Kurt Bimler

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Kurt Bimler (born September 28, 1883 in Alt-Schalkowitz , † June 5, 1951 in Wiesbaden ) was a German art historian and sculptor .

life and work

Kurt Bimler was the son of the drawing teacher Hans Bimler (1860–1929). He attended grammar school in Beuthen and from 1904 studied German, French and history in Breslau and Bonn . In 1907 he received his doctorate from Max Koch in Breslau . He worked as a secondary school teacher in Beuthen and collected art objects. His collection was exhibited in Beuthen in 1909, which resulted in the founding of the Beuthen History and Museum Association and the Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum in Beuthen in 1910 , which he ran with his father until he moved to Breslau in 1919.

He completed his habilitation in art history at the Technical University of Wroclaw and taught there until 1945 as a private lecturer in art studies at the Institute of Architecture. In his lectures he taught the construction students modeling and life drawing.

As an art historian, he is primarily concerned with the art history of his native Silesia . As a sculptor he created portrait busts in the Oberschlesisches Museum in Gleiwitz and nine portrait medallions at the Technical University of Wroclaw, portal figures at the Maria Magdalenen Gymnasium in Wroclaw and the war memorial in Zaborze . He made designs for portrait medallions, medals and plaques for the artificial iron foundry in Gleiwitz . He also created the designs for the animal sculptures “Mare with foal” and “Crouching bear” for the Reinhold Schlegelmilch porcelain factory in Tillowitz .

Publications (selection)

  • The first and second version of Goethe's “Wanderjahren” . Beuthen 1907 (dissertation).
  • Silesian castles and renaissance chateaux ( digitized version ).
    • Delivery 1: The former imperial castle in Breslau . Wroclaw 1933.
    • Delivery 2: The Piast Castle in Brieg . Wroclaw 1934.
    • Delivery 3: The Piast Castle in Ohlau . Wroclaw 1936
  • Sources on Silesian art history. 6 booklets, Maruschke & Berendt, Breslau 1936–1941
  • The Silesian massive fortifications ( digitized ).
    • Volume 1: Principality of Breslau, districts of Breslau, Neumarkt . Wroclaw 1940.
    • Volume 2: Principality of Brieg, districts of Brieg, Ohlau, Strehlen. Wroclaw 1941.
    • Volume 3: Principality of Oels - Wohlau. Circles of oils. Bross Wartenberg. Trebintz. Militsch. Wohlau . Wroclaw 1942.
    • Volume 4: Principality of Liegnitz. Liegnitz district. Goldberg. Lüben . Breslau 1943.
    • Volume 5: Principality of Munsterberg. Frankenstein district (Munsterberg) . Wroclaw 1944.
  • The Wroclaw City Hall . Wroclaw 1941

literature

  • Bimler, Kurt . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 214-215 .
  • Franz Heiduk: Oberschlesisches Literaturlexikon . Part 1. Gebr. Mann, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-7861-1604-0 , pp. 33-34.
  • Dankmar Trier: Bimler, Kurt . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 11, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22751-5 , p. 69.

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Eugenia Karcz, Dariusz Widelak: Regionalkunde - about the legacy of the past and the challenges of the present . In: Zeitschrift für Museum und Bildung 68/69, 2008, p. 157.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Rein: The development of the Technical University of Breslau, especially its building faculty . In: Die Bautechnik 13, Issue 24, June 7, 1935, p. 291 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Bimler, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Old Schalkowitz
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1951
Place of death Wiesbaden