Hartwig Fischer (art historian)

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Hartwig Fischer (2016)

Hartwig Fischer (born December 14, 1962 in Hamburg ) is a German art historian . He was director of the Museum Folkwang, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and has been director of the British Museum in London since 2016 .

Life

Fischer studied art history , history and classical archeology in Bonn, Paris, Rome and Berlin and was on the 1993 Bonn University with a dissertation on the Dresden painter Hermann Prell and Wilhelmine reorganization of Palazzo Caffarelli doctorate . He then worked at the Kunstmuseum Bonn and from 1993 to 2000 worked as a research assistant and assistant to the management at the Kunstmuseum Basel . In 2001 he followed the activity as a conservator for the 19th century and Classical Modernism (1800–1960). During this time he curated a. a. the exhibitions Schwitters Arp (2004), Covering the Real (2005) and Kandinsky (2006/2007, with Bernhard Mendes Bürgi ). From 2006 Fischer held the position of director at the Museum Folkwang in Essen . Under his leadership, the collection grew through significant purchases and donations; the new museum building by the architect David Chipperfield also fell during his tenure .

In December 2011, Fischer was appointed General Director of the Dresden State Art Collections as successor to Martin Roth . He has been familiar with the city since he was a child, he often visited relatives there, later he researched here for his dissertation and dealt with the history of art in Saxony. Fischer took office on May 1, 2012.

On April 1, 2016, Fischer succeeded Neil MacGregor as Director of the British Museum .

In his role as director of the British Museum, Fischer supported the position that the Greek Parthenon frieze was rightly exhibited there. Fischer's argument was that the removal of the marble frieze was a “creative act” that justified the exhibition in London in a new, non-original setting. This position has been criticized by the Greek government.

Fonts (selection)

  • A Wilhelminian total work of art on the Capitol. Hermann Prell and the establishment of the throne room in the German Embassy in Rome 1894–1899. Mewe, Lörrach 1998, ISBN 3-9806066-1-9 (= dissertation University of Bonn 1993).
  • with Michael Diers , Bruno Haas, Jörg Huber, Verena Kuni and Yves Michaud: Covering the Real, Kunst und Pressebild, from Warhol to Tillmans / Art and the press image, from Warhol to Tillmans , exhibition catalog Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel 2005, ISBN 3- 7204-0156-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hartwig Fischer in the Munzinger archive , accessed on October 3, 2013 ( beginning of article freely available)
  2. ^ Chronicle of the Folkwang Museum Essen. Retrieved October 3, 2013 .
  3. ^ Hartwig Fischer new head of the Dresden Art Collections. (No longer available online.) In: SZ-Online . December 20, 2011, archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; Retrieved October 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ;, dresdeneins.tv, article from January 5, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sz-online.de
  4. ↑ “There is still a lot to do” - The General Director of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden on upcoming tasks. In: Dresdner Latest News . December 26, 2012, accessed October 3, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Mark Brown, Ben Knight: German to become first foreign director of the British Museum since 1827. The Guardian, September 25, 2015, accessed September 27, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Elgin Marbles are better off in London! . In: The Guardian , March 31, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2016. 
  7. ^ British Museum chief: taking the Parthenon marbles was 'creative' . In: The Guardian , March 31, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019. 
  8. ↑ Greece to British Museum: “Fischer's views are remnants of colonialism” . January 27, 2019. Accessed March 31, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Fischer, Hartwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, director of the British Museum
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg