Heinrich Ammann (art historian)

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Heinrich Ammann (born August 12, 1914 in Tägerwilen ; † 2003 ) was a Swiss teacher , art historian and museum curator .

life and work

Heinrich Ammann, also called "Heier" by his friends, was the son of a coppersmith and grew up in Tägerwilen. He attended the Kreuzlingen teachers' seminar for four years , which was then headed by Willi Schohaus . He then worked in the "epileptic" department of the University Hospital Zurich , which enabled him to attend lectures at the University of Zurich with Heinrich Wölfflin and Gotthard Jedlicka .

From 1934 to 1958 Ammann worked as a primary school teacher in Felben , then until 1978 in Frauenfeld .

Fritz Schachermeyr encouraged Ammann to visit the Cyclades in order to a. study the murals. In the following years, Ammann worked there as a technical manager as well as a scientific supervisor.

In 1960 Ammann co-founded the «Kunstverein Frauenfeld» together with Oskar Roth, Andrea Nold , and Ernst Nägeli. In 1973 he was employed as the first curator of the Thurgau art collection in the Villa Sonnenberg in Frauenfeld, the forerunner of today's Thurgau art museum . During his time there began a regular exhibition with a regional focus, including artists such as Adolf Dietrich and Hans Brühlmann .

Heinrich Ammann was married to Berti, nee Keller, and had three children with her.

Fonts

  • The great stranger. Charles Sealsfield and his stay in Thurgau. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 40, 1965, pp. 29–45. ( e-periodica.ch )
  • Adolf Dietrich's self-portraits. In: Thurgauer Jahrbuch , Vol. 41, 1966, pp. 36–52. ( e-periodica.ch )
  • Heinrich Ammann: Adolf Dietrich. Huber, Frauenfeld 1977.
  • Heinrich Ammann and Christoph Vögele: Adolf Dietrich - The paintings 1877–1957. Wolfau-Druck Rudolf Mühlemann, Weinfelden 1994.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Bischoff: In memory of Andrea Nold. In: tagblatt.ch. St.Galler Tagblatt, accessed on March 21, 2020 .
  2. ^ History of the museum. In: tg.ch. Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Ittinger Museum, Kartause Ittingen, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ammann, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss teacher, art historian and museum curator
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Tägerwilen
DATE OF DEATH 2003