Kurt Woisetschläger

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Kurt Woisetschläger (born November 20, 1925 in Graz ; † August 13, 2012 there ) was an Austrian art historian , museum director and was considered a profound expert on the Baroque .

Life

Woisetschläger had to take part in the Second World War at the age of seventeen and began studying art history in Graz after being captured by the British. In 1953 he received his doctorate under Wladimir Sas-Zaloziecky with a dissertation on "The Judenburg carving workshop of the 18th century and their masters Balthasar Prandtstätter and Johann Nischlwitzer". Woisetschläger was involved in teaching at the Art History Institute of the Karl-Franzens University in Graz as early as the 1960s , and from 1979 as an honorary professor . From 1963 to 1987 he was director of the Alte Galerie at the Joanneum in Graz and in 1978 he curated the Styrian state exhibition on the subject of Gothic at St. Lambrecht Abbey . From 1967 to 2007 he was a member of the State Historical Commission for Styria .

Woisetschläger was married to the art historian Ingeborg Woisetschläger-Mayer, who died in 2005.

Publications

  • Erwin Hainisch: Dehio manual . Upper Austria . Revised by Kurt Woisetschläger with contributions by Justus Schmidt and Benno Ulm , 3rd revised edition, Schroll, Vienna 1958.
  • Masterpieces of Austrian and German baroque painting. In the old gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz. Published for the 150th anniversary of the Styrian State Museum Joanneum, Schroll, Vienna 1961.
  • with Inge Woisetschläger-Mayer: Murau. City parish church of St. Matthew. Church leader, photos by Kurt Woisetschläger, Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1963.
  • with Peter Krenn : The Styrian late baroque painter Johann von Lederwasch . Around 1755 - 1826. Exhibition catalog, special exhibition in the corner room of the Joanneum, Graz, November 17 to December 13, 1966, Graz 1966.
  • with Peter Krenn: Dehio Steiermark (excluding Graz) 1982 .

literature

  • Gottfried Biedermann, Gabriele Gmeiner-Hübel, Christine Rabensteiner: Bildwerke. Renaissance - Mannerism - Baroque. Paintings and sculptures from the old gallery of the Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum in Graz. Kurt Woisetschläger on his 70th birthday. Carinthia Verlag, Klagenfurt 1995, ISBN 3-85378-442-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary in Kunstgeschichte aktuell (Association of Austrian Art Historians), Volume XXX, 1/13
  2. ^ Art historian Kurt Woisetschläger dead Kleine Zeitung , August 21, 2012
  3. ↑ Deceased and resigned members of the HLK ( Memento of the original dated November 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hlkstmk.at
personal data
SURNAME Woisetschläger, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 2012
Place of death Graz