Max Bach (art historian)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Max Bach (born October 17, 1841 in Stuttgart ; † February 5, 1914 there ) was a German painter , graphic artist , art historian and art collector .

Max Bach: Panorama of Constance , watercolor on pencil (around 1900)

Life

Max Bach was a son of the cartographer, painter and draftsman Heinrich Bach (1812–1870) and his wife, a former lady-in-waiting Sabine Ludovika, née. from Stetten. His brother was the sculptor Hermann Bach . He received his first painting lessons from his father and the painter Caspar Obach . From 1858, Bach studied landscape painting with Heinrich Funk at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart . From 1864 to 1866 he studied architecture and technical drawing at the Stuttgart Polytechnic . After completing this degree, he studied lithography , etching and art history at the art academies in Nuremberg and Munich from 1868–70 .

He then worked for a while as a teacher: in 1871–73 at the Real- und Handwerkerschule in Alzey , 1875–76 at the drawing and modeling school in Basel , and 1877–83 in Ulm . In 1882 he painted the choir of the Protestant Gothic church in Ettlenschieß . From 1883 until his death, Bach lived again in his native city of Stuttgart, where he concentrated on art-historical and literary work. He also created his own illustrations for his writings. In the years 1889-1891 he was also active in the state statistical office and from 1904 in the administrative committee of the collections of patriotic art and antiquity monuments. In addition, he was always artistically active in different ways.

Artistic works (selection)

Max Bach: Old Chancellery in Stuttgart with the Mercury Column, watercolor (1880)
Max Bach: Hohentübingen Castle from the Neckarhalde, lithograph (around 1860)
Max Bach: Stein am Rhein with Hohenklingen Castle, watercolor on pencil
Max Bach: City map of Stuttgart around 1640, lithograph from pictures from Old Stuttgart (1895)
  • 1866: View of Niedernhall , pencil drawing
  • 1866: 2 longitudinal sections of the west portal of the parish church in Niedernhall, pen drawing / aquatint
  • 1866: The Lenninger Valley , Stuttgart, lithographed panorama
  • 1867: Old brochures from Stuttgart , Stuttgart, 2 lithographs
  • 1869–71 Architectural sketches from Nuremberg , 30 etchings
  • 1892: View of Künzelsau , pen drawing
  • around 1910: 2 views of Stetten Castle , pen drawing, State Office for the Preservation of Monuments
  • around 1910: View of Tierberg Castle , pen drawing
  • 1912: View of Jagstberg , ink drawing

Publications (selection)

  • Monuments of German emperors. In: Art Chronicle. 8, 1873, pp. 392-397.
  • Sample book for draftsmen, lithographers, engravers and applied arts. Karlsruhe 1873.
  • Historical plan of the former imperial city of Nuremberg. E. Nister's Kunstanstalt, Nürnberg undated [1882] ( digitized version of the Bavarian State Library).
  • Sürlin's monogram. In: Art Chronicle. 19, 1884, pp. 493-496.
  • The pattern book of a harness judge. In: Journal of the Badischer Kunstgewerbeverein zu Karlsruhe. 2, 1886, pp. 81-83.
  • The grave monuments and death shields of the Ulm Minster. In: Württemberg quarterly for regional history. NF 2, 1893, pp. 129-161.
  • Relations between Martin Schongauer and Ulm. In: Archives for Christian Art. 11, 1893, pp. 53-56.
  • Pictures from old Stuttgart , collected and provided with text by Max Bach and Carl Lotter. Lutz, Stuttgart 1896 (reprinted unchanged: DRW-Verlag, Leinfelden-Echterdingen 1983, ISBN 3-87181-234-X ).
  • Grave monuments in the Wiblingen Monastery. In: Archives for Christian Art. 14 (1896), pp. 108-110.
  • The builders of Heidelberg Castle. In: Art Chronicle. NF 7 (1896), pp. 33-37.
  • Medieval wooden sculptures from Upper Swabia in the Bavarian National Museum. In: Archives for Christian Art. 14, (1896), pp. 38-39.
  • Stuttgart Art, 1794–1860. After simultaneous reports, letters and reminders . Stuttgart 1900 ( archive.org ).
  • Adolf Closs. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . Volume 47, 1903, pp. 500-501.
  • About the original structure of the St. Gallen monastery. In: “Diözesan-Archiv von Schwaben” 21 (1903), pp. 81–84.
  • The dispute over the Stuttgart pleasure house. In: Art Chronicle. NF 14 (1903), pp. 256-259.
  • The alleged Irene Ring in Lorch Abbey. In: Archives for Christian Art. 21 (1903), pp. 32-33.
  • The alleged Irene ring. In: "Mitteilungen des Württembergischen Kunstgewerbevereins" 2 (1903/04), pp. 253-256.
  • Eduard Hallberger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , Vol. 49, 1904, pp. 721–722.
  • Romanesque reliquary boxes in Württemberg. In: Archives for Christian Art. 22 (1904), pp. 11-13.
  • Hans Multscher in new lighting. In: Archives for Christian Art. 22 (1904), pp. 119-122.
  • To Grünewald research. In: Archives for Christian Art. 23 (1905), pp. 114-116.
  • New altarpieces in the Museum of Patriotic Antiquities in Stuttgart. In: Archives for Christian Art. 23: 81-83 (1905).
  • The Welfen and Hohenstaufen pictures in Weingarten Monastery. In: "Diözesan-Arichiv von Schwaben" 24 (1906), pp. 177-181.
  • From Ulm Minster. In: Art Chronicle. NF 19 (1908), pp. 122-123.
  • About the location of the Varus Battle . Special supplement to the “Staats-Anzeiger für Württemberg” 21 (1911), pp. 321–336.
  • Holbein the Elder. Painting in Augsburg Cathedral. In: Archives for Christian Art. 29 (1911), pp. 119-121.
  • The ancestral castle Wirtenberg , Stuttgart: Bonz, 1912.
  • The first walling of the city of Nuremberg. In: “The Burgwart. Bulletin of the Deutsche Burgenvereinigung eV for the protection of historical fortifications, castles and residential buildings ”14 (1913), pp. 12-17.

literature

Web links

Commons : Max Bach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikisource: Max Bach  - Sources and full texts
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1841
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1914
Place of death Stuttgart