Jakob Rosenberg (art historian)
Jakob Rosenberg (born September 5, 1893 in Berlin ; † April 7, 1980 in Cambridge , MA ) was an art historian of German - Jewish origin and a specialist in Dutch hand drawings, graphics and paintings.
Life
Jacob Rosenberg came from an art dealer family, a brother was the art dealer Saemy Rosenberg (1893-1971), in 1935 the consortium for the sale of Guelph treasure belonged., Three other brothers were also active in the art trade.
From 1912 to 1914 he did an internship in the art trade in Munich. In the First World War Rosenberg soldier was and fell in 1915 in British captivity and passed through a prisoner exchange in Switzerland. From 1919 he studied art history, first in Bern and Zurich, then in Frankfurt and Munich, where he received his doctorate in 1922 under Heinrich Wölfflin . From 1923 he worked at the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin under Max J. Friedländer , initially as an unpaid research assistant, from 1935 as a curator . In 1935 he was dismissed for racial reasons after the frontline fighter privilege had expired .
After a first stay at Harvard in 1936, Jakob Rosenberg emigrated to the USA in 1937, where he found accommodation at Harvard University through the mediation of Adolph Goldschmidt and his friend Paul J. Sachs . There he became a Research Fellow and Lecturer, Associate Professor in 1940 and Professor in 1947. In 1964 he retired. At the same time, from 1939 he was head of the graphic collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
In 1954 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Jacob Rosenberg was married to Elisabeth Husserl (1892–1981), Edmund Husserl's daughter, since 1922 .
Publications (selection)
- Martin Schongauer's hand drawings . Munich 1923 (dissertation).
- Jacob van Ruisdael , Berlin 1928.
- with Elfried Bock : The drawings of old masters in the copperplate cabinet. State museums in Berlin. The Dutch Masters , Frankfurt a. M. 1930.
- with Max J. Friedländer: The paintings of Lucas Cranach the Elder . Berlin 1932; 2nd edition Basel 1979.
- Rembrandt. Life and work , Cambridge, Mass. 1948.
- Great draftsmen from Pisanello to Picasso . Cambridge, Mass. 1959.
- Lucas Cranach's drawings . Berlin 1960.
literature
- Ulrike Wendland: Biographical handbook of German-speaking art historians in exile. Life and work of the scientists persecuted and expelled under National Socialism. Part 2: L – Z. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11339-0 , pp. 567-571.
- Rosenberg, Jakob. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 18: Phil – Samu. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-22698-4 , pp. 334-337.
Web links
- Jakob Rosenberg in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- Insights - outlooks. Jewish art historians in Munich , page at the Art History Institute of the University of Munich
Remarks
- ↑ Sven Felix Kellerhoff : The legacy of the consorts , in Die Welt , January 12, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosenberg, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1980 |
| Place of death | Cambridge, Massachusetts |