Ingrid Mössinger

Portrait of Ingrid Mössinger by Benita Martin

Ingrid Anneliese Mössinger (* around 1940 in Stuttgart ) is a German art historian . She was the general director of the Chemnitz art collections .

Life

After graduating from high school, Ingrid Mössinger first studied library science and then worked in the library for international business law in Frankfurt am Main . She then studied art history , archeology , ethnology and philosophy in Frankfurt. After a traineeship at the Landesmuseum Wiesbaden , she worked as a curator at the Frankfurter Kunstverein , in 1992/1993 as director of Art Frankfurt and then as head of the Kunstverein von Ludwigsburg . Since 1996 she has been director of the Chemnitz Art Collections and in 2005 became General Director of the Chemnitz Art Collections in conjunction with the Carlfriedrich Claus Archive Foundation , the Gunzenhauser Museum , the Schloßberg Museum Chemnitz and the Henry van de Velde Museum in the Villa Esche . Mössinger retired at the end of 2017.

Ingrid Mössinger is a member of the University Council of the Berlin University of the Arts and has been a member of the ZDF TV Council since 2008 .

Honors

• 2007: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2008: Knight of the Legion of Honor
• 2010: Dannebrog Order , Saxon Constitutional Medal
• 2014: Saxon Order of Merit
• 2015: Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Chemnitz
• 2016: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2018: Honorary Citizen of Chemnitz

Web links

Commons : Ingrid Mössinger  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Ingrid Mössinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Speech by the French Ambassador Bernard de Montferrand on the occasion of the presentation of the insignia of a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur , PDF, accessed on 19 January 2011
• Deutschlandfunk cultural issues. Debates and documents from October 3, 2019: "GDR nostalgia downplayed what happened". Art historian Ingrid Mössinger in conversation with Norbert Seitz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Alessandro Peduto: Federal Cross of Merit for Ingrid Mössinger: The museum director sees the award as an incentive , accessed on October 4, 2016
2. ↑ Well, who's crazy now? zeit.de from April 22, 2018
3. ↑ Chemnitz is looking for a new director for art collections on sz-online from September 5, 2017
4. ↑ Short biography of the University Council of the UdK; Retrieved January 19, 2011
5. ^ ZDF television council; Retrieved January 19, 2011
6. ↑ Art Ministers Dr. Eva-Maria Stange congratulates Ingrid Mössinger on receiving an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Chemnitz , accessed on July 9, 2015
7. ↑ Ingrid Mössinger becomes an honorary citizen of the city of Chemnitz , press release of the city of Chemnitz No. 169 of March 7, 2018, accessed on August 30, 2019.