Karl Katz

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Karl L. Katz (born October 22, 1929 in New York City , † November 8, 2017 ) was an American art historian , museum director and film producer .

Life

Katz was born in 1929 as the son of the seller Maurice Katz and his wife Rose (née Leibovitz). He graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn and then began studying at Long Island University , but soon moved to Columbia University on the advice of his brother . There he completed a bachelor's degree in art history and Semitic studies and a master's degree in art history and archeology. He completed his dissertation on early Hebrew texts from Yemen, but he was denied a doctorate because he did not meet the requirements for the necessary language skills. He refused to learn German so soon after the Holocaust.

In 1953, Katz worked as an art teacher during the exhibition "From the Land of the Bible" at the Metropolitan Museum . He then went to the National Bezalel Museum, a forerunner of the Israel Museum, as a curator . In 1969 he returned to New York and became director of the Jewish Museum . In 1971 he went to the Metropolitan Museum as head of the special projects department. In 1980 he became head of the film and television department he had founded. He was also one of the designers and founders of the Beit Hatefutsot Museum , which is dedicated to the history of the Jewish diaspora.

In 1992 he founded "Muse", a non-profit company for the creation of documentaries in the field of art.

In the early 1970s, Katz met the photographer Cornell Capa while planning an exhibition and persuaded him to turn his International Center of Photography into a museum. It opened in 1974. Katz was deputy chairman of the museum's board of trustees for many years.

Katz was married. The couple has a son.

Publications (selection)

  • Yehiel Shemi . Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1957
  • Modern Israel painting . London 1958
  • with Penuel Kahane, Magen Broshi: From the beginning: four millennia of holy land in the most modern museum in the world . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1968
  • The exhibitionist: living museums, loving museums . Overlook Press, New York 2016

Filmography (selection)

  • 1983: La Belle Epoque (1890-1914)
  • 1984: In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles
  • 1989: Merchants and Masterpieces
  • 1990: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Public Park in America
  • 1992: Art on Film, Program 1: Balance
  • 1992: Art on Film, Program 2: Sense
  • 1992: Art on Film, Program 3: Form
  • 1992: Art on Film, Program 4: Voice
  • 1992: Art on Film, Program 5: Subject & Expert
  • 1993: Degenerate Art
  • 1997: Tashilham
  • 1998: Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress
  • 2003: Hans Hofmann: Artist / Teacher, Teacher / Artist
  • 2006: Who Gets to Call It Art?
  • 2007: The Rich Have Their Own Photographers
  • 2007: Robert Indiana: American Dreamer
  • 2008: Herb & Dorothy
  • 2012: Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karl Katz (1929–2017) , Artforum, November 10, 2017
  2. ^ Daniel Witkin: Karl Katz, Leader Of The Israel Museum, Jewish Museum And Met, Passes Away At 88 , Forward, November 15, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Katz, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katz, Karl L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2017
Place of death New York City