Gottlieb Loertscher
Gottlieb Loertscher (born November 17, 1914 in Oberentfelden ; † March 17, 1997 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss art historian and monument conservator .
Life
Loertscher was based in the Simmental and grew up in the Swiss plateau . He worked as a primary school teacher before he in 1947 Joseph Gantner at the University of Basel with a dissertation on the collegiate Schönenwerd doctorate . From 1951 he worked as a conservator for the canton of Solothurn and from 1957 to 1979 he was its first full-time monument conservator .
In 1975 he published the volume Solothurn in the series of regional art guides of the Society for Swiss Art History . Loertscher also drew, including hundreds of cover pictures for the Solothurn magazine Jura sheets . After his retirement he gave courses at adult education centers in the region and led art trips abroad. He was an honorary member of the Swiss Homeland Security .
Fonts
- Hans Tussmanns carrying the cross from 1461. In: Our art monuments - information sheet for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History. , Vol. 12, H. 3-4, 1961, pp. 80-82, doi : 10.5169 / seals-392754 .
literature
- Edgar Lehmann : Review of: Gottlieb Loertscher: The Romanesque collegiate church of Schönenwerd. Basel 1952 . In: German literary newspaper . No. 75 , 1954, pp. 622-623 .
- Festschrift for the 70th birthday. = Jurassic leaves . Solothurn 1984.
- Festschrift for the 80th birthday. = Jurassic leaves. Solothurn 1994.
- Max Banholzer : Dr. Gottlieb Loertscher in the Historical Association of the Canton of Solothurn . In: Jura leaves . tape 59 , 1997, pp. 121-122 .
- Hans Erhard Gerber : Epigraph for Gottlieb Loertscher . In: Jura leaves . Special issue for Gottlieb Loertscher. No. 8 . Solothurn August 1997.
- Georg Carlen : On the death of Dr. Gottlieb Loertscher . In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland . tape 48 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 80 ( online [accessed April 27, 2015]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Gottlieb Loertscher in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Gottlieb Loertscher in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Carlen : On the death of Dr. Gottlieb Loertscher . In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland . tape 48 , no. 3 , 1997, p. 80 ( online [accessed April 27, 2015]).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Loertscher, Gottlieb |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss art historian and monument conservator |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1914 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberentfelden |
DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1997 |
Place of death | Solothurn |