Gustav Heider

Gustav Heider, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1868

Gustav Heider (born October 15, 1819 in Vienna ; † March 15, 1897 ibid) was an Austrian art historian.

Life

Gustav Heider studied law in Vienna, became an adjunct at the library of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1842 , art advisor in the State Ministry in 1863, Ministerialrat in the Ministry of Education in 1867 and from 1872 took the position of head of section in the same. Heider did a great job of researching the old art monuments in Austria; He was one of the most active founders of the kk Central Commission established for this purpose, whose yearbook he edited until 1863. Among his writings, which aim in particular for a deeper understanding of the spirit of medieval symbolism and typology, deserve special mention:

• On animal symbolism and the symbol of the lion in Christian art (Vienna 1849);
• The Romanesque church in Schöngrabern (Vienna. 1855);
• The altarpiece in Klosterneuburg Abbey (Vienna 1860);
• Liturgical vestments from the St. Blasien Abbey (Vienna 1860) and the medieval art monuments of the Austrian imperial state (Stuttgart 1855–60, 2 vols.) Edited with Rudolf Eitelberger von Edelberg and Hieser .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Heider, Gustav Adolph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 8th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1862, p. 208 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Heider Gustav Frh. Von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 241.

Web links

Commons : Gustav Heider  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Gustav Heider in the catalog of the German National Library
• http://arthistorians.info/heiderg