Karl Berling

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Karl Heinrich Ludwig Berling (born August 19, 1857 in Schwarzenbek , Duchy of Lauenburg ; † 1940 ) was a German art historian .

Karl Berling first studied architecture for nine semesters at the Royal Polytechnic in Dresden and then worked in architectural offices. He then studied art history at the University of Leipzig and received his doctorate in Tübingen in 1885 . From July 1, 1887, he worked at the Kunstgewerbemuseum , then a department of the Kunstgewerbeschule, in Dresden, initially as an assistant, from 1890 as director's assistant and from 1901 as a museum director. From 1904 until his retirement in 1923 he was director of the now independent arts and crafts museum.

His specialties were stoneware , earthenware , Meissen porcelain and Saxon pewter .

Berling was a member of the Corps Teutonia Dresden.

Publications (selection)

  • The faience and earthenware factory Hubertusburg. A contribution to the history of Saxon ceramics . Stengel & Markert, Dresden 1891 ( digitized version ).
  • Guide to the Royal Museum of Applied Arts in Dresden. Section III: works in clay, porcelain and glass . Dresden 1895.
  • The Saxon court bookbinder Jakob Krause . Hoffmann, Dresden 1897
  • Meissen porcelain and its history . Brockhaus, Leipzig 1900 ( digitized version ).
  • City brands of Saxon pewter foundries . Heinrich, Dresden 1913.
  • The Meissen porcelain groups of Empress Catherine II in Oranienbaum . Heinrich, Dresden 1914.
  • Wikisource: Leaflet for the local museums in the Kingdom of Saxony , 1914  - sources and full texts
  • Old tin. A guide for collectors and enthusiasts . Schmidt, Berlin 1919.
  • Saxon stoneware from Waldenburg and Zeitz . Stubenrauch, Berlin 1934.

literature

  • Fritz Fichtner : Karl Heinrich Ludwig Berling in memory . In: New Archive for Saxon History 62, 1941, pp. 80–82 ( digitized version ).
  • Franz Eisel: Creator of Saxon museums: collector, donor, founder . Saxon State Office for Museums, Chemnitz 2001, p. 15.
  • Rainer G. Richter: On the history of early earthenware using the example of the Hubertusburger manufactory . In: Keramos 226, 2014, p. 32 Note 1.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Address list of the Weinheimer SC. Darmstadt 1928, p. 117.
personal data
SURNAME Berling, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berling, Karl Heinrich Ludwig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenbek
DATE OF DEATH 1940