Jan Siefke Kunstreich
Jan Siefke Kunstreich (born March 15, 1921 in Wittmund ; † February 19, 1991 in Kiel ) was a German art historian . During his student days, he directed small stages and worked as a cabaret artist .
Life
Cabaret artist and stage manager
In the 1946/47 season, immediately after the Second World War , Kunstreich directed the Low German theater stage in Negenmeerter Spoeldäl . From 1947 on he was the director of the Kiel student cabaret Die Amnestierte , whose provocation and social criticism were mainly inflamed by topics such as nationalism and chauvinism . It was counted among the most important German post-war cabarets. On the stages he directed, Kunstreich was always seen as an actor or cabaret artist. He also acted as a copywriter.
PhD thesis
Kunstreich wrote his doctoral thesis in the field of philosophy on Willem Buytewech , the "inventor" of Dutch genre painting , with studies on Willem Buytewech (1957).
Art historian
As an art historian in Kiel, Kunstreich then published other articles on Dutch painting , the art and cultural history of his home in northern Germany and the city of Kiel. The historian also illuminates the history of photography in his publications.
reciter
His acting talent, which Kunstreich had used many times during his student days, he still cultivated as an art historian in his higher years: he worked as a Low German reciter a. a. also in the late 1960s for a record series.
Web links
- History and stories: The Art History Institute 1945–1983. By Maike Behrendt and Inges Kunft ( Memento from March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Biography and works in the East Frisian landscape
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Artful, Jan Siefke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th February 1991 |
| Place of death | Kiel |