Konrad Escher (art historian)

Konrad Hans Escher (born October 21, 1882 in Zurich ; † April 18, 1944 there ) was a Swiss art historian .

Life

After attending grammar school in Zurich, he studied art history in Zurich, Strasbourg and Berlin. In 1906 he received his doctorate under Johann Rudolf Rahn , and in 1908 he completed his habilitation at the University of Basel . From 1918 to 1922 he was a private lecturer, from 1922 to 1928 adjunct professor and from 1928 until his death associate professor for contemporary and modern art history at the University of Zurich . In 1934 he became president of the Society for Swiss Art History and was the initiator of the series Die Kunstdenkmäler der Schweiz .

His areas of interest were mainly the Italian baroque and miniature painting.

Publications (selection)

• Studies on the history of wall and ceiling painting in Switzerland, from the 9th to the beginning of the 16th century . Heitz, Strasbourg 1906 (dissertation, digitized version ).
• Baroque and Classicism. Studies on the history of the architecture of Rome . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1910 ( digitized version ).
• Art, war and warriors. On the history of war representations . Zurich / Leipzig 1917 ( digitized ).
• The miniatures in Basel's libraries, museums and archives . Basel 1917 ( digitized ).
• The sculpture cycle in the choir of the Basel Minster and its interpretation . In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Vol. 19, 1921, pp. 165–174. ( Digitized version )
• Painting of the 14th to 16th centuries in central and southern Italy ( Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft ). Athenaion, Berlin-Neubabelsberg 1922 ( digitized version ).

literature

• Dietrich Schwarz : Konrad Escher. October 21, 1882 - September 18, 1944 . Zurich 1945

Web links

• Adolf Reinle : Escher, Konrad. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Estate in the Zurich Central Library