Josef Zemp (art historian)

Josef Zemp, around 1914

Josef Zemp (born June 17, 1869 in Wolhusen , † July 4, 1942 in Zurich ) was a Swiss art historian and one of the most important students of Johann Rudolf Rahn .

Life

Josef Zemp was the son-in-law of the Lucerne goldsmith and antique dealer Karl Silvan Bossard . In 1894 Josef Zemp discovered supposedly medieval wall paintings in the Benedictine monastery of St. Johann in Müstair together with Robert Durrer , which they only later recognized as Carolingian. Zemp taught art history at the Universities of Freiburg im Üechtland and Zurich as well as at the ETH Zurich . From 1934 to 1942 he was President of the Federal Commission for the Preservation of Monuments .

Fonts (selection)

• The Swiss illustrated chronicles . Zurich 1897.
• The bricks of St. Urban . In: Commemoration for the opening of the Swiss National Museum in Zurich on June 25, 1898. Zurich 1898. pp. 109–170.
• The art of the city of Freiburg in the Middle Ages. in: FG 10, 1903, pp. 182-236.
• The St. Johann monastery in Münster in Graubünden. With the participation of Robert Durrer . In: Art Monuments of Switzerland. Announcements from the Swiss Society for the Preservation of Historical Art Monuments. New series 5–7, Geneva 1906–1911.

literature

• Albert Knoepfli: Swiss Monument Preservation, History and Doctrines . In: Contributions to the history of art history in Switzerland . tape 1 . Zurich 1972.
• Nott Caviezel , On Wealth and Diversity, 100 Years of the Federal Commission for the Preservation of Monuments, Art + Architecture 2/2015, pp. 6–13.
• Kathrin Gurtner, “Naef - Durrer - Zemp”, Art + Architecture 2/2015, pp. 34–41.

Web links

Wikisource: Josef Zemp  - Sources and full texts

• Marianne Rolle: Zemp, Josef. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Works by and about Josef Zemp  in the German Digital Library
• Entry on Josef Zemp in Kalliope

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zemp, Joseph. In: Sikart
2. ↑ Knoepfli, pp. 35-40, pp. 48-52.
3. ^ Hans Rutishauser and Alfred Wyss: Introduction. Discovery of the murals and previous measures . In: The medieval wall paintings in Müstair Monastery. Basics of conservation and care . vdf Hochschulverlag AG, Zurich 2002, ISBN 978-3-7281-2803-4 ( publications by the Institute for Monument Preservation at ETH Zurich. Vol. 22), p. 11.