Paul Pieper

Paul Friedrich Adolf Pieper (born March 4, 1912 in Detmold ; † August 24, 2000 in Münster ) was a German art historian .

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Pieper received his doctorate in 1936 at the University of Bonn under Paul Clemen and Alfred Stange with a thesis on the methodological possibilities of art geography.

He was initially a volunteer from 1935, later a curator and from 1972 to 1977 director of the Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History in Münster . In 1954 he bought the family picture of Count Johann II von Rietberg by the painter Hermann tom Ring for £ 10,000 at an auction at Sotheby’s . In doing so, he exceeded his limit by £ 4,000. During his subsequent time at the State Museum, works by Kurt Schwitters , Otto Dix , Max Ernst , Paul Klee , Oskar Schlemmer , Hans Arp and Wols were purchased.

Art geography. Attempt to lay the foundations (= New German Research 61): Junker and Dünnhaupt Berlin 1936 (dissertation).
from the estate of Theodor Riewerts : The painter tom Ring. Ludger the Elder, Hermann, Ludger the Younger (= Westphalian art ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 1955.
Contributions to the art history of Westphalia , ed. by Eva Pieper-Rapp-Frick. 2 volumes, Aschendorff, Münster 2000, ISBN 3-402-05422-1 (collected articles 1936 to 2000).
Contributions to the New German Biography on Konrad von Soest , Hinrik Funhof , Master of the Bartholomew Altar and Johann Koerbecke

personal data
SURNAME	Pieper, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pieper, Paul Friedrich Adolf (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 4, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detmold
DATE OF DEATH	August 24, 2000
Place of death	Muenster