Michael Meier (publisher)

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Michael Meier (born December 20, 1925 in Berlin ; † March 9, 2015 in Viersen ) was a German art historian and publisher .

Michael Meier was the son of the art historian and publisher Burkhard Meier (1885–1946) and his wife Erika, b. Baensch. From 1936 to the beginning of 1943 he attended the Mommsen-Gymnasium in Berlin. Then he was a soldier. After his release from captivity in the summer of 1947, he passed his school leaving examination in Munich at the end of 1947 . From 1948 to 1950 he did a book trade apprenticeship . In the 1950 summer semester he began studying art history and classical archeology in Heidelberg , and in the 1951 summer semester he moved to the University of Freiburg . From the winter semester 1952/53 to the winter semester 1953/54 he studied in Munich , then again in Freiburg. In 1955 he received his doctorate in Freiburg under Kurt Bauch . In 1960 he joined the family-owned Deutsche Kunstverlag in Munich, in 1961 he became its managing director and in 1971 a partner. In 1991 he sold the publishing house to Hirmer Verlag .

Publications (selection)

  • The late medieval wall memorial in Germany and the Netherlands . Dissertation Freiburg 1955 (with curriculum vitae).
  • Germany. Pictures of his landscape and culture , ed. by Martin Hürlimann . Introduction by Ricarda Huch . (Adaptation of the legend Michael Meier). Atlantis-Verlag, Zurich / Freiburg i. Br. 1956.
  • Grünewald. The work of Mathis Gothardt Neithardt . Atlantis Verlag, Zurich / Freiburg i. Br. 1957.
  • with Berthold Hackelsberger, Georg Himmelheber (eds.): Festschrift Kurt Bauch. Contributions to the history of art on November 25, 1957 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1957.
  • Upper Rhine: Alsace, Breisgau, Ortenau ( Deutsche Lande Deutsche Kunst ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1959.
  • The Achilleion . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1963.

literature

  • Face printing - reverse printing. Writings festival for Michael Meier on December 20, 1985 . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-422-00785-7 (with picture).
  • German art publisher 1921–1996. History and future. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1996, p. 11.

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personal data
SURNAME Meier, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burkhard-Meier, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 2015
Place of death Viersen