Gotthard Jedlicka

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Gotthard Jedlicka (born May 6, 1899 in Zurich ; † November 9, 1965 in Duisburg ) was a Swiss art historian and writer .

Life

After studying art history in Zurich, Grenoble and Paris, he first worked as a secondary school teacher in Winterthur . In 1928 he obtained his doctorate and in 1934 his habilitation . From 1939 to 1965 he was professor of art history at the University of Zurich . In addition, he worked as the editor of the magazine Galerie und Collector and the art book series of the Scherz-Verlag as well as editor of the Swiss monthly Werk . He also wrote numerous art books and artist monographs , for example on Toulouse-Lautrec , Manet and Brueghel . His estate is in the Zurich Central Library . He found his final resting place in the Enzenbühl cemetery .

Since 1951 he was a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry .

Works (selection)

  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec . Laupen 1929, DNB 570402107 (Dissertation University of Zurich, Philosophical Faculty I. Section, 1929, 28 pages)
  • Henri Matisse . Chronique du jour, Paris 1930, (200 copies)
  • Encounters. Artist novels . Schwabe, Basel 1933
  • Pieter Bruegel. The painter in his time . Rentsch, Erlenbach 1938
  • Edouard Manet . Rentsch, Erlenbach 1941
  • Spanish painting . Atlantis Verlag 1941
  • On contemporary Swiss painting . Rentsch, Erlenbach 1947
  • Pierre Bonnard . A visit . Rentsch, Erlenbach 1949
  • Paris diary . Suhrkamp ( Library Suhrkamp 18), Frankfurt am Main 1953
  • Sight and experience. Viewing images . Suhrkamp (Library Suhrkamp 29), Frankfurt am Main 1955
  • The Matisse Chapel in Vence. Rosary Chapel of the Dominican Sisters . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1955
  • Paths to a work of art. Encounters with art and artists . Piper, Munich 1960
  • The Fauvism . Gutenberg Book Guild , Zurich 1961
  • Max Gubler . Edited by Friedel Jedlicka. Huber, Frauenfeld 1970
  • With Henri Matisse in Paris 1931 . Piet Meyer (Small Library 5), Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-905799-04-0

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SURNAME Jedlicka, Gotthard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1965
Place of death Duisburg