Helmi Gasser

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Wilhelmine "Helmi" Gasser (born June 8, 1928 in Lucerne ; † December 13, 2015 in Basel ) was a Swiss art historian and author.

Life

Gasser was born in 1928 as the daughter of a dentist in Lucerne and grew up in Basel. After graduating from high school in Basel, she studied art history, archeology and German literature in Basel and at the Sorbonne in Paris . After her doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1955 she processed Heinrich Wölfflin's estate . From 1955 to 1961 she was the Basel art correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . She then worked until 1978 as an adjunct for the Basel monument preservation department. From 1979 she inventoried the art monuments of Uri.

In the book series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz published by the Society for Swiss Art History , several books by Gasser about Uri were published from 1986 onwards. Further of her publications appeared in the series Swiss Art Guides .

Gasser was a member of several historical and art historical societies. In 1998 she became an honorary citizen of the Canton of Uri . In 2004 she received the Altdorf Medal of Honor.

Publications

  • The garment in Grünewald's formal language (1955)
  • Volume 78. Uri II. The Seegemeinden (1986, published in the series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz )
  • Volume 96. Uri II Altdorf, 1st part. Cantonal initiation, local initiation, sacred building (2001, published in the series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz )
  • Volume 104. Uri I.II. Altdorf, part 2. Public and private buildings (2004, published in the series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz )
  • together with Hans Stadler-Planzer: Das Haus im Eselmätteli Altdorf (1998, published in the series Schweizerische Kunstführer )
  • The parish church of St. Martin in Altdorf and her district (2008, published in the series Swiss art guide )

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personal data
SURNAME Gasser, Helmi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gasser, Wilhelmine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 2015
Place of death Basel