Harry Kühnel

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Harry Kühnel (born March 24, 1927 in Vienna ; † August 13, 1995 in Krems ) was an Austrian historian and art historian .

Life

Harry Kühnel was born in Vienna and grew up in Steyr , where he attended school. He studied history, German and art history. After receiving his doctorate in 1952, he was to become director of the Steyr city archives, but soon followed the call of his teacher Alfons Lhotsky to Vienna. It was Lhotsky who recommended Fritz Dworschak Kühnel as an assistant for the state exhibitions in Krems.

In 1969 he qualified as a professor at the University of Salzburg for Austrian history with a special focus on cultural history. In the same year he became director of the newly founded Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era , of which he was director until his death. From 1957 to 1991 he was also head of the Krems Cultural Office , and in 1979 he became an associate professor .

In 1982 Kühnel founded the International Research Society Medium Aevum Quotidianum (MAQ), of which he was chairman until 1992.

Harry Kühnel died of a serious car accident at the age of 69.

Awards

Exhibitions

Kühnel was significantly involved in the organization of many exhibitions:

year exhibition Place / region Type
1959 Gothic in Lower Austria Krems National exhibition
1967 Romanesque art in Austria Krems National exhibition
1967 Gothic in Austria Krems
1967 4000 years of East Asian art Krems
1982 800 years of Francis of Assisi Krems National exhibition
1984 The age of Emperor Franz Joseph (1st part) Grafenegg National exhibition
1987 The Age of Emperor Franz Joseph (Part 2) Grafenegg National exhibition
1994 Enjoyment and art Schallaburg

Publications

Books and large fonts

  • State and Church in the years 1700 to 1740. A contribution to the history of the state church in Austria , Phil. Diss., 1951
  • Chronicle of Crafts in Austria , ES-Verlag, 1956–1959
  • The Hofburg in Vienna , Böhlau, 1964, ISBN 3-205-08045-9
  • Medieval medicine in Vienna. Böhlau, Graz / Cologne 1965 (= studies on the history of the university. Volume 5).
  • Krems an der Donau ( German Land - German Art ). Munich / Berlin 1968
  • The Hofburg , Zsolnay, 1971, ISBN 3-552-02304-6
  • Gothic artworks in Austria , Schendl, 1972, ISBN 3-85268-043-3
  • Art of the Danube School in Austria , Vienna Alliance, 1973
  • Biedermeier art in Austria , Allianz Insurance in Vienna, 1977
  • Baroque art in Austria , Vienna Allianz Insurance, 1978
  • Medieval art from South Tyrol , Wiener Allianz Versicherung, 1978
  • Renaissance Art in Austria , Vienna Allianz Insurance, 1978
  • Everyday Life in the Late Middle Ages , (Ed.), Edition Kaleidoskop, 1986, ISBN 3-222-11528-1
  • as editor: Woman and everyday life in the late Middle Ages. International Congress Krems an der Donau 2. – 5. October 1984. Vienna 1986 (= publications of the Institute for Medieval Realienkunde Austria. Volume 9).
  • Picture dictionary of clothing and armament: from the ancient Orient to the late Middle Ages , (Ed.), Kröner 1992, ISBN 3-520-45301-0
  • A thousand years Krems: an anniversary book (with Schönfellner and Trumler), Jugend u Volk 1995, ISBN 3-224-17613-X

Editing

  • The Gothic in Lower Austria (contributions by Harry Kühnel, among others), Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1963
  • Exhibition of Romanesque Art in Austria (written by: Harry Kühnel), Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1964
  • 950 years of the Krems Parish (editor-in-chief), Krems Parish, 1964
  • Gothic in Austria: exhibition; May 19 - October 15, 1967 , (Editor), Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1967
  • Exhibition. 1000 years of art in Krems , (written), Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1971
  • Exhibition of art treasures from Lower Austria: May 11 - October 16, 1977, Minoritenkirche Krems-Stein , Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1977
  • Lower Austria State exhibition: 800 years of Franz von Assisi , (writer: Harry Kühnel and others), Amt d. Lower Austria. State government, 1982
  • Catalog: The Age of Emperor Franz Joseph, 1848–1860 , (Writer: Harry Kühnel), Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, 1984
  • Catalog: The Age of Emperor Franz Joseph, 1860–1916 , (Writer: Harry Kühnel), Office of the Lower Austrian State Government, 1987
  • Woman and everyday life in the late Middle Ages. International Congress Krems ad Donau October 2 to 5, 1984. Vienna 1986 (= meeting reports of the Austrian Academy of Sciences: philosophical-historical class , 473; at the same time: publications by the Institute for Medieval Realienkunde Austria , 9).
  • with Roman Sandgruber : Enjoyment & Art: Coffee, tea, chocolate, tobacco, cola; Exhibition Schloß Schallaburg 1994 , (Ed.), NÖ Landesmuseum, Innsbruck 1994, ISBN 3-85460-108-5 .
  • Symposium on the art-historical, economic and social significance of the old town renewal (editor), cultural administration d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1961
  • Symposium on the art historical, economic and social significance of the old town renewal: Krems-Stein 1965 , Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1965
  • Preservation of monuments and renovation of old houses in Krems an der Donau: 1959–1974 , Kulturverwaltung d. City of Krems an d. Danube, 1974
  • Preservation of monuments and old town renovation in Krems an der Donau: 1960–1985 , Association for the Promotion of the Renewal of Krems, 1987

He is also responsible for numerous city and museum guides and was the editor of numerous exhibition catalogs for the Museum of Modern Art in the Dominican Monastery.

literature

  • Hans Frühwirth: Your love was for Krems. Krems 1997, ISBN 3-901664-01-9
  • Gertrud Blaschitz (Ed.): Symbols of everyday life - everyday life of symbols. Festschrift for Harry Kühnel on his 65th birthday. Akad. Dr.- und Verl.-Anst., Graz 1992, ISBN 3-201-01559-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kühnel, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1995
Place of death Krems at the Donau