Otto Homburger
Otto Siegmund Homburger (born October 11, 1885 in Karlsruhe ; † May 19, 1964 in Bern ) was a German- Swiss art historian specializing in medieval illumination .
Life
Homburger, a doctor's son, studied after attending the grammar school in Karlsruhe art history and was 1912 in Halle at Adolph Goldschmidt with a thesis on medieval illumination doctorate . From 1919 to 1929 he worked as a curator at the Badisches Landesmuseum in Karlsruhe. In 1930 he became an honorary professor at the University of Marburg , where he taught medieval art history . In 1935 he was dismissed due to the National Socialist race laws because of his Jewish descent . In 1936 he emigrated to Switzerland
From 1939, Homburger cataloged the “ Bongarsiana ” at the Bern City and University Library (from 1951 at the Bern Burger Library ) according to art historical criteria. From 1951 he was also an honorary professor for medieval art at the University of Bern . In 1953 he acquired Swiss citizenship. In 1962 he published the illustrated manuscripts of the Burgerbibliothek Bern .
His estate is in the Bern Burger Library.
Honors
In 1960 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
literature
- Ellen Beer : Otto Homburger in memory . In: Schweizer Gutenbergmuseum 50, 1964, issue 1, pp. 2–5.
- 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. 320-323.
- Art. Homburger, Otto . In: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Saur, Munich 1988, ISBN 3-598-10477-4 , p. 161.
Web links
- Literature by and about Otto Homburger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short curriculum vitae on the website of the Bern Burger Library
- Otto Homburger in the Dictionary of Art Historians
- Otto Homburger in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
- Homburger, Otto Siegmund. Hessian biography. (As of May 29, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Footnotes
- ↑ . Art. Homburger, Otto . In: Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Saur, Munich 1988, p. 161.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Homburger, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Homburger, Otto Siegmund (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss art historian (art of the Middle Ages) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1964 |
| Place of death | Bern |