an information carrier for literary research . P. Lang, Bern a. a. 1994, p. 97.