Henning Bock (art historian)

Henning Bock (born December 1, 1931 ) is a German art historian and former museum director . From 1973 to 1996 he was the director of the Gemäldegalerie of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation in Berlin.

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Bock studied art history , philosophy and archeology from 1952 to 1959 . He received his doctorate with a thesis on the English cathedral Gothic of the 14th century . In 1960, he began his professional career as an assistant at the Art History Institute of the University of Bonn . In 1963 he moved to the Kunsthalle Bremen in the same function and stayed there until 1968. From 1968 to 1972 he worked as chief curator in the West Berlin New National Gallery . 1972/1973 he accepted a visiting professorship at New York University . From 1973 to 1996 he was director of the Staatliche Gemäldegalerie Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, and during his tenure he helped to unite the painting collections from the east and west of the city. He has also appeared as a contributor to numerous exhibition catalogs , including as the author of text contributions.

Bock is a member of the Berlin Scientific Society (BWG). He is married to the translator Dietlind Bock-Meinardus. Together they have a son who was born in 1964.

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Literature by and about Henning Bock in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Bock, Henning, p. 47 .
↑ single view. BWG member group: Ordinary members. In: bwg-berlin.de. Berliner Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft eV (BWG), accessed on August 3, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bock, Henning
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1931

[Promilex-1] Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Bock, Henning, p. 47 .

[2] single view. BWG member group: Ordinary members. In: bwg-berlin.de. Berliner Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft eV (BWG), accessed on August 3, 2018 .