Otto Gaul

Otto Gaul (born March 26, 1903 in Neudorf ; † September 3, 1975 in Lemgo ) was a German art historian .

Life

From 1912 to 1922 Gaul attended the cathedral high school in Magdeburg . After finishing school he studied at the universities of Jena , Leipzig , Munich and Cologne . After first studying chemistry, he soon switched to art history . Otto Gaul took German studies , archeology and history as minor subjects . He completed his studies in 1931 with a dissertation on Romanesque architecture and ornamentation in Saxony .

In 1935, the native of the Harz moved to Lippe to inventory the architectural and art monuments of the region. Used for military service during the Second World War , Gaul fell into Italian captivity. He was only able to return to Lemgo in 1945 to continue his art historical inventory work. 1948-68 Otto Gaul was chairman of the natural science and historical association for the state of Lippe and advisory board for art history. 1949-57 he was also entrusted with the registration of the architectural and art monuments in Herford . In 1960 the doctor of art historian took part in excavations in Herford and in Stapelage . In 1968 he was finally able to present the first publication on the Lippe monuments and art monuments with the inventory volume on the "City of Detmold". The volume about the city of Lemgo - continued by Ulf-Dietrich Korn - did not appear until several years after his death. A publication on the monuments of the rest of the district area is still pending.

Publications (selection)

• 1932: Romanesque architecture and architectural ornamentation in Saxony (dissertation), Magdeburg
• 1947: Detmold district ( art guide of the Westphalian Heimatbund , issue 25), Münster
• 1947: Lemgo district (art guide of the Westphalian Heimatbund, issue 26), Münster
• 1949: On the building history of the Oerlinghausen church . In: Bulletin of the Lippische Heimatbund, issue 1
• 1951: The decorative stone gables of the 16th century in East Westphalia-Lippe. A contribution to the style development of the late Gothic and Renaissance. In: Westphalia, Volume 29
• 1954: Renaissance master builder in Lippe In: Messages from Lippe history and regional studies, Volume 23
• 1958: Renaissance ornamental carvings on Lippe half-timbered buildings. In: Communications on Lippe History and Regional Studies, Volume 27
• 1962: The Cathedral in Herford , Herford
• 1962: The excavations in the church in Stapelage . In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 31
• 1964: Herford stone gable from the 16th century and its builders. In: Herford Yearbook V, pp. 1–12
• 1965: The grave figures of Otto von Lippe and Ermgards von der Mark in the Lemgoer Marienkirche . In: Lippische Mitteilungen aus Geschichte und Landeskunde, Volume 34
• 1967: Brake Castle and the builder Hermann Wulff , Lemgo
• 1968: City of Detmold (The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Volume 48.1), Münster
• 1969: The Marienkirche in Herford ( large architectural monuments , issue 232). Munich / Berlin
• 1970: The medieval dynasty castles of the upper Weser region. In: Ostwestfälisch-Weserland research on historical regional studies, pp. 244–79
• 1983: City of Lemgo (The architectural and art monuments of Westphalia, Volume 49.1), Münster

Also co-author of:

• 1959: Rhineland and Westphalia ( Reclam's Art Guide , Volume III), Stuttgart. Further editions with the assistance of Otto Gaul: 2nd edition 1961, 3rd edition 1964, 4th edition 1968, 5th edition 1975, 6th edition 1982

Literature about Otto Gaul

• Günter Engelbert: Obituary for Dr. Otto Gaul. In: Lippische Mitteilungen, Volume 44, 1975
• Erich Sandow: Lippe owes a lot to him. On the 65th birthday of the art historian Dr. Otto Gaul. In: Lippische Landeszeitung 202. Jag. (1968), no.73
• Same thing: Lippe is lucky. For the 65th birthday of art historian Dr. Otto Gaul. In: Lippische Rundschau, Volume 23 (1968), No. 73
• The same: Excellent expert in Lippe. Art historian Dr. Otto Gaul and his work after the war . In: Our Lippische Heimat, 1968, No. 47
• The same: image of the Lippe art history coined: Dr. Otto Gaul. In: Lippische Landeszeitung 207th year (1973), No. 72