Irene Markowitz

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Irene Markowitz (born December 4, 1925 in Benrath ; † January 16, 2010 there ) was a German art historian and custodian of Benrath Palace .

Life

Irene Markowitz was born in the Kavaliershaus of Schloss Benrath as the daughter of the city's building officer Hans Markowitz . There, the father directed the restoration work. Since her family belonged to the descendants of the Prussian gardening director Peter Joseph Lenné , she was also interested in garden art and architecture in her cradle. In 1944 she graduated from the Benrather Hermann-Löns-school, secondary school for boys , a Notabitur , a second baccalaureate followed after the Second World War in Bielefeld . In 1946 she began a traineeship in the municipal art collection in Düsseldorf . She then studied art history, history, German and archeology at the University of Cologne . There she received her doctorate in 1955 with the work on the history of forms of the garden house in Germany . After a career as a research assistant at the Düsseldorf City Art Collection, which began in 1958, she became deputy director of the Düsseldorf City Museum in 1969 . In this function, she was in charge of Benrath Castle, which was assigned to her department, until her retirement in 1990, where she also lived and died at the age of 84.

During the extensive renovation of Benrath Palace, in particular its Corps de Logis , from 1973 to 1984 she had a special responsibility as a monument conservationist and coordinator. For many years she was a member of the DGGL's Historical Gardens Working Group . After her retirement, she remained connected to the castle by submitting an extensive application for its inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List and working with Rose-Marie Wörner and her husband Gustav for the restoration of the parterre in front of the orangery . Furthermore, she made a name for herself through various art historical writings, especially through work on the Düsseldorf School of Painting . In recognition of her achievements, the North Rhine-Westphalian state government awarded her the title of professor in 1981 .

Fonts (selection)

  • The building history of the Hofgärtnerhaus and Goethe Museum Düsseldorf . Reprint from the yearbook of the Kippenberg Collection, Düsseldorf 1960.
  • The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Picture books of the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, No. 4, Düsseldorf 1967.
  • The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Inventory catalog of the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, painting, volume IV / 2, Düsseldorf 1969.
  • The monumental painting of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . In: Eduard Trier (ed.): Two hundred years of art academy in Düsseldorf . Düsseldorf 1973, p. 47 ff.
  • with Rolf Andree: The Düsseldorf School of Painting . Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1977.
  • The collection in Schloss Benrath . City History Museum, Düsseldorf 1980.
  • Poor painter - painter prince. Artist and society. Düsseldorf 1819–1918 . Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1980.
  • The rural festival. The adornment of the castle . City History Museum, Düsseldorf 1983.
  • Benrath Castle . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 978-3-4220-0132-9 .
  • with Wieland Koenig (eds.), Anja Zimmermann, Felix Gützner (texts): Düsseldorfer Gartenlust . Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 1987.
  • Arthur Kaufmann on his 100th birthday . City Museum, Düsseldorf 1988.
  • French architects at German royal courts of the 18th century . In: Jean Mondot (Ed.): Germans in France, French in Germany (= supplements of Francia, 25). Sigmaringen 1992, pp. 127-150.
  • with Hanna Eggerath, Anton Rose: Im Gesteins. The original Neandertal in pictures from the 19th century . Wienand Verlag & Medien, Cologne 1997, ISBN 978-2-2370-0145-6 .

literature

  • Claus Lange: On the death of Professor Dr. Irene Markowitz - Tireless commitment to the preservation of monuments. A life for Schloss Benrath and its park . In: Das Tor , Heft 3, 2010, p. 14 f ( PDF ).
  • Claus Lange: A life for Schloss Benrath. On the death of Prof. Dr. Irene Markowitz . In: Denkmalpflege im Rheinland , 27 (2010), 2, pp. 75–76.
  • Benrath's last "lady of the castle" . In: Antje Kahnt: Düsseldorf's strong women. 30 portraits . Droste, Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-7700-4127-5 ( Google Books ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Schuknecht: More books for Schloss Benrath . Article from February 8, 2018 in the portal rp-online.de , accessed on August 17, 2020
  2. ↑ Barbara Jakoby: Goodbye World Heritage Site? Article in the Rheinische Post from October 1, 2004 ( PDF )
  3. ^ Gustav Wörner, Rose Wörner : Historical structures in the Benrath castle park, Düsseldorf. Explanations of the plans drawn up . In cooperation and coordination with Irene Markowitz, Düsseldorf 1991
personal data
SURNAME Markowitz, Irene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and curator of Benrath Palace
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Benrath
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2010
Place of death Benrath