Paul Frankl

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Paul Frankl

Paul Frankl (born January 2, 1878 in Prague , Austria-Hungary ; died April 22, 1962 in Princeton ) was a German art historian .

Life

Paul Frankl first took up a degree in architecture, from 1907 he studied art history in Munich . In 1910 he received his doctorate under Heinrich Wölfflin . From 1914 to 1921 he was employed at the University of Munich. In 1921 he was appointed professor in Halle (Saale) . His academic students include Ludwig Grote and Hans Werner Schmidt . In 1933 he was dismissed and banned from publishing due to his Jewish descent. Charles Crodel , who was also dismissed , continued his lessons in Frankl's private apartment. In 1938 Frankl emigrated to the USA , where he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 1940 . He is the brother of the Austrian women's rights activist Olly Schwarz .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Renaissance architecture in Italy (Aus Natur und Geisteswelt 381), Teubner: Leipzig 1912.
  • The development phases of modern architecture. Teubner: Leipzig / Berlin 1914. New edition with an afterword by Jasper Cepl, Gebrüder Mann: Berlin 1999, ISBN 978-3-7861-2270-8 .
  • Opinions on the nature and origin of Gothic , in: Walter Timmling (ed.), Art History and Art History (Small Literature Guide 6), Koehler & Volckmar: Leipzig 1923, pp. 9–35.
  • Das System der Kunstwissenschaft , Roher: Brünn / Leipzig 1938. New edition with an afterword by Heinrich Dilly , Gebrüder Mann: Berlin 1998, ISBN 978-3-7861-1993-7 .
  • The Secret of the Mediaeval Masons , in: The Art Bulletin, 27/1 (1945), pp. 44-60.
  • The Gothic. Literary sources and interpretations through 8 centuries / Paul Frankl. [Engl. transl .: Priscilla Silz]. Translated from d. German Ms. 3rd edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1965.
  • On questions of style , (from the estate) ed. v. Ernst Ullmann, EA Seemann Publisher: Leipzig 1988, IBN 3-363-00362-5.
  • Gothic architecture . Revised by Paul Crossley, Yale University Press: New Haven / London 2000, ISBN 0-300-08799 3 .

literature

  • 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. 152-157.
  • Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Eds.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933–1945. Volume 2.1, Saur: Munich 1983 ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 321f.

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personal data
SURNAME Frankl, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1962
Place of death Princeton