Karl Masner

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Karl Borromäus Masner (born January 22, 1858 in Preßburg , Austrian Empire , † May 14, 1936 in Breslau , Province of Lower Silesia ) was a German art historian and museum director .

Life

Karl Masner studied Classical Philology and Classical Archeology at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate there in 1885 under Otto Benndorf . From 1885 he worked at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry in Vienna , for which he published several catalogs.

In 1899 Karl Masner was appointed director of the newly created Silesian Museum of Applied Arts and Antiquities in the city of Wroclaw. The previous institution, the Museum of Silesian Antiquities , was headed by Hans Seger . In 1901 Masner was able to win Erwin Hintze as a research assistant. From 1908 Masner was involved in the preparations for the 1913 Breslau Centenary Exhibition , which he curated to commemorate the Prussian Wars of Liberation against Napoleon .

In 1918 Masner also took over the Villa Neisser , where he set up the Albert and Toni Neisser municipal art collection . In 1925 he set up the castle museum in the Wroclaw City Palace. In 1926 Hintze took over the management. In 1929 he succeeded Masner as director of the three above-mentioned Wroclaw City Museums. As a retired museum director, Masner took over the management of the city museums in Breslau again after Hintze's death in August 1931. In 1933 Heinrich Kohlhaussen was appointed as his successor. This carried out a reorganization of the collections.

Karl Masner was the author of many publications on Silesian handicrafts and arts and crafts , and goldsmithing was one of his areas of interest . He was one of the employees of the Thieme-Becker reference work . In recognition of his scientific merits, he was made an Honorary Senator of the University of Wroclaw .


Masner's places of activity

Publications (selection)

  • The collection of antique vases and terracottas in the KK Oesterreichisches Museum. Vienna 1891.
  • The costume exhibition in the KK Austrian Museum. Vienna 1891, 1894.
  • The family house of the Arts and Crafts Association for Wroclaw and the Province of Silesia at the Exhibition for Crafts and Decorative Arts in Wroclaw 1904. Wroclaw 1905.
  • with Erwin Hintze : Silesia goldsmith's work. A selection of goldsmiths of Silesian origin or from Silesian property. Wroclaw 1912.
  • Exhibition on the 400th anniversary of the Reformation. Wroclaw 1917.
  • with Hans Seger : Guide through the Prehistory Department and the Antique Cabinet. Breslau 1920, 1923 (2nd edition).
  • The guild room of the Breslau tanners. Silesian Museum Wroclaw 1922.
  • Festschrift for the 25th anniversary of the Silesian Museum of Applied Arts and Antiquities. Wroclaw 1924.
  • (Contributor): The Art in Silesia. Berlin, German art publisher 1927.
editor
  • with Erwin Hintze: The historical exhibition for the centenary of the Wars of Freedom in Breslau 1913. 2 volumes, Breslau 1916.
  • with Hans Seger: Yearbook of the Silesian Museum for Applied Arts and Antiquities (= Silesian prehistory in pictures and writing. New series ). Volume 1-10. Wroclaw 1900–1934,

literature

  • Piotr Łukaszewicz (Ed.): Muzea sztuki w dawnym Wrocławiu / Art Museums in Old Wroclaw . Wroclaw 1998, ISBN 83-86766-16-6
  • Piotr Łukaszewicz: Karl Masner . In: Encyklopedia Wrocławia . Wroclaw 2000.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Leucippid theft in ancient art . Dissertation Vienna 1885 (unprinted).
personal data
SURNAME Masner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Masner, Carl; Masner, Karl Borromäus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Pressburg , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1936
Place of death Wroclaw , Lower Silesia Province