Otto Weigmann

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Otto Albrecht Weigmann (born May 13, 1873 in Lauf an der Pegnitz , † February 10, 1940 in Munich ) was a German art historian .

Life

Otto Weigmann was the son of the hops wholesaler and commercial advisor Georg Weigmann. He attended the old grammar school in Nuremberg from 1882 to 1891 . He then studied law in Munich and Berlin and was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. He then studied art history in Munich, Berlin and Heidelberg as well as two semesters of architecture at the TH Charlottenburg . In 1901 he was in Munich at Berthold Riehl Dr. phil. PhD. On November 4, 1901, he became a scientific assistant, a month later an assistant at the graphic collection in Munich, in April 1907 he was appointed curator there. In 1912 he withdrew from the collection at his own request because he had fallen out with the then director Heinrich Pallmann about his management of the collection. From January 1, 1918 until his retirement on November 1, 1937, he was Pallmann's successor, director of the graphic collection

On May 30, 1937 he became an honorary citizen of his hometown Lauf.

Publications (selection)

  • A family of builders from Bamberg at the turn of the 17th century. A contribution to the history of the Dientzenhofer, Part I . Dissertation Munich 1901 ( digitized version ).
  • A family of builders from Bamberg at the turn of the 17th century. A contribution to the history of the Dientzenhofer . Heitz, Strasbourg 1902 ( digitized version ).
  • A chapter of royal Bavarian art care . Sachs, Munich 1913.

literature

  • Sabine Wölfel: Biographies . In: Michael Semff , Kurt Zeitler (Hrsg.): Artists draw - collectors donate. 250 years of the State Graphic Collection in Munich . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7757-2179-0 , Vol. 3, pp. 155-156.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ S. on this Otto Weigmann: A chapter royal Bavarian art maintenance . Sachs, Munich 1913.
personal data
SURNAME Weigmann, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weigmann, Otto Albrecht (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 13, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Run on the Pegnitz
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1940
Place of death Munich