Rainer Behrends (Curator)

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Rainer Behrends (* 1937 in Leipzig ) is a German art historian .

Life

From 1958 to 1961, Behrends studied art history and classical archeology, with a minor in prehistory and early history at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig . From 1960 to 1966 he worked first as a research assistant and then as deputy director at the Angermuseum in Erfurt. From 1966 to 1972 Behrends worked at the Art History Institute of the University of Leipzig. From 1971 to 2002 he was curator and head of the university art collections, which from 1977 onwards are referred to as custody / art collection of the University of Leipzig . In this capacity, he campaigned for the preservation of the outsourced parts of the interior of the St. Pauli University Church, which was blown up in 1968 . He published numerous specialist articles and catalog texts and is a member of the Advisory Board for Fine Arts of the Free State of Saxony.

Honors

1985 Art Prize of the City of Leipzig

Honorary member of the Association of Visual Artists , BBK Leipzig e. V.

Literature (selection)

  • Artistic chess pieces from ten centuries / Ed. Rainer Behrends. Escort v. Gerhard Pommeranz-Liedtke. Insel-Verlag , Leipzig 1963
  • The artist and his workshop: an art book for children / by Rainer Behrends and Karl Max Kober, Edition Leipzig 1973
  • Heinz Zander , Between the Islands: Paintings from the Last Decade. University of Leipzig, custody / art collection, 1999
  • Wolfgang Böttcher: graphic oeuvre, prints from three decades. University of Leipzig, custody / art collection, 1998
  • Dietrich Wenzel - Still lifes, portraits etc , Passage, Leipzig 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ University of Leipzig: University of Leipzig: History of the custody. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The fulfilled dream of the Paulinum. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ Rainer Behrends // BBKL. In: BBKL. Retrieved on November 9, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Behrends, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig