Jakob Hubert Eschweiler
Jakob Hubert Eschweiler (born June 12, 1894 in Euskirchen ; † October 29, 1965 in Mechernich ) was a Cologne priest and art historian and from 1926 to 1938 the first director of the Cologne Diocesan Museum .
Life
Eschweiler was born on June 12, 1894 in Euskirchen, the youngest of four sons. From 1914 to 1917 he studied theology and art history with Wilhelm Neuss , Wilhelm Worringer and Paul Clemen in Bonn . The ordination received Eschweiler on 10 August 1918. He then joined up in 1922 a position as chaplain in Windberg in Moenchengladbach on. A time as the house celebrant of the Carmel Cologne-Lindenthal followed . After an internship at the Schnütgen Museum under its then director Fritz Witte , he was appointed to the board of the “Association for Christian Art in the Archdiocese of Cologne” in 1924. In this function he published his first collection catalog.
He was appointed the first (initially honorary) director of the Cologne Diocesan Museum on September 7, 1926 and was appointed director and lecturer at the "Institute for Religious Art".
After the closure and dissolution of this institute on September 30, 1933 by the National Socialists, Eschweiler initially lost its livelihood. In 1936 he was nevertheless able to publish his second collection catalog. Under pressure from the National Socialists, he resigned as director in 1938 and had to retire into private life. As a place of refuge, he entered the Archabbey of Beuron as a guest in autumn 1939 , where he devoted himself to work as a scientist and expert.
After the war, in the summer of 1962, he moved to "Haus Burgfey", which he inherited after his brother's death. Eschweiler donated a chapel there, which was inaugurated in 1965, the year he died.
Eschweiler set up a foundation for the benefit of artists “regardless of their race , religion or political convictions”. He published publications on the art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance , especially in the Lake Constance area. These include his work The Constance Choir Stalls (1949).
Web links
- Jakob Hubert Eschweiler on kolumba.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschweiler, Jakob Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman, art historian and first director of the Cologne Diocesan Museum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Euskirchen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1965 |
| Place of death | Mechernich |