Max Ermers
Max Ermers , originally Maximilian Rosenthal (born February 11, 1881 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † October 2, 1950 there ) was an Austrian art historian and publicist.
Life
Max Ermers was the son of Joseph Rosenthal, owner of the company ES Rosenthals Erben and managing director of the company Rosenthal & Goldschmidt, manufacturer of roller shutters, and his wife Eva, nee. Ermetz. His brother was the publisher Ernst Peter Tal (originally Ernst Sigmund Rosenthal). He studied first at the Vienna Commercial Academy and then from the summer semester 1901 to the summer semester 1902 law at the University of Zurich. From 1903 to his doctorate in 1908, he then studied art history at the University of Zurich.
After the First World War, Max Ermers suggested the construction of numerous settlements in the Viennese municipal area , published and promoted the idea of settlers, and from 1919 to 1923 headed the “Settlement Office of the City of Vienna”. In this role he worked with architects such as Adolf Loos , Josef Frank and Margarete Lihotzky .
He was an art critic, author for Der Wiener Tag , editor of weekly papers such as Neue Erde. Kultursozialistische Wochenschrift (1919, also head of the Neue Erde publishing association ) and Die Zeit. Pages for knowledge and action (1934–35) active. In 1939 he emigrated to England, where he worked in a glass factory and returned to Vienna in July 1948 as a sick man.
Publications (selection)
- The architecture of Raphael in his frescoes, panel paintings and carpets . Heitz, Strasbourg 1909 (under the title The architectures in Raffael's paintings, dissertation Zurich 1908).
- Victor Adler. Rise and size of a socialist party . Vienna 1932.
literature
- Murray G. Hall , Gerhard Renner: Handbook of the estates and collections of Austrian authors. 2nd Edition. Böhlau, Vienna a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-205-98371-8 , p. 84.
- Peter Sonnenberg: Media control during the Nazi era. A collective biographical analysis of selected journalists from the Viennese daily newspapers “Wiener Tag” and “Telegraf”, which were banned in 1938. Master's thesis University of Vienna 2009, pp. 86–89 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Biography for transdisciplinary constellations in Austrian literature, art and culture in the interwar period
- Entry in the register of the University of Zurich
- Murray G. Hall: Austrian publishing history
- Béla Rásky: Max reviews Max. About Max Ermers' feature section on Max Winter's The Living Mummy. A look into the year 2025 (1929)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ermers, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosenthal, Maximilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art historian and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1950 |
| Place of death | Vienna |