Karl Lohmeyer (art historian)

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Karl Lohmeyer, German art historian (St. Johann town hall)
Karl Lohmeyer's tomb in the St. Johann old cemetery
Nußberger Hof, Karl Lohmeyer's house in Saarbrücken, built according to his own designs with elements of the Bergisch town house from the 18th century.

Karl Lohmeyer (born January 21, 1878 in Saarbrücken ; † November 8, 1957 there ) was a German art historian .

Life

Lohmeyer's father Carl came from a family of textile manufacturers in Wuppertal , which is why Karl jun. After graduating from high school in Saarbrücken in 1897, commercial training began in Barmen . After one year of voluntary military service , he spent several years abroad and a. to Geneva and Naples , where he was able to deepen his already existing interests in art history. In 1906 he settled as a merchant in Heidelberg down, but studied the way art history , history and folklore at the local university .

In 1912 Lohmeyer was appointed the first full-time director of the municipal art and antiquities collection on the history of Heidelberg and the Palatinate in Heidelberg. Through numerous exhibitions and the publication of relevant works, he increased the importance of the museum considerably, which in 1921 was named Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg at Lohmeyer's suggestion .

In 1931 Lohmeyer went into early retirement, but held the office of museum director on an honorary basis until 1934. He then moved back to Saarbrücken, where he devoted himself to research into folklore and art history in this region. The Saarland University appointed him its first honorary doctorate . On the occasion of his 75th birthday, the city of Saarbrücken granted him honorary citizenship .

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Karl Lohmeyer has made a particular contribution to rediscovering the “Heidelberg Baroque ” painting from the time of Johann Wilhelm and the “Heidelberg Romanticism ” with painters such as Carl Rottmann , Karl Philipp Fohr , Ernst Fries and Bernhard Fries .

Lohmeyer is also considered to be the rediscoverer of the Saarbrücken baroque master builder Friedrich Joachim Stengel , on whom he published his first publication in 1908 and a monograph that is still considered a standard work in 1911 . His edition of Balthasar Neumann's letters, published between 1911 and 1921, was also epoch-making because it sparked a long-lasting discussion about the planning process for the Würzburg residence .

In addition, in 1932 Lohmeyer was the first to recognize the abilities of the long-time Mainz bailiff of Lohr am Main , Philipp Christoph von und zu Erthal (1689–1748), as a "court cavalier architect" and described them in a fundamental essay. In this capacity the Mainz bailiff u. a. also included in the planning of the Würzburg residence.

Lohmeyer took part in the planning of his parents' house, the Nussberger Hof in Saarbrücken. later he lived in the house himself and amassed an extensive art collection there.

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • Friedrich Joachim Stengel, Princely Technical Engineer, Court Architect and Building Inspector, Princely Nassau-Usingen Building Director, Ducal Saxon-Gotha Council and Building Director, Princely Nassau-Saarbrücken General Building Director, Legal Chamber Council and Forest Chamber President pp. 1694-1787. (= Reports from the historical association for the Saar area. Issue 11). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1911 (reprint, edited by Peter Volkelt, Saarbrücken 1982).
  • Johannes Seiz : Elector of Trier court architect, engineer as well as sergeant major and commander of the artillery, 1717–1779; the construction activity of a Rhenish spa state in the baroque period. (= Heidelberg art historical treatises. Volume 1). Winter, Heidelberg 1914.
  • Baroque art and artists in Ehrenbreitstein: the work of a Rhenish artist colony. In: Journal of the Rhenish Association for Monument Preservation and Heritage Protection. 13, issue 1/2, 1919.
  • Letters from Balthasar Neumann to Friedrich von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Würzburg and Bamberg and documents from the first years of the Würzburg residence. (= The Rhenish-Franconian Baroque. 1). Gebr. Hofer publishing house, Saarbrücken 1921.
  • Schönborn castles. The engravings of Salomon Kleiners, Favorita ob Mainz, Weißenstein ob Pommersfelden and Gaibach in Franconia; re-edited and provided with an introduction and the life story of Maximilian Welsch. (= Masters and works of the Rhenish-Franconian Baroque. 1). Winter, Heidelberg 1927.
  • The builders of the Rhenish-Franconian Baroque. In: Wiener Jahrbuch für Kunstgeschichte. 5, 1928, pp. 161-208.
  • Heidelberg painter of the Romantic period. Winter, Heidelberg 1935.
  • Southwest German gardens of the Baroque and Romantic periods with their domestic and foreign models, based on the work of the Saarland and Palatinate court gardeners, the Koellner family. (= Saarbrücker Treatises on Southwest German Art and Culture. 1). Book trade house, Saarbrücken 1938.
  • Palagonian baroque. The house of the whim of the "Prince of Palagonia". Maximilian Society, Berlin 1942.
  • The legends of the Saar from their sources to the mouth. Minerva-Verlag, Saarbrücken 1954 (2nd edition 1964).
  • The sagas of the Saar - supplementary volume. Minerva-Verlag, Saarbrücken 1955.

literature

Web links

Commons : Karl Lohmeyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Lohmeyer: The Hofkavaliersarchitekt Philipp Christoph Reichsfreiherr von und zu Erthal 1689–1748 and the construction of the Erthaler Hof in Mainz. In: Mainz magazine. 27, 1932, pp. 33-54. See also the "Hofkavaliersarchitekten" and Lohmeyer: Werner Loibl: The father of the prince-bishop Erthals - Philipp Christoph von und zu Erthal (1689–1748). In: Heinrich Fußbahn (Ed.): Publications of the History and Art Association Aschaffenburg eV Volume 64, Aschaffenburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-87965-126-9 , pp. 99–282.
personal data
SURNAME Lohmeyer, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1957
Place of death Saarbrücken