Otto von Lutterotti

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Otto Lutterotti ( Otto Ritter von Lutterotti zu Gazzolis und Langenthal until the Nobility Repeal Act 1919 , born January 14, 1909 in Innsbruck , Austria-Hungary , † August 15, 1991 in Rome or Innsbruck) was an Austrian art historian .

Life

Otto von Lutterotti comes from the Tyrolean noble family Lutterotti and studied art history in Innsbruck , Munich and Vienna . Since 1929 he was a member of the Catholic student union AV Austria Innsbruck . In 1934 he received his doctorate under Heinrich Hammer in Innsbruck . He then did an unpaid museum internship in Munich and began preparing a monograph on Joseph Anton Koch , which was published in 1941 by the German Association for Art Research in Berlin. From 1936 to 1939 he was assistant to Hermann Egger at the University of Graz . He then worked as an assistant at Hammer at the University of Innsbruck, where he received his habilitation in 1942 for the history of modern art. In 1943 he commented on the 4th Innsbruck “Gau Art Exhibition” in the semi-official periodical “Tirol-Vorarlberg. Nature, Art, People, Life ”in a National Socialist apologetic way. In 1943/44 he was released “because of his Austrian attitude”.

From 1945 to 1979 he was professor for art history at the University of Innsbruck.

literature

  • Gerhard Oberkofler : The historical subjects at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Innsbruck 1850-1945 . Österreichische Kommissionsbuchhandlung, Innsbruck 1969, p. 215 fig. 40 (photo).
  • Festschrift Otto R. v. Lutterotti on January 14, 1974 . Innsbruck: Wagner 1973.
  • Magdalena Bushart: Herman-Walther Frey's art-historical networks . In: Michael Custodis (ed.): Herman-Walther Frey: Ministerialrat, Scientist, Networker . Waxmann, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-8309-3107-2 , p. 75.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://austria-forum.org/af/Kunst_und_Kultur/Bücher/Österreichisches_Personenlexikon_1992/Lutterotti%2C_Otto
  2. ↑ Carl Kraus , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Myths of dictatorships. Art in Fascism and National Socialism - Miti delle dittature. Art nel fascismo e nazionalsocialismo . South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol , Dorf Tirol 2019, ISBN 978-88-95523-16-3 , p. 83 .
personal data
SURNAME Lutterotti, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lutterotti, Otto Ritter von; Lutterotti, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1991
Place of death Rome or Innsbruck