Irmgard Wirth
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Irmgard Wirth (born November 14, 1915 in Berlin ; † July 11, 2012 ) was a German art historian.
Life
Wirth was born as the daughter of the businessman Max Wirth and his wife Hermandine, née Bodenstein. She studied art history, classical archeology and Romance studies in Berlin and Paris and received her doctorate under Richard Sedlmaier in Kiel in 1951 on The Painter Self-Portraits of the Romantic Era in France .
From 1952 to 1966 she worked at the Berlin Office for the Preservation of Monuments , where she was entrusted with the inventory of architectural and art monuments. In 1967 she became the first director of the newly founded Berlin Museum , which was housed in the baroque Kollegienhaus of the former chamber court on Lindenstrasse . In 1980 she retired.
She published on Berlin painting, especially the 19th century, as well as on the city's monuments.
Honors
- 1987: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin
- Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1981: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- On November 14, 2013 , a memorial plaque was unveiled on her home in Berlin-Charlottenburg , Knesebeckstrasse 68-69.
literature
- Walter Habel (Ed.): Who is Who ?: the German Who's Who , Schmidt-Römhild, 1987
Web links
- Literature by and about Irmgard Wirth in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituaries by Irmgard Wirth (born 1915) in Der Tagesspiegel from July 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirth, Irmgard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 2012 |