Jakob Heinrich Schmidt
Jakob Heinrich Schmidt , mostly J. Heinrich Schmidt or Heinrich Schmidt, (born November 21, 1897 in Uetersen , Holstein, † February 19, 1974 in Kalkar ) was a German art historian .
Life
Schmidt was born as the son of the Uetersen master painter Johannes Schmidt, who lives in Grosse Wulfhagen. He attended the Realgymnasium in Elmshorn until the war maturity examination in 1915. After joining the Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No. 9 in Ratzeburg, participating in the First World War and returning from French captivity in February 1919, he first studied medicine in Hamburg and Kiel, then in Halle , Munich and Kiel art history, history and philosophy. He also took lessons as a painter and sculptor in Kiel, Halle and Munich. On June 24, 1924 he did his doctorate at the University of Kiel under Arthur Haseloff with a thesis on color theory under Philipp Otto Runge . From 1928 to 1935 he worked as a research assistant at the Berlin museums . From 1935 until his retirement in 1962 he taught art history at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf . From 1954 to 1956 he was temporarily director of the academy as an interim solution. In retirement he lived in Kalkar on the Lower Rhine, where "Prof.-Schmidt-Strasse" was named after him after his death.
While during his time in Berlin he mainly researched Islamic art history , his focus in his time in Düsseldorf was primarily the art history of the Rhineland .
His estate is in the German Art Archive in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg .
Publications (selection)
- The color theory of Philipp Otto Runge and his image. Heydorn, Uetersen 1924 (dissertation, with curriculum vitae).
- Friedrich Sarre, writings. Compiled for June 22, 1935 (= research on Islamic art. Vol. 6). Reimer, Berlin 1935.
- A sketchbook by the young Alfred Rethel. L. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1940.
literature
- Jakob Heinrich Schmidt . In: Werner Schuder (Ed.): Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar . Founded by Joseph Kürschner . 10th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 1966, OCLC 257208474 , p. 2170 .
- Lothar Mosler: Blickpunkt Uetersen, history and stories 1234 to 1984. CDC Heydorn, Uetersen 1985, p. 180.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Horn: Cultural Policy in Düsseldorf. Situation and new beginning after 1945. Opladen 1981, ISBN 3-8100-0396-4 , p. 86.
- ↑ German Art Archive. Inventory list , p. 20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Jakob Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt, J. Heinrich; Schmidt, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uetersen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th February 1974 |
| Place of death | Kalkar |