Katharina Schmidt (art historian)
Katharina Schmidt (* 1935 in St. Goar ) is a German art historian , curator and museum director.
Live and act
Schmidt studied theater history, art history, philosophy and psychology at the universities of Munich and Vienna. In 1968 she received her doctorate. From 1972 to 1980 she worked as a curator at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf . There she was responsible for exhibitions and catalogs by Yaacov Agam (1963), Gotthard Graubner (1977) and Color Spaces, Color Space Bodies, Works on Paper (1977).
From 1981 to 1985 Schmidt directed the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and stood out with exhibitions on Bruce Nauman (1981), Rebecca Horn (1981), Jannis Kounellis (1982) and Cy Twombly (1984). In 1984 she showed drawings by Georges Seurat , and in 1985 she dedicated an exhibition to Chinese painting of the Ming and Quing dynasties (“In the shade of tall trees”).
In 1982 she was appointed director of the Kunstmuseum Bonn , which she headed until 1992. During this time she was responsible for the new museum building. In 1992, as the successor to Christian Geelhaar , she became director of the Basel Public Art Collection (Kunstmuseum Basel with the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation ). In 2001 Schmidt retired.
She is a member of numerous international specialist bodies and cultural foundations . She is a member of the jury for the Roswitha Haftmann Prize and curates exhibitions, including at the Kunstmuseum Bern Ferdinand Hodler. A symbolist vision (2007). Katharina Schmidt lives in Zurich .
Awards
- 1990 ART Cologne Prize for exhibitions and scientific support for contemporary art
- 1994 Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Fonts (selection)
- Yaacov Agam: Pictures and Sculptures , Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf 1973.
- Color spaces, color space bodies, works on paper . Municipal art gallery, Düsseldorf 1977.
- Gotthard Graubner . Municipal art gallery, Düsseldorf, 1977.
- with Klaus Herding : Les voyages secrets de Monsieur Courbet: unknown travel sketches from Baden, Spa and Biarritz . State Art Gallery Baden-Baden 1984.
- Sigmar Polke - drawings, watercolors, sketchbooks, 1962–1988 . For the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn, Wienand 1988.
Web links
- Biography with picture at the Roswitha Haftmann Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Katharina |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Goar |