Ignaz Beth

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Ignaz Beth (Czech: Ignác Bett ; * 1877 in Příbram , Bohemia , † April 1, 1918 in Berlin ) was a German-Bohemian art historian and painter.

Life

Beth studied in Munich and Prague and earned the Dr. jur. In 1910 he received his doctorate in art history at the University of Freiburg under Wilhelm Vöge . He was mainly concerned with old German art. From 1910 to 1915 he edited the International Bibliography of Art History founded by Arthur L. Jellineck in Berlin .

He studied painting in Kraków , where he was a student of Józef Mehoffer and Stanisław Wyspiański , and in Warsaw with Leon Wyczólkowski . In 1912 and 1913 he exhibited urban landscapes at the Paris Salon d'Automne . He died in Berlin as a result of a tram accident. The Berlin art dealer Fritz Gurlitt organized a memorial exhibition in his gallery after Beth's death.

Publications (selection)

  • The tree drawing in the German graphic of the XV. and XVI. Century. A contribution to the history of German landscape representation (= Studies on German Art History 130). Heitz, Strasbourg 1910 (dissertation, digitized version ).
  • Directory of the writings of Wilhelm v. Bode . Zsgest. by Dr. Ignaz Beth. Behr, Berlin & Leipzig 1915.
  • Moriz Melzer . Catalog for traveling exhibition by d. Cities: Berlin-Munich-Vienna-Dresden-Cologne-Dusseldorf-Hamburg-Mannheim-Frankfurt-Leipzig-Stettin etc . In addition to e. Introduction to d. Work d. Artist. Der Kentauer, Wolgast 1918.
  • started by Iganz Beth, completed by Hermann Schmitz : German painting from the end of the Middle Ages to the end of the Renaissance. III: Upper Germany in the XV./XVI. Century (= handbook of art history ). Academic publishing company Athenaion, Berlin-Neubabelsberg [1917ff.] ( Digitized version ).

literature

  • Curt Glaser : Ignaz Beth † . In: Art and Artists. Illustrated monthly for fine arts and art history 16, 1918, p. 325 ( digitized version ).
  • Beth, Ignaz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 199 .
  • Birgith Krehl: Beth, Ignaz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 19, Saur, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 3-598-22759-0 , p. 234.
  • Margret Zimmermann: 19th and 20th century paintings. Augustinermuseum Freiburg; Inventory catalog . Freiburg i. Br. 2004, ISBN 3-937014-01-2 , p. 357 (short biography, a painting by Beth in the Augustinian Museum is missing).

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personal data
SURNAME Beth, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bed, ignace; Bed, Ignác (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Bohemian art historian and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Příbram
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 1918
Place of death Berlin