Karl Franck-Oberaspach

Karl Franck-Oberaspach (actually Karl Franck , * 1872 in Oberaspach , Württemberg ; † in the 20th century) was a German art historian .

Karl Franck-Oberaspach initially studied architecture from 1890 to 1896 at the Technical University of Stuttgart . He then studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Strasbourg with Georg Dehio and Adolf Michaelis . Here he received his doctorate in 1898. Until 1902 he was assistant to the provincial curator of the Rhineland Paul Clemen in Bonn. In 1902 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Stuttgart, where he then taught as a private lecturer; he also taught art history at the arts and crafts school . In Stuttgart he was also the secretary of the Württemberg Arts and Crafts Association.

Publications (selection)

• The penetration of French Gothic into German sculpture . In: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 22, 1899, pp. 105–110 and 23, 1900, pp. 24–37.
• The Master of the Ecclesia and Synagogue at the Strasbourg Cathedral . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1901 (dissertation).
• A Franconian school of sculpture before the penetration of the Gothic . In: Christliches Kunstblatt 1901, pp. 87–94, 97–107, 113–123, 129–133, 145–154.
• with Edmund Renard : The Art Monuments of the Jülich District (= The Art Monuments of the Rhine Province Volume 8, Section 1). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1902.
• The Master of the Ecclesia and Synagogue at the Strasbourg Cathedral. Contributions to the history of sculpture in the thirteenth century in Germany, with particular reference to its relationship to contemporary French art . Schwann, Düsseldorf 1903 ( digitized version ).
• with Edmund Renard: The art monuments of the district of Heinsberg (= The art monuments of the Rhine Province, Volume 8, Section 3). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1906.
• Artists and manufacturers in the Württemberg arts and crafts association. A defense . Decker and Hardt, Stuttgart 1907.

Web links

• Dictionary of Art Historians
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