Paul Arnold (numismatist)

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Hermann Paul Arnold (born March 2, 1936 in Plauen ) is a German classical archaeologist , ancient historian and numismatist . From 1966 to 2002 he was director of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden .

Paul Arnold in his apartment in February 2020

Life and professional history

Paul Arnold was born in Plauen in 1936 as the son of businessman Ewald Wilhelm Arnold (1892–1964) and his wife Luise Johanna Arnold (1908–1977), née Wiesemann. He first attended the local elementary school , later the elementary school in Leipzig and then the local Thomas high school , which he left with the Abitur in 1954 . Between 1954 and 1958 he studied Classical Archeology and Ancient History at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena . In 1962 he submitted a dissertation at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig with the title “Ethnological representations on Roman imperial coins of the imperial era - history of motifs and imperial propaganda”, which was supervised by Robert Heidenreich .

In 1959 Arnold was employed as a research assistant at the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, where he was appointed senior assistant in 1965. In the following year he was appointed acting director and in 1968 finally director of the coin cabinet. He held this position until he retired in 2002, a total of 36 years.

From 1986 to 1990 Paul Arnold was President of the FIDEM National Committee of the GDR and FIDEM delegate of the GDR. Between 1991 and 1992 he accompanied the office of the FIDEM delegate of the FRG . From 1991 to 2002 he was a delegate of the Free State of Saxony in the Numismatic Commission of the Federal States in Germany . Between 1992 and 2001 Arnold held the position of FIDEM Vice Delegate of the FRG. From 1992 to 2005 he was Vice President of the German Numismatic Society .

For the summer semester of 1991, Arnold was appointed visiting professor for numismatics at the University of Vienna , which was followed by a teaching position in 1993. In the same year he became a lecturer for numismatics at the chair for ancient history at the Technical University of Dresden . From 1993 to 1994 he took on a teaching position for ancient numismatics at the Institute for Classical Archeology at the University of Leipzig . Between 1995 and 2005 he was a lecturer in numismatics at the historical seminar there. This position was converted into an honorary professorship in 2002 .

Private

Paul Arnold is married to Gina Ulli Barbara Arnold (* 1935), who has a doctorate in art history , a former chief curator and temporarily acting director of the Green Vault of the Dresden State Art Collections. Arnold and his wife live in Dresden . They have two sons.

Awards

In 1976 Arnold received the GDR Art Prize in the collective for designing the permanent exhibition of the Münzkabinett in the Albertinum of the Dresden State Art Collections. Four years later he was awarded the Honorary Prize of the Society for International Monetary History . In 2011, the German Numismatic Society awarded him the Eligius Prize .

Exhibition projects (selection)

  • 1981: From ore to coin. 7 centuries of mining and coinage in Saxony and Thuringia , (Dresden).
  • 1984: Contemporary Hungarian medal art , Albertinum, Dresden.
  • 1987: The Annaberg Mint in the 16th century , Erzgebirgsmuseum, Annaberg-Buchholz.
  • 1996: Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. Medals and plaques , Albertinum, Dresden.
  • 1997: The orders and medals of merit of the Saxon states , Albertinum, Dresden.
  • 1998: Dresden medal art in the past and present , Albertinum, Dresden.
  • 2000: 40 years of acquisitions , Albertinum, Dresden.

Publications (selection)

  • Paul Arnold: Medal portraits of the Reformation , Berlin 1967.
  • Paul Arnold, Harald Küthmann, Dirk Steinhilber: Large German coin catalog from 1800 to today , Munich (numerous editions since 1970).
  • Paul Arnold, Werner Quellmalz: Saxon-Thuringian mining character. Extraction and smelting of gold, silver and copper as reflected in the coins and medals , Leipzig 1978.
  • Paul Arnold: The Saxon Thaler Currency from 1500–1763 . In: Swiss Numismatic Society (Ed.): Swiss Numismatic Rundschau, Volume 59, Bern 1980, pp. 50–94.
  • Max Barduleck, Paul Arnold (ed.): The last years of the mint in Dresden . Catalog of works 1865–1911, Berlin 1981.
  • Paul Arnold: The three groschen finds from Ponickau (district Grossenhain), Mutzschen (district Grimma) and Goldbach (district Bischofswerda) . In: State Office for Archeology Saxony with State Museum for Prehistory Dresden (Ed.): Work and research reports on Saxon soil monument maintenance , Volume 34, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-326-00661-6 , pp. 263-324.
  • Paul Arnold, Ulli Arnold (ed.): Mint visits by the Saxon mint and smelter masters Gustav Julius Buschick and Theodor Choulant , Numismatic Studies, Volume 9, Hamburg 1991.
  • Paul Arnold, Max Fischer, Ulli Arnold: Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. 1873-1945 , ed. from the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden 1992.
  • Dieter Weber, Paul Arnold, Peter Keil: The Orders of the Kingdom of Saxony , Phalerist Monographs, Volume 2, Offenbach 1997.
  • Paul Arnold, Sven Stein: Friedrich Wilhelm Hörnlein. Addendum to the catalog raisonné , ed. from the Numismatic Association of Dresden e. V., Dresden o. J. (2017), ISBN 978-3-00-055953-2

literature

  • Rainer Grund: Paul Arnold on his 60th birthday . In: Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e. V. and Münzkabinett Dresden (ed.): Dresdner Numismatische Hefte No. 1, Dresden 1996, p. 81f.
  • Judith Oexle (Ed.): Work and research reports on the Saxon soil monument maintenance , Volume 43 (Festschrift Paul Arnold), Dresden 2001, ISBN 3-910008-43-7 .
  • Bernhard Overbeck: Professor Dr. Paul Arnold on his 70th birthday . In: Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e. V. and Münzkabinett Dresden (ed.): Dresdner Numismatische Hefte Nr. 4, Dresden 2006, S. 5f.
  • Niklot Klüßendorf: On the 70th birthday of Paul Arnold . In: Society for International Monetary History non-profit research company e. V. (Hrsg.): Geldgeschichtliche Nachrichten, Issue 227, Frankfurt am Main 2006, p. 79.
  • Ulf Dräger: Paul Arnold on his 70th birthday . In: German Numismatic Society (Ed.): Numismatisches Nachrichtenblatt, Issue 3, Regenstauf 2006, p. 107.
  • Walter Habel (Ed.): Paul Arnold . In: Who is who? The German Who's Who 2011–2012, 50th edition, Lübeck 2011, p. 29f.
  • Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e. V. and Münzkabinett Dresden (ed.): Festschrift 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Paul Arnold , Dresden Numismatic Booklet No. 9, Dresden 2016, ISSN  1613-3447 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See University of Leipzig: Arnold, Paul , as of: 2012, online at: https://research.uni-leipzig.de/agintern/CPL/PDF/Arnold_Paul.pdf , last accessed: February 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ See Numismatischer Verein zu Dresden e. V. and Münzkabinett Dresden (ed.): Festschrift 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Paul Arnold , Dresden Numismatic Booklet No. 9, Dresden 2016, p. 5.
  3. ↑ See ibid., P. 5ff.
  4. ↑ See ibid., P. 6.
  5. ↑ See ibid., P. 6f.
  6. ↑ See ibid., P. 5ff.
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnold, Hermann Paul (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archaeologist, ancient historian and numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Plauen