Joseph Heller (local history researcher)
Joseph Heller (born September 22, 1798 in Bamberg , † June 4, 1849 ibid) was a German art collector , local researcher and (as an autodidact ) art researcher, one of the pioneers of modern art history in Germany.
Life
Heller was born the son of a businessman in Bamberg in the house at Untere Brücke 2. After school years at Bamberg high school , he completed a commercial apprenticeship in Nuremberg . Instead of the intended commercial existence, he devoted himself to art and became a private scholar .
His extensive and valuable collections include graphic sheets - when he died there were 50,000 pieces, with a focus on Albrecht Dürer , Lucas Cranach the Elder. Ä. and views on Franconian Switzerland , as well as manuscripts and old prints. His library with 6,000 volumes was matched to this . He bequeathed his collections to the Royal Library, today's Bamberg State Library . There they are kept in separate funds (known under the name Helleriana ).
Due to his lively scientific publication activity, which began in the 1820s, Heller is considered to be one of the pioneers of art historiography and research on Albrecht Dürer and Lukas Cranach the Elder. Ä. particularly. Further fundamental publications were devoted to Bamberg's art and cultural history.
Works
- Lucas Cranach's life and works , Carl Friedrich Kunz , Bamberg 1821, digitized ; Second completely revised edition, J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1844, digitized ; Second completely revised and increased edition [title edition for the edition of 1844: only title pages and preface have been rewritten; different type under the portrait of Lucas Cranach], JL Lotzbeck, Nuremberg 1854, digitized
- List of all copperplate engravings, etc. Woodcuts by and after Lucas Cranach the Elder , C. [Carl] F. [Friedrich] Kunz, Bamberg 1821, digitized
- History of the art of wood cutting from the oldest to the most recent , Carl Friedrich Kunz, Bamberg 1823, digitized version
- Practical handbook for copper engraving collectors, or lexicon of the most excellent and popular copper engravers, form cutters and lythographers together with an indication of their best and most sought-after sheets, their size and prices in the most important auctions at home and abroad .
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- First volume, A – I , C. [Carl] F. [Friedrich] Kunz, Bamberg 1823, digitized
- Second volume, K – Z , C. [Carl] F. [Friedrich] Kunz, Bamberg 1825, digitized
- Third and last volume, Monogrammisten, Xylograhieen, Niello, Galleriewerke, corrections to Vol. I and II, etc. containing , J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1836; Lexicon for engravers on the monogrammists, xylographs, niello, gallery works, along with corrections and the like. Additions to the 1st and 2nd part of the practical handbook for copper engraving collectors , [title edition for the edition of 1836: with the exception of the title page identical print], J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1838, digitized
- Second completely redesigned. and greatly increased edition [in one volume], T. [Theodor] O. [Oswald] Weigel, Leipzig 1850, digitized
- Based on the second edition of Heller's pract. Handbook for copper engravers, revised and doubled by Andreas Andresen .
- First volume, T. [Theodor] O. [Oswald] Weigel, Leipzig 1870, digitized
- Second volume, continued and completed by J. [Joseph] E. [Eduard] Wessely , T. [Theodor] O. [Oswald] Weigel, Leipzig 1873, digitized
- Supplementary booklet to Andresen-Wessely's handbook for copper engraving collectors containing the outstanding sheets published since 1873, together with numerous supplements to the main works, edited by J. [Joseph] E. [Eduard] Wessely, T. [Theodor] O. [Oswald] Weigel, Leipzig 1885
- The life and works of Albrecht Dürer .
- First volume, biography [not published in print], manuscript circa 1827–1849, Bamberg State Library, JH.Msc.Art.51, digitized version
- The second volume, first section, Dürer's drawings - paintings - plastic works , C. [Carl] F. [Friedrich] Kunz, Bamberg 1827, digitized
- The second volume, second section, Dürer's portraits - copper engravings - woodcuts and the sheets made after him , C. [Carl] F. [Friedrich] Kunz, Bamberg 1827, digitized
- The second volume, third division, Dürer's printed works, writings with images by and after Dürer, with historical and bibliographical notes, medals on Dürer and after Dürer , F. [Friedrich] A. [Arnold] Brockhaus, Leipzig 1831, digitized
- Description of the episcopal grave monuments in the cathedral church in Bamberg , Fr. [Friedrich] Campe, Nuremberg 1827, digitized
- Muggendorf and its surroundings or Franconian Switzerland , J. [Johann] C. [Casimir] Dresch, Bamberg 1829, digitized ; Second edition, J. [Johann] C. [Casimir] Dresch, Bamberg [1829], digitized ; New very increased edition, J. [Johann] C. [Casimir] Dresch, Bamberg 1842, digitized
- Monogram lexicon, containing the known, dubious and unknown characters, as well as the abbreviations of the names of the draftsmen, painters, form cutters, copper engravers, lithographers etc. with brief information about them , J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1831 , Digitized
- Life of Georg Erlinger, printer and form cutter in Bamberg, along with a complete list and description of all his printed writings and woodcuts. A contribution to the history of typography, and as a supplement to the works of Panzer, Sprenger and Bartsch , J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1837, digitized
- Additions to Adam Bartsch's Le Peintre Graveur , J. [Johann] G. [Georg] Sickmüller, Bamberg 1844, digitized
literature
- Franziska Ehrl: A friendship, a trip, a collection . Joseph Heller's (1798–1849) estate in the Bamberg State Library. In: Yearbook for Book and Library History 3 (2018), pp. 53–71.
- Franziska Ehrl, Eveliina Juntunen: Joseph Heller and the art of collecting . A legacy in the heart of Bamberg, Bamberg 2020, interactive e-book, 15.1 MB .
- Franziska Ehrl: Joseph Heller (1798–1849) and the art of collecting. An exhibition and publication by the Bamberg State Library . In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern , Vol. 14 (2020), pp. 9-13 ( online ).
- The art monuments of Bavaria , city of Bamberg 4, bourgeois mining town, 2nd half volume. Bamberg, Munich, Berlin 1997, pp. 1424-1431.
- Friedrich Leitschuh : Joseph Heller (1798–1849) in its importance for art history . Lecture given on Heller's birthday in 1876, Bamberg 1876.
- Friedrich Leitschuh: Catalog of the manuscripts of the royal library to Bamberg . Volume Two , The Manuscripts of the Helleriana . Leipzig 1887, digitized .
- Friedrich Leitschuh: Joseph Heller and German art history . In: ders .: Catalog of the manuscripts of the Royal Library of Bamberg . Volume 2: The manuscripts of the Helleriana . Leipzig 1887, pp. I – LIV, digitized .
- Friedrich Leitschuh: The art collection of the royal library . In: ders. Guide through the royal library in Bamberg , second revised and enlarged edition, Bamberg 1889, pp. 143–207, digitized .
- Bernhard Schemmel : Joseph Heller (1798–1849). Graphics collector and researcher . In: Historischer Verein Bamberg, report 141, Bamberg 2005, pp. 177–180.
- Joseph Eduard Wessely : Heller, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 695.
Web links
Wikisource: Joseph Heller - Sources and full texts
- Literature by and about Joseph Heller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Joseph Heller. In: Bamberg State Library. Retrieved March 14, 2020 .
- Printing plates from the Joseph Hellers collection - art snack. In: Bamberg State Library. October 10, 2018, accessed March 14, 2020 .
- Digitized holdings of the Helleriana from the holdings of the Bamberg State Library
- The graphic collection of Joseph Hellers (1798–1849) in the Bamberg State Library - visualization and networking of a collection structure. In: GEPRIS. Projects funded by the DFG. German Research Foundation, accessed on March 14, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heller, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman, local researcher and collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bamberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 4, 1849 |
| Place of death | Bamberg |