Georg Bruehl
Georg Alex Brühl (born February 22, 1931 in Breslau ; † February 21, 2009 ) was a German museologist , art historian , publicist and art collector. He put on diverse art collections ( fine arts , handicrafts , Asian art ).
Life
Georg Brühl had a decisive influence on the artistic-cultural life in Karl-Marx-Stadt before the fall of the Wall : From 1972 to 1978 he was secretary of the producer gallery Galerie Oben , worked with the Schauspielhaus Chemnitz ( My Blue Piano [ Dadaist texts], foyer exhibitions ). He wrote works on the art of Impressionism and Expressionism and taught at the local community college . In 1990 he founded a board of trustees for the preservation of Villa Esche , an Art Nouveau property built by Henry van de Velde for the stocking manufacturer Esche . After the political change , his years of work for the Ministry for State Security of the GDR became known as IM "Peter".
In recent years Georg Brühl has organized international exhibitions in Amsterdam, Innsbruck and Bregenz. A support association for the Brühl Collection has existed since 2000. He last lived at Lichtenwalde Castle near Chemnitz.
Gifts
- Art Nouveau (over 1000 works - including Henry van de Velde) (→ Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin in Köpenick Palace )
- Art of the GDR (→ Hermitage , Leningrad / St. Petersburg 1986 with 1086 works) - Sculpture ( Fitzenreiter , Stötzer ), paintings (including Karlheinz Jacob, Michael Morgner , Otto Möhwald ), works on paper ( Gerhard Altenbourg , Carlfriedrich Claus (Aurora- Folder), Hermann Glöckner and others)
- 1981: 200 works of regional art to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (formerly: Kunstsammlungen Karl-Marx-Stadt)
- Individual works to the Nationalgalerie Berlin ( Georg Minne , Max Liebermann , Aubrey Beardsley , Kurt Schwitters , AR Penck )
- Donated in 2005 to the Free State of Saxony
- Lichtenwalde Castle (East Asia - several thousand exhibits: furniture, plastic, painting, ceramics, metalwork, graphics from China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam)
Publications
- Herwarth Walden and "The Storm". DuMont, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-7701-1523-6 .
- Félicien Rops. The messenger of the devil. Graphics. Eulenspiegel, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-359-00254-7 .
- Art Nouveau in Chemnitz. The Villa Esche by Henry van de Velde. Bayerische Vereinsbank, Munich 1990, DNB 911167366 .
- The Cassirers. Champion for impressionism. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-361-00302-4 .
- Karl-Heinz Jakob . In: Series: Artists from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district , publisher: Council of the Karl-Marx-Stadt District Department of Culture, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1973, 2 leaflets (= 24 pages)
literature
- Short biography for: Brühl, Georg Alex . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Brühl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ To Herwarth Walden and the magazine Der Sturm .
- ↑ To Félicien Rops .
- ^ To the Cassirer family .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brühl, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brühl, Georg Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art scholar, journalist and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 2009 |