Herman latch

Herman Riegel (born February 27, 1834 in Potsdam , † August 12, 1900 in Braunschweig ) was a German art historian , museum director who called for the establishment of the General German Language Association (ADSV).

Life

Herman Riegel first worked in the bookstore of his father Friedrich Riegel , who was a well-known publisher and in whose publishing house between 1840 and 1850, for example, around 20 titles by Karl Friedrich Schinkel were published.

From Easter 1854, Herman Riegel studied history, geography, literary studies, art history and philosophy in Berlin. He wrote both fiction and art history articles for various newspapers as well as some works on art and various artists, such as Peter von Cornelius .

Director of the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig

The Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

After he received his doctorate in Rostock in 1862 , he headed the City Museum in Leipzig from 1868 and completed his habilitation there in 1869. He then taught from 1869 to 1870 as a private lecturer at the University of Leipzig . In March 1871 Riegel became director of the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig and professor of the history of architecture at the Polytechnic there . Since the museum's collections were housed very cramped in the Pauline monastery , a new building was needed, the implementation and implementation of which is largely due to Riegel's commitment. The new building of today's Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum was opened in 1887. In addition, in 1897 he initiated the preservation of Dankwarderode Castle . Riegel remained a lecturer at the Polytechnic and director of the museum until his death in 1900. He was succeeded as museum director by Paul Jonas Meier .

General German language association

In his works of fiction he reveals himself to be decidedly anti-French, which led to his calling in August 1885 for the General German Language Association (ADSV) to be established. From September 1885 he was instrumental in founding the ADSV. One of the goals of the association was to remove all foreign words from the German vocabulary. Riegel was the first chairman of the language association until 1893.

Works (chronological)

• The Humboldt'sche Schloß Tegel and its art treasures. in: Westermanns illustrated monthly books 1865, <Heft 1>, pp. 41–48.
• Cornelius, the master of German painting. Hanover 1866.
• German art studies. Hanover, Rümpler 1868.
• New Year 1813. National drama in five acts. Berlin, 1870 - under the pseudonym Herman Goverts.
• Outline of the fine arts. A general art lesson. Hanover, Rümpler 1870, expanded edition plan of the fine arts. In the sense of a general art theory, and as an aid to studying art history. Leipzig, Baumgartner 1882.
• Italian leaves. Hanover, Rümpler 1871.
• Memorandum on the construction of a new building for the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig. Braunschweig, Westermann 1873.
• To Mr. Wilhelm Lübke, author of several art history handbooks and the like ... in Stuttgart. Open letter. Hanover, Rümpler 1874.
• About the way and art of seeing works of art. Collection of commonly understood scientific lectures, Vol. 194. Berlin, Lüderitz 1874.
• Ducal Museum. List of smaller works of art and valuables placed in the so-called new barrier. Brunswick 1875.
• History of the resurgence of German art at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. A contribution to the history of the general rebirth of the German people; with 4 woodcuts. Hanover, Rümpler 1876.
• Lectures and essays on art history. Braunschweig, Westermann 1877 - about Schinkel, Asmus Carstens (supplements to the author's edition of Fernow's biography), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius Thaeter (reprint of letters), Georg Howaldt.
• The collection of medieval and related items. Braunschweig, Westermann 1879 - to the Braunschweig ducal collection in the Pauline monastery.
• In memory of Friedrich Knolle . Brunswick 1881.
• History of wall painting in Belgium since 1856. Along with letters from Cornelius, Kaulbach, Overbeck, Schnorr, Schwind and others to Godfried Guffens and Jan Swerts. Berlin, Wasmuth 1882.
• About the representation of the Lord's Supper, especially in Tuscan art. Leipzig, Baumgartner 1882.
• Contributions to Dutch art history. Berlin, Weidmann 1882ff - publisher.
• The Dutch schools in the ducal museum in Braunschweig. in: Contributions to Dutch Art History, Vol. 2, 1882.
• Hertha, the foundling. Acting in 3 acts. Leipzig, Mutze 1885 - under the pseudonym Herman Goverts.
• A major part of our mother tongue. Reminder to all nationally minded Germans. Leipzig 1883, 2nd reworked. and very likely edition 1888
• Peter Cornelius. Festschrift for the great artist's hundredth birthday, Sept. 23, 1883. Berlin, Decker 1883.
• The general German language association, as a supplement to its writing: A main part of our mother tongue, a warning to all nationally minded Germans. Heilbronn 1885.
• The finest paintings in the Ducal Museum in Braunschweig. 100 sheets in photographic copperplate. Berlin, Photographic Society 1885.
• My memories. Unpublished manuscript, o. O. u. J. Braunschweig City Archives Signature: H III 3: 307.
• The bottom line. Colorful pictures from both worlds. Berlin, Lüstenöder 1890 - travel memories.
• Herr Privy Councilor, Professor Franz Reuleaux and his activities in the general German language association. Braunschweig: Meyer, 1893
• The fine arts. Brief general art teaching in aesthetic, artistic, art-historical and technical terms. Frankfurt a. M., Keller, 1895
• Contributions to the history of art in Italy. Leipzig 1898.

Literature (chronological)

• Karl Steinmann: The last 25 years of managing the ducal museum. In: Braunschweigisches Magazin. 5, 1896, pp. 33-36.
• Paul Zimmermann : Herman Riegel †. In: Braunschweigisches Magazin. 23, 1900, pp. 177-189.
• August Fink: History of the Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum in Braunschweig. Braunschweig 1967.
• Reinhold Wex: A museum for Braunschweig. in: 100 years of Museumsstr. 1. A museum exhibits. Exhibition in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Braunschweig from August 27 to October 11, 1987, ed. v. dems., Braunschweig 1987, pp. 11-25.
• Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 .
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 .
• Reinhold Wex: Herman Riegel and Wilhelm Bode - art history between nationalism and imperialism. A lecture in the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum Braunschweig on the occasion of Wilhelm Bode's 150th birthday on December 10, 1995. Braunschweig, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum 2000.
• Herbert Blume: Herman Riegel. Art historian, museum director, founder of the General German Language Association. in: Reinhard Bein (Ed.): Braunschweiger personalities of the 20th century, Vol. 2, Braunschweig: Döring 2014, pp. 194–197.
• Saskia Pütz: The artist's autobiography as an instrument of national art history writing in: Beate Böckem, Olaf Peters, Barbara Schellewald (eds.): Die Biographie - Mode oder Universalie ?. Berlin, De Gruyter 2016, pp. 127–142 - on HR presentation by Julius Thaeter.

Web links

• Literature by and about Herman Riegel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by and about Herman Riegel  in the German Digital Library
• Overview of Herman Riegel's courses at the University of Leipzig (winter semester 1869 to winter semester 1870)