Hans-Werner Schmidt (art historian, 1951)

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Hans-Werner Schmidt as museum director in Leipzig in February 2011

Hans-Werner Schmidt (born November 16, 1951 in Sprendlingen , today a district of Dreieich ) is a German art historian , author, exhibition organizer and former museum director .

Life

After graduating from the Goethe School in Neu Isenburg , Hans-Werner Schmidt studied at the University of Fine Arts in Kassel from 1971 to 1976 and completed his studies with the state examination as an art teacher. In this profession he worked in Marburg from 1977 to 1978. Here he studied art history, European ethnology and education at the Philipps University since 1976 . He received his doctorate in 1982 with Martin Warnke on the subject of promoting the patriotic image of history through the connection for historical art .

After a traineeship at the Hamburger Kunsthalle from 1982 to 1984, Schmidt worked from 1985 to 1992 as a curator at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf . He then moved to the Kunsthalle zu Kiel , whose director he was until 2000. In addition, he held the position of executive chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Art Association in the Kiel years . From May 2000 until his retirement in April 2017, Schmidt was director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig . During his term of office, the opening of the new museum building occurred in 2004 and in 2005 the establishment of the Leipziger Kreis , an association of directors of German art museums.

In 2006/2007 Schmidt was also a visiting professor at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena .

Schmidt has been married since 1989 and has two children.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1994: Carl Grossberg , 100th birthday retrospective, December 11, 1994 - February 12, 1995
  • 1997: Artistic gymnast - art and sport 1997. Artistic gymnast of the university competition team on the balance beam, on the pommel horse and on the floor. In cooperation with the Museum of Modern Art Munich , September 28th - November 9th
  • 1998: Pro Lidice - 52 artists from Germany, September 27th - November 22nd
  • 2003: Max Klinger . Erotic drawings, (Unterberger Collection), October 10th - November 30th
  • 2004: Willi Baumeister / Karl Hofer , Encounter of Images, December 19, 2004 - February 27, 2005
  • 2005: Bernhard Heisig - The Anger of Images, March 20 - May 29
  • 2006: 3 × Tischbein and European painting around 1800. Cooperation: Staatliche Museen Kassel , March 18th - June 5th
  • 2006: Albrecht Dürer : Two Sisters, October 7, 2006 - January 7, 2007
  • 2007: one love. Max Klinger and the consequences. For the 150th birthday of Max Klinger, March 10th - June 24th
  • 2008: Lovis Corinth and the birth of modernity, (stops: April 1 - June 22, Musée d'Orsay , Paris; July 11 - October 19, Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig; November 9, 2008 - February 15, 2009; Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie , Regensburg July 11 - October 19, 2009)
  • 2009: 60/40/20. Art in Leipzig since 1949, October 4, 2009 - January 10, 2010
  • 2010: Neo Rauch - companion , (stations: April 20 - August 15, 2010 Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich; April 18 - August 15, 2010 Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig)
  • 2010/2011 Michael Triegel , Metamorphosis of the Gods , November 28, 2010 - February 6, 2011
  • 2011: Max Beckmann , Face to Face , September 18, 2011 - January 22, 2012
  • 2012: Art of the 80s in the GDR, February 9th - September 2nd
  • 2013: World Creator. Richard Wagner , Max Klinger, Karl May , May 16, 2013 - September 15
  • 2014: Atelier Schützengraben. Max Beckmann, Hans Alexander Müller and Alfred Frank draw World War I, September 4th - November 9th
  • 2014: Bernini . Inventors of Baroque Rome, November 9, 2014 - February 1, 2015
  • 2015: Paul Klee - special class, not for sale, March 1st - May 25th
  • 2015: In good neighborhood. Diversity and wealth from 25 Leipzig collections, June 20 - September 13

Fonts

  • (Ed.) The book on the museum : Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Kerber, Düsseldorf, 2004, ISBN 3-938025-04-2
  • (Ed.) Stephan Balkenhol , Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, 2001, ISBN 978-3-86060010-8
  • (Ed.) Photography on site , Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 1999, ISBN 3-923701-83-7
  • Uncertain borders: Daniel Buetti, Bea Emsbach, Martin Honert, Dieter Huber, John Isaacs, Ron Mueck, Tony Oursler, Diego Schindler-Castro , Kerber, Düsseldorf, 1999, ISBN 978-393304031-2
  • (Ed.) Landstriche: Dutch landscape graphics of the 16th and 17th centuries , Kunsthalle zu Kiel, 1996
  • with Ursula Eisenbach: Klaus Rinke: 1954-1991, Retro Aktiv , Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Richter, Düsseldorf, 1992, ISBN 9783928762052
  • Robert Filliou 1926-1987: in memory , Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 1988
  • The promotion of the patriotic image of history through the association for historical art, 1854-1933 , Jonas, Marburg, 1985, ISBN 978-3-92256133-0 (dissertation)

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Hans-Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Jumpers