James Loeb

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James "Jimmy" Loeb (born August 6, 1867 in New York , † May 27, 1933 in Murnau ) was an American banker , classical philologist , art collector and philanthropist .

Life

Villa Loeb in Schwabing

James Loeb came from a German- Jewish banking family. Both his father, the New York banker Salomon Loeb , and his mother Betty (née Gallenberg), a trained pianist, had emigrated from the Rhineland . In 1867 Salomon Loeb founded the private bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co. with Abraham Kuhn and became very wealthy.

Loeb studied at Harvard University from 1884 to 1888 on the one hand economic history, national economy and international trade law, on the other hand languages ​​as well as the history and art history of classical antiquity. At Harvard, Loeb joined the "OK Club" that had been formed around Loeb's teacher, the art historian Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908). It was in this circle that Loeb also met Bernard Berenson , with whom he was to become a lifelong friend.

In accordance with his father's wishes, James joined his father's bank in 1888 and became a partner there in 1894. Due to psychological problems and his aesthetic inclinations, Loeb withdrew from business life in 1902. In 1906 Loeb moved to Munich , where he went to see the psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin . At first he lived in the house at Rumfordstrasse 33. In 1911 he had the property at Maria-Josepha-Strasse 8 built by the architect Carl Sattler , which since 1990 has had a plaque commemorating the builder.

Loeb married Marie Antonie Hambuechen (née Schmidt) in 1921 and has since lived in seclusion with his family on his Hochried estate near Murnau am Staffelsee . Loeb only maintained personal relationships with his family and a few friends, including Aby Warburg .

On January 28, 1933, shortly before Hitler's " seizure of power ", Loeb's wife died. James Loeb's life also ended on May 27, 1933.

Activity as a patron

Poseidon Loeb in the State Collections of Antiquities

James Loeb, of whom the sentence " Wealth is to be obtained so that we may distribute it in abundance to the worthy " has been handed down, put his wealth to a large extent at the service of social and cultural purposes. He established foundations in Harvard, Athens and New York. In 1905 he made a major contribution to founding the New York Institute of Musical Art , a forerunner of the Juilliard School of Music .

The German Research Institute for Psychiatry , which is now the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry , founded by Emil Kraepelin in 1917 , supported Loeb with extensive funds in the years up to 1933.

Loeb bequeathed a large part of his important art collection to the Museum of Antique Cabaret in Munich (today the State Collections of Antiquities ) ( James Loeb Collection ). These are primarily works of Greek cabaret, including the so-called Poseidon Loeb (a Hellenistic small bronze), but u. a. also around three important Etruscan bronze tripods (so-called Loeb's tripods ).

social commitment

Towards the end of the First World War , Loeb supported the food supply of the Munich population with monetary donations in 1917 and 1918. In 1930, he made possible the establishment of the - even today (2010) as dorm Kaulbachstraße existing - Marie-Antonia-home for female students. In 1932 he donated the community hospital with 60 beds to the community of Murnau.

Others

In 1912 James Loeb founded the Loeb Classical Library , a collection of Greek and Latin poets and writers from classical antiquity, whose works were published in the original language and in English translation.

Honors

literature

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hamdorf:  Loeb, James. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-00196-6 , p. 18 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Wolfgang Burgmair, Matthias M. Weber: "... that nowhere does he feel more comfortable than in Murnau ..." - James Loeb as a promoter of science and philanthropic patron , in: Historischer Verein Murnau am Staffelsee eV (Ed.): Yearbook 1997 , Murnau, pp. 77-128.
  • Brigitte Salmen: James Loeb, 1867–1933: art collector and patron. Special exhibition in the Murnau Castle Museum, April 7 to July 9, 2000 , Murnau 2000, ISBN 3-932276-07-8 .
  • Klaus Vierneisel: James Loeb - patron by profession , Munich 1983.
  • Benedikt Weyerer: The patron James Loeb , in: Ilse Macek (Hrsg.): Marginalized - disenfranchised - deported. Schwabing and Schwabinger Fates 1933 to 1945 , Volk Verlag Munich 2008 ( ISBN 9783937200439 ), pp. 455–459.
  • Raimund Wünsche / Matthias Steinhart (both ed.): James Loeb Collection. James Loeb (1867-1933) - antiquities collector, patron and philanthropist. Research by the State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek , Lindenberg i. A. (Kunstverlag Josef Fink) 2009 ( ISBN 3898706176 ).
  • Carina Weiß: The gems of the James Loeb Collection. With a contribution to the scientific analysis of antique garnets by H. Albert Gilg and Norbert Gast. Edited by Florian Knauß. Research by the Staatliche Antikensammlungen and Glyptothek Supplement to Volume I , Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg im Allgäu 2012, ISBN 978-3-89870-738-1 .
  • Hermann Mayer: James Loeb. Collectors and patrons in Munich, Murnau and worldwide, Munich: Hirmer 2018 ISBN 978-3-7774-3026-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Burgmair / Weber (see bibliography), p. 78.
  2. ↑ a b c Weyerer (see bibliography), p. 455.
  3. ↑ Weyerer (see bibliography), p. 458.
  4. ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: Klinik Hochried: History of a country house (PDF; 1.5 MB) )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.klinikhochried.de  
  5. ↑ Weyerer (see bibliography), p. 457 f.
  6. ↑ Weyerer (see bibliography), p. 458; Wish / Steinhart (see bibliography).
  7. ↑ http://www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de/wohnen/wohnanlagen_des_studentenwerk_muenchen/muenchen/muenchen_mitte/kaulbachstrasse/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.studentenwerk-muenchen.de  
  8. ↑ Weyerer (see bibliography), p. 456.
  9. ↑ http://www.james-loeb-grundschule.de/
personal data
SURNAME Loeb, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Loeb, Jimmy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American banker and classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH new York
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1933
Place of death Murnau