Gerhard Peters (art historian)

Gerhard Peters (born December 12, 1899 in Detmold ; † November 6, 1995 there ) was a German art historian and cultural advisor for the city of Detmold.

Life

Gerhard Peters graduated from high school Leopoldinum in Detmold and then attended the University of Heidelberg and the University of Munich , where he received his doctorate in 1924 under Heinrich Wölfflin . From 1925 to 1934 he worked in Leipzig at the Karl Baedeker publishing house as an art-historical clerk and editor; in particular, he revised the Baedeker volume Spain and Portugal , published in 1929 . From 1935 to 1936 Peters was entrusted with the inventory of the art monuments of Lower Saxony and Upper Silesia . He completed his habilitation in 1944. After the war and captivity, he returned to Detmold in 1946 and headed the Adult Education Center (1947–1974), the Lippische Volksbildungswerk (1952–1974) and the Detmold State Library (1954–1964). From 1961 to 1970 Peters was a member of the board of trustees of the North Rhine-Westphalia Art Collection . In addition to teaching at the institutions he heads, he also worked at the Northwest German Music Academy , the Detmold Carpenter School , the Paritätisches Sozialseminar in Detmold and the Furniture Trade School in Wöbbel .

Gerhard Peters was honorary and part-time cultural consultant for the city of Detmold and co-founder and consultant of the Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst .

Awards

• 1972: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
• 1977: Culture Prize from the Lippe Regional Association

Publications (selection)

• Gerhard Peters: The Rastatt Castle . Müller, Karlsruhe 1925.
• Gerhard Peters (ed.): German artist letters of the 19th century: letters, diary sheets, confessions . Maximilian-Verlag, Detmold 1948.
• Gerhard Peters: The Princely Palais in Detmold - Architecture and History 1700 to 1950 (=  special publications of the Natural Science and Historical Association for the Land of Lippe . Volume 34 ). 1984, ISBN 3-924481-00-8 .
• Gerhard Peters, Armin Prinz zur Lippe : Princely residential palace Detmold . 3. Edition. topp + möller, Detmold 2008, ISBN 978-3-936867-24-4 .

Peters has also written numerous articles in magazines and compilations on art and building history.

literature

• Detlev Hellfaier, Ernst Fleischhack: Lippisches Autorenlexikon, Volume I . FL Wagener, Lemgo 1986, p. 154 ( online [accessed May 1, 2013]).
• Mourning for Dr. Gerhard Peters . In: Lippische Landes-Zeitung . November 15, 1995, p. 10 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary notice in the Lippische Landes-Zeitung from November 11, 1995
2. ↑ Andreas Ruppert: "The well belongs to the people". The Donopbrunnen in front of the Detmold town hall . In: Rosenland. Journal of Lippe History . No. 6 , April 2008, p. 6 ( rosenland-lippe.de [PDF; 1000 kB ; accessed on May 1, 2013]). PDF; 1.0 MB ( Memento of the original from February 22nd, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Scientific and historical association for the state of Lippe (ed.): History of the city of Detmold (=  special publications of the natural and historical association for the state of Lippe . Volume 10 ). Maximilian-Verlag, Detmold 1953, p. 9 .
4. ↑ Compare with his Baedeker editorial work the autobiographical contribution editor to Baedeker's travel handbooks 1925–1934 . in: Reisen und Leben, 1987, issue 15.