Heinrich Wichmann (art historian)
Heinrich Wichmann (born October 21, 1889 in Leipzig , † December 15, 1968 in Cologne ) was a German art historian .
Life
Heinrich Wichmann was the son of the engineer Paul Theodor Wichmann and his wife Helene, geb. Sack (1859-1932). He attended the Thomas Gymnasium in Leipzig. He then studied archival science in Marburg (1909) and Berlin (1909/10) and then switched to art history, which he studied in Berlin (1910/11), Halle (1911/12) and again Berlin (1912). From October 1, 1912 to September 1, 1913, he worked for Cornelis Hofstede de Groot in The Hague . He spent 1913/14 for study purposes and for health reasons in Switzerland and Italy. From Easter 1914 he studied again in Berlin, where he studied with Adolph Goldschmidt on December 17, 1914passed the Rigorosum (date of doctorate March 28, 1918). From 1914 to 1919 he took part in the First World War.
From June 1919 he worked at the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Leipzig and in 1924 became deputy director Richard Graul , then in 1929 director of the museum. In November 1945 he was dismissed as a former member of the NSDAP and worked as curator at the Leipzig City History Museum until 1962 . Then he moved to Cologne.
His urn was buried in 1969 in the Leipzig-Plagwitz park cemetery in the family grave of his grandfather Rudolph Sack .
Publications (selection)
- Leonaert Bramer. His life and his art. A contribution to the history of Dutch painting in Rembrandt's time. With extensive catalogs of the surviving and lost works . Hiersemann, Leipzig 1923 (= dissertation).
- Rembrandt drawings . H. Schmidt & C. Günther, Pantheon publishing house for art history. Leipzig 1939.
- German ornamental brooch . Staackmann, Leipzig 1942.
- with Heinz Füssler: The old town hall in Leipzig . Henschelverlag, Berlin 1958.
literature
- Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 2: L-Z. Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1931, DNB 453960294 , p. 2026.
- Petra Knöller: The Arts and Crafts Museum in Leipzig and the Gustav Werner Art Dealer - Participants in the appropriation of art property from Jewish citizens . In: Monika Gibas (Ed.): “Aryanization” in Leipzig: Approaching a long-suppressed chapter of the city's history from 1933 to 1945 . Leipziger Universitäts-Verlag, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 3-86583-142-7 , p. 247.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wichmann, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th December 1968 |
| Place of death | Cologne |