Ludwig Burchard

Ludwig Burchard (born May 31, 1886 in Mainz , † September 7, 1960 in London ) was a German art historian and Rubens researcher.

Life

After graduating from the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in Karlsruhe, Burchard studied in Heidelberg (1904–1907) and Halle (1907–1911) with Adolph Goldschmidt , from whom he received his doctorate in 1911 with the dissertation " The Dutch etchers before Rembrandt ". During the First World War he worked from 1917 at the salvage facility for works of art in the governorate of Metz . In 1919 he married Lily Stange and was editor of the Thieme-Becker artist lexicon until 1920 . From 1920 to 1922 he acted as editor of the "Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst" .

In 1935 he emigrated with his family to England because of the anti-Semitic policies of the National Socialists, where he was interned for a short time in 1940 and naturalized in 1948 . For more than 40 years he dealt with the preparatory work for the Corpus Rubenianum , which was published posthumously from 1968 to 1982 by the Nationaal Centrum voor de Plastische Kunsten in Brussels.

Fonts (selection)

• The Dutch etchers before Rembrandt . P. Cassirer, Berlin 1917.
• The legend of Barlaam and Josaphat  : Attributed to St. Johannes von Damascus , Munich: Theatiner Verlag, 1924
• Exhibition catalog: The Flemish landscape of the 16th and 17th centuries; November 6 - 30, 1927 , Berlin publisher: Galerie Dr. Gottschewski / Dr. Schäffer, 1927
• Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard. An illustrated catalog raisonné of the Work of Peter Paul Rubens, 26 volumes, New York 1968–1982.
• Together with RA d'Hulst: Rubens drawings . 2 vols. Brussels 1963.

literature

• Ulrike Wendland: Biographical handbook of German-speaking art historians in exile. Life and work of the scientists persecuted and expelled under National Socialism. Part 1: A – K. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11339-0 , pp. 78-83.

Web links

• Dictionary of Art Historians
• Literature by and about Ludwig Burchard in the catalog of the German National Library