Hans Ebert (art historian)

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Hans Ebert (born July 12, 1919 in Chemnitz ; † January 10, 1988 ) was a German art historian and museologist .

Life

Ebert graduated from high school in 1938 and took part in World War II. In 1941/42 and 1945 Ebert studied art education for secondary schools at the Dresden Art Academy. In 1946 he got a job as a new teacher for art education and German in an extended high school . In 1954, at the age of 35, he became director of the Schlossberg Museum in Karl-Marx-Stadt . In this function he was responsible for the establishment of the permanent department “Chemnitz and the Chemnitz Labor Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries” and was also responsible for the museum use of Rabenstein Castle and the Red Tower .

In 1958 he received his degree in art history from the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . He expanded his diploma thesis into a dissertation, which he successfully defended in 1961. On January 1, 1960, Ebert took over the role of deputy director of the Old and New Masters picture galleries in Dresden . On October 1, 1960, he was appointed Deputy General Director of the Dresden State Art Collections under Max Seydewitz . As such he was in office until September 30, 1967. The next day he was appointed Deputy General Director of the State Museums and Director of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. Because of his poor health, he was released from these two functions in 1974 and 1978, respectively. He took over the editing of the scientific yearbook of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin with the title “Research and Reports”.

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  1. ↑ Neues Deutschland , October 6, 1965, p. 5
personal data
SURNAME Ebert, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and museologist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1988