Leonard Lepszy

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Leonard January Józef Lepszy (born on 6. November 1856 in Krościenko , District Neumarkt , Galicia , Austria-Hungary , died on 29. July 1937 in Kraków ) was a Polish Montanist , Bergrat , conservators and art historians .

Act

Lepszy was the son of Jan Lepszy and his wife Aniela. He had an older brother Edward Lepszy (1855-1932) who was dedicated to painting.

Lepszy attended a grammar school in Cracow until 1876 and completed a mining degree at the Bergakademie in Leoben until 1880 . From 1883 to 1884 he continued his education at the Art Academy in Krakow . He then began to work for the Hallmarking Office in Cracow, of which he became director. In 1902 he became the correspondent of the KK Central Commission for the Research and Conservation of Art and Historical Monuments for Galicia, in 1907 honorary curator and in 1911 he received the title of member of the Central Commission.

His research area was particularly the history of goldsmithing , on which he wrote several papers. He contributed articles to the General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present and the Polski Słownik Biograficzny biographical dictionary .

He was a member of the Polska Akademia Umiejętności in Cracow and the Society of Friends of Fine Arts in Cracow , of which he was director from 1914 to 1917.

Lepszy was married to Zofia (nee Muczkowska), they had a son Kazimierz Lepszy (1904–1964), who later worked as an editor at Polski Słownik Biograficzny .

Publications (selection)

  • Złotnictwo Krakowskie . W Drukarni "Czasu" Fr. Kluczyckiego, Cracow 1887, OCLC 314335769 (About Cracow Goldsmithing).
  • Jan Matejko. In: Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst. New series 1, 1890, pp. 229-237.
  • Cech złotniczy w Krakowie . In: Rocznik Krakowski . tape 1 , 1898, p. 135–268 , doi : 10.11588 / artdok.00001467 (The Guild of Goldsmiths in Cracow).
  • Krakow (= Famous Art Places 36). Seemann, Leipzig 1906 ( archive.org ).
  • Dürer w Polsce. Nakładem Polskiej Akademji Umiejetności, Cracow 1927.
  • Studja nad nieznanemi obrazami kościoła Marjackiego i zbiorów P. Akad. Umiej. w Krakowie = studies of unknown pictures in the Kraków St. Mary's Church and the collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences . Krakow 1929, OCLC 934776743 .
  • Przemysł złotniczy w Polsce . Ed .: Miejskie Muzeum Przemysłowe, Adryana Baranieckiego. Krakow 1933, OCLC 560193880 (list of goldsmiths in Poland).

literature

  • SP Leonard Lepszy. In: Gazeta Lwowska. No. 170, 1937 (notification of Lepszy's death on July 30: jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl ).
  • Halina Kowalska-Kossobudzka:  Lepszy, Leonard. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 149.
  • Adam Bochnak: Lepszy, Leonard Jan Józef. In: Polski Słownik Biograficzny. Volume 17, 1972, ( digitized version ).
  • Theodor Brückler: heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand as monument curator. The "art files" of the military chancellery in the Austrian State Archives (war archive) . Böhlau, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78306-0 , p. 62, 183, 198, 290, 498 ( books.google.de ). .
  • Michał Myśliński, Monika Paś: Zbiór dzieł złotniczych i biżuterii Leonarda Lepszego w Muzeum Narodowym w Krakowie (Leonard Lepszy's collection of goldsmithery and jewelery at the National Museum in Cracow). In: Biuletyn historii sztuki. Volume 75, No. 1, 2013, pp. 71-87 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Theodor Brückler, Ulrike Nimeth: Personenlexikon for Austrian heritage conservation. Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-85028-344-5 , p. 156.
  2. ↑ Lepszy Kazimierz (1904–1964). ihpan.edu.pl, accessed March 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Lepszy, Leonard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepszy, Leonard Jan Józef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish montanist, mountain ridge and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Krościenko , Neumarkt District , Galicia
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1937
Place of death Krakow