Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel
Kurt Nikolai Baron Zoege von Manteuffel (born August 20, 1881 in Reval , Estonia , † January 10, 1941 in Konitz , West Prussia ) was a German art historian .
Life
Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel spent his childhood in Estonia and then attended high schools in Kassel and Königsberg . From 1902 he studied art history in Munich, Berlin and Halle. In 1909 he received his doctorate in Halle with a dissertation on Antonio Pisanello . He then worked as an assistant at the Municipal Museum in Aachen in 1909/10 . From 1911 to 1914 he was an editorial member of the General Lexicon of Visual Artists in Leipzig . In 1914/15 he was deputy director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence , and from 1916 to 1919 he worked as an unskilled worker at the Kaiser Friedrich Museum and at the Kupferstichkabinett of the Berlin museums. In 1919 he became curator at the Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden , of which he was director from 1924 until his death. His son Claus (1926–2009) also became an art historian.
His main areas of research were Dutch Baroque painting and graphics as well as drawing and graphics of the 19th century. From 1910 he worked on an extensive monograph with an oeuvre catalog about Alfred Rethel , which was almost completed by his death.
Publications (selection)
- The paintings and drawings of Antonio Pisano from Verona. Hall a. S. 1909 digitized .
- German copper engraving from its beginnings to the end of the sixteenth century. H. Schmidt, Munich 1922 digitized .
- Adriaen Brouwer . Eight color reproductions of his works. EA Seemann, Leipzig.
- Pieter Bruegel: Landscapes. W. Klein, Berlin 1934.
- Dutch masters of the 17th century. Rubens, Rembrandt, Gerard Terborch and Jan Steen, the van de Felde family of artists. Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld 1937.
- Alfred Rethel's last woodcut drawing. In: The graphic arts . NF 4, 1939, pp. 34-40 .
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- Kurt Zoege von Manteuffel in the culture portal West-Ost
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SURNAME | Zoege from Manteuffel, Kurt |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zoege von Manteuffel, Kurt Nikolai Baron (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1881 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Reval , Estonia |
DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1941 |
Place of death | Konitz , West Prussia |