Hans H. Hofstätter

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Hans Hellmut Hofstätter (born November 17, 1928 in Basel ; † November 8, 2016 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was an Austrian art historian who worked in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Live and act

Hofstätter studied art and literary history and classical archeology at the universities of Basel, Munich, Paris and Freiburg from 1949 and received his doctorate in Freiburg in 1955 under Kurt Bauch on the development of Art Nouveau in France ( The emergence of the new style in French painting around 1890 ) . Afterwards he was assistant at the Art History Institute of the University of Mainz under Friedrich Gerke and from 1961 to 1972 chief editor of the Holle Verlag . During this time he held several visiting professorships, including in the USA. From 1973 to 1993 he was editor-in-chief of the magazine for Christian art and art studies Das Münster . From 1974 to 1992 he was the managing director of the municipal museums in Freiburg im Breisgau and director of the Augustinian museum . In 1986 he was appointed honorary professor at the University of Freiburg .

Fonts (selection)

  • History of European Art Nouveau Painting. Du Mont, Cologne 1963.
  • Symbolism and turn of the century art. Du Mont, Cologne 1965.
  • as editor: History of Art and Artistic Techniques. Munich 1965.
  • Gothic. ( Architektur der Welt , Vol. 6.) Taschen, Cologne 1994. (Many editions, including Office du Livree, Friborg 1968.)
  • Art Nouveau: graphics and printing. Holle Verlag, Baden-Baden 1968.
    • (New edition with Wladyslawa Jaworska, S. Hofstätter: Otus, St. Gallen 2003. In addition, many licensed editions.)
  • with Peter Staechelin : Art Nouveau. Klett, 1982.
  • Contemporary painting and graphics. Art of the World , Volume 51. Holle Verlag, Baden-Baden 1969.
  • Gustave Moreau . Du Mont, Cologne 1978.
  • Caspar David Friedrich - the entire graphic work. Rogner and Bernhard, Munich 1974.
  • The Fürstenberg collections Donaueschingen , Schnell and Steiner, 1980. ISBN 3795408164 .
  • Julius Bissier , works in the Augustinian Museum. Schillinger, Freiburg 1981.
  • Rudolf Jettmar . Edition Tusch, Vienna 1984.
  • as editor: Art and Artists in Baden. DVA, Stuttgart 1995.
  • Emil Bizer , a Baden painter of classical modernism. Muellheim 1997.
  • Hermann Daur . Basel 2000.
  • with Berthold Hänel: The painters of the Markgräflerland. Edited by the district of Lörrach. Schillinger, Freiburg 2000.
  • Paradise in pictures. Countries on the Upper Rhine and High Rhine. Schillinger, Freiburg 2001.

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personal data
SURNAME Hofstätter, Hans H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofstätter, Hans Hellmut (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2016
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau