Paul Vogt (art historian)

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Paul Vogt (born May 29, 1926 in Essen - Holsterhausen ; † October 1, 2017 in Münster ) was a German art historian .

Vogt studied art history, archeology and prehistory in Göttingen and received his doctorate in 1950 under Heinz Rudolf Rosemann (1900–1977) with a dissertation on the landscape in Dutch printmaking of the 16th century . He had been curator since 1954 and, as Heinz Köhn's successor, director at the Museum Folkwang in Essen from 1963 to 1988 . In 1977 he was offered a position at the University of Duisburg-Essen .

He was an honorary member of the Folkwang Museum Association and since 1984 a member of the Ruhr Cultural Foundation . He was awarded the Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

Fonts (selection)

  • The Landscape in Dutch Printmaking of the 16th Century , Dissertation (typescript), Göttingen 1950.
  • On the development and interpretation of Christian Rohlfs' graphic work . In: Westfalen 35, 1957.
  • Christian Rohlfs. Watercolors and drawings. Recklinghausen 1958.
  • For the episode “Pâques” by Alfred Manessier . In: Ernst Guldan (ed.): Contributions to art history. A festive gift for Heinz Rudolf Rosemann . Munich / Berlin 1960, pp. 349–358.
  • Erich Heckel : Catalog raisonné of the paintings. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1965.
  • What they loved ... Salon painting in the XIX century. Century . DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1969 (DuMont's new art series).
  • History of German Painting in the 20th Century. Cologne 1972.
  • The Folkwang Essen Museum , Cologne 1972.
  • Expressionism . German painting between 1905 and 1920. Cologne 1978.
  • Christian Rohlfs: Oeuvre catalog of paintings . Publisher Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen 1978.
  • Christian Rohlfs: watercolors and water tempera . Verlag Aurel Bongers, Recklinghausen 1988, ISBN 3-7647-0391-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice Paul Vogt , FAZ from October 14, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Vogt, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, director at the Folkwang Museum
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen - Holsterhausen
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 2017
Place of death Muenster