Josef Riederer

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Josef Riederer (born December 29, 1939 in Munich ; † June 3, 2017 ) was a German archaeometer and archaeometallurgist . He was an expert in the scientific investigation of archaeological finds and works of art and for many years was head of the Rathgen research laboratory of the State Museums in Berlin .

Life

Riederer attended elementary school in Großhadern ; In 1958 he graduated from the Klenze secondary school in Munich. From 1958 to 1964 Riederer studied geology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität : in 1962 he obtained his diploma, in 1964 he received his doctorate. rer. nat. After that he was a research assistant at the "Institute for Geology" of the LMU Munich until 1966, and from 1967 he was a research assistant at the Doerner Institute for scientific investigation and conservation of works of art in the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich.

From 1974 until his retirement in 2004 he was director of the Rathgen research laboratory of the State Museum in Berlin.

From 1981 to 2004 he was honorary professor for archaeometry at the TU Berlin . Since 2004 he has been a volunteer at the Rathgen Research Laboratory in Berlin and the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. Riederer last lived in Oberammergau .

Riederer has published numerous archaeometric and archaeometallurgical works and written various review articles and bibliographies on analytical methods in archaeometry. He has also organized several exhibitions and written a book on art forgery.

Publications (selection)

  • Monographs
    • Real and false: treasures of the past in the museum laboratory , Berlin a. a .: Springer 1994, ISBN 978-3-540-57893-2 .
    • Archeology and Chemistry: Insights into the Past; Exhibition by the Rathgen research laboratory SMPK, September 1987 - January 1988 , Berlin: Rathgen research laboratory SMPK 1987, ISBN 978-3-88609-212-3 .
    • Conservation and restoration in Germany , Bonn: Inter Nationes 1993 (address book)
    • Works of art viewed chemically: materials, analyzes, age determination , Berlin; Heidelberg; New York: Springer 1981, ISBN 978-3-540-10552-7 .
    • Art and chemistry - preserving the irreplaceable: Exhibition of the State Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage; October 1977 - January 1978 . State Museums of Prussian Cultural Heritage (Berlin), Berlin: Rathgen Research Laboratory 1977
  • Essays
    • Art and chemistry - preserving the irreplaceable , yearbook Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz 14 (1979) 79–87
    • Chemistry and its significance for museums , Universitas 38 (1983) 1193–1201
    • Chemical analysis in cultural history research . Fresenius Zeitschrift für Analytische Chemie 319 (1984) 300-303
    • Chemistry and physics in the service of archaeological research , helvetia archaeologica 69 (1987) 1–35
    • Chemical analysis in archaeological research , Göttinger Miscellen 100 (1987) 91-95
    • The contribution of the geosciences to research on cultural history , The Geosciences 6, No. 2 (1988) 47-52
    • Wolfgang Leschhorn (ed.), With contributions by Josef Riederer: The Roman coins / Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum Braunschweig, Art Museum of Lower Saxony , Braunschweig: Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum 2006, ISBN 978-3-922279-62 -4 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice Josef Riederer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . June 10, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Riederer, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeometer and archaeometallurgy
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH 3rd June 2017