Max Wingenroth
Max Wingenroth (born May 13, 1872 in Mannheim , † June 15, 1922 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German art historian .
Life
Max Wingenroth came from an upper-class Mannheim family, his parents' house was the Palais Bretzenheim . After graduating from high school in Mannheim in 1890, he first studied medicine in Freiburg for two semesters. He then studied art history from 1891 to 1896 in Munich, Freiburg (with Franz Xaver Kraus ) and Heidelberg (with Henry Thode ). In Heidelberg he received his doctorate in 1897 with a thesis on Benozzo Gozzoli . After completing his military service as a one-year volunteer with the 2nd Baden Grenadier Regiment "Kaiser Wilhelm I." No. 110 , he became an assistant at the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg in 1896 . In 1901 he became assistant director at the Grand Ducal Baden Collections in Karlsruhe under Ernst Wagner and worked for the inventory of the art monuments of Baden . In 1909 he became head of the municipal collections in Freiburg. Here he built up the collection and was responsible for converting the former Augustinian monastery into a museum, which he did not live to see the opening of in 1923 due to his untimely death.
From 1913 he was editor, from 1914 deputy chairman of the regional association Badische Heimat .
Publications (selection)
- Benozzo Gozzoli's early works . Winter, Heidelberg 1897 (= dissertation).
- (Ed. And adaptation): Franz Xaver Kraus: The art monuments of the districts of Breisach, Emmendingen, Ettenheim, Freiburg (Land), Neustadt, Staufen and Waldkirch (Freiburg Land district) (= The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden Volume 6, 1). Mohr, Tübingen 1904 ( digitized version ).
- Angelico da Fiesole . Velhagen & Klasing, Bielefeld / Leipzig 1906.
- The art monuments of the Offenburg district (= The art monuments of the Grand Duchy of Baden Volume 7). Mohr, Tübingen 1908 ( digitized version ).
- The municipal collections in Freiburg im Breisgau . Braun, Karlsruhe 1915.
- The old art collections of the city of Freiburg i. Br. (= From Lake Constance to Main No. 9) Müller, Karlsruhe 1920.
- Black Forest painter . Müller, Karlsruhe 1922.
- with Peter Paul Albert : Freiburg town houses from four centuries . Filser, Augsburg 1923.
literature
- Joseph Sauer : Max Wingenroth † June 15, 1922. In: Kunstchronik. NF 34, 1922, pp. 72-73.
- Renate Liessem-Breinlinger: Wingenroth, Max. In: Badische Biographien NF Volume 6, Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-17-022290-8 , pp. 431-433.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wingenroth, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 1922 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |