Kurt Rossacher

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kurt Rossacher (born July 31, 1918 in Graz , † October 10, 1988 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian art historian and art collector .

Life

Kurt Rossacher was born into a traditional art dealer family. He began studying German and art history in Prague, which he continued in Frankfurt at the beginning of World War II . In Frankfurt his preference for artistic design developed .

Kurt Rossacher was a co-founder of the Salzburg and Vienna antiques fair. He was editor of the magazine Alte und Moderne Kunst . As an art historian, he recognized the golden tableware of the Salzburg Prince Archbishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.

The Rossacher Collection , the private art collection with his wife Else Rossacher, with 139 oil paintings, 42 wood or clay models and graphics with approx. 150 sheets became the basic stock of the Salzburg Baroque Museum and was stored in the Salzburg Museum when it closed in 2012 . Only occasionally (since 2014) parts of the collection are shown in special exhibitions in the northern oratorio of Salzburg Cathedral .

Publications

  • Baroque visions . Designs from the Kurt Rossacher collection. Exhibition under the patronage of the Hessian Prime Minister Dr. Georg August Zinn , exhibition catalog, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt , Darmstadt 1965.
  • Baroque visions. Designs from the Kurt Rossacher collection. Exhibition in the Residenzgalerie in Salzburg, exhibition catalog, Salzburg 1966.
  • The treasure of the Archbishopric of Salzburg . A millennium of German goldsmithing. Residenz Verlag , Salzburg 1966.
  • (Ed.): Alfred Stange : Rueland Frueauf the Younger . Residenz Verlag, Salzburg 1971.
  • Salzburg Baroque Museum. European art of the 17th and 18th centuries in the artists' designs. Rossacher Collection. Orangery in Mirabell Palace , exhibition catalog, writings from the Salzburg Baroque Museum No. 1, Salzburg 1973.
  • Complete catalog. Salzburg Baroque Museum. Rossacher Collection. Writings from the Salzburg Baroque Museum No. 8, Salzburg 1983.
  • (Eds.): Klara Garas and Wilfried Hansmann : Carlo Innocenzo Carlone (1686 - 1775). Oil sketches. Catalog of the exhibition from June 25 to September 7, 1986, Salzburg Baroque Museum, writings of the Salzburg Baroque Museum No. 13, Salzburg 1986.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Rossacher, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian and art collector
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1988
Place of death Salzburg