Oskar Fischel

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Oskar Fischel (born July 10, 1870 in Danzig , † June 27, 1939 in London ) was a German art historian .

Life

Oskar Fischel studied art history in Königsberg and with Georg Dehio in Strasbourg , where he received his doctorate in 1896 with a dissertation on Raphael's drawings . In 1900/01 he worked on the copper engraving collection of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne , and later on the holdings of the Lipperheide costume library in Berlin . In 1914 he completed his habilitation with a study on the fine arts and the stage at Berlin University and in 1923 was appointed associate professor for art history.

The topics mentioned mark the range of his interests: research on art history with a focus on Raphael was joined by an equally intensive activity in the field of theater studies . A didactic innovation was the exercises introduced by Fischel in Berlin in front of originals in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum as a supplement to the lectures at the university. He also taught at the State Art School and at Max Reinhardt's drama school . His pedagogical and rhetorical skills were shown to advantage in public lectures and on the radio. The plan to found a theater museum in Berlin grew out of the close relationship with the stage arts. Fischel was unable to realize this project himself, but his ideas made a significant contribution to the 1927 German Theater Exhibition in Magdeburg . He also dealt with the artistic and popular education possibilities of film. His most important achievement in terms of art history, however, is the fundamental knowledge about Raphael, which he brilliantly formulated in numerous treatises. The painter Erwin Bowien (1899–1972), who mentions his teacher in his autobiography, was one of his students. Both men were supposed to meet one last time in exile in Holland, when Oskar Fischel stopped in the Alkmaar area on his way to England, fleeing from the National Socialist regime. Oskar Fischel died in London.

Fonts (selection)

  • Ludwig von Hofmann , Bielefeld 1903.
  • Tizian , Stuttgart 1904; 5th edition 1924.
  • The masterpieces of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin , Munich 1912.
  • Raphael's drawings , 8 vols., Berlin 1913–41.
  • The modern stage design , 1923.
  • Chronicler of fashion. Man and clothing in pictures from three millennia , 1923.
  • Raphael , 2 vols., London 1948.
  • Raphael , Berlin 1962.

literature

  • Oskar Fischel. List of his writings , Mann, Berlin 1962.
  • 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. 147-151.
  • Fischel, Oskar. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 7: Feis – Frey. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-22687-X , pp. 103-111.

Web links

Wikisource: Oskar Fischel  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Bowien: The beautiful game between spirit and world. My painter life . Ed .: Bettina Heinen-Ayech and the Freundeskreis Erwin Bowien eV U-Form Verlag, Solingen 1995, ISBN 3-88234-101-7 , p. 35 .
personal data
SURNAME Fischel, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Danzig
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1939
Place of death London