Reinhold Hohl

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Reinhold Daniel Hohl (born July 6, 1929 in Zurich ; † August 9, 2014 in Rheinfelden ) was a Swiss art historian .

life and work

Reinhold Hohl came from a family from the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden . He published his first essay in Weltwoche at the age of 21 . On December 1, 1950, his article on Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation ("Residential City") appeared in Marseille . He was then able to study art history. He published in newspapers and magazines. From 1951 to 1954, Hohl studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and graduated with a License en lettres in the subjects of art history and psychology. In 1961 he received his doctorate from the University of Basel .

Hohl was a lecturer at the Chair of Art History at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at ETH Zurich , where he was in charge of the graphic collection from 1983 to 1991 . From 1983 he built up the area of American printmaking , starting with Walasse Tings One cent life , and subsequently acquired Andy Warhol's Electric Chair from 1971 as well as sheets by John Baldessari , John Cage and James Lee Byars . In 1989, Hohl curated the first exhibition of American prints in the graphic collection, which was dedicated to the American minimalist Richard Serra . In 1988, Hohl became adjunct professor at ETH Zurich. In 1994 he retired .

Hohl was an art journalist and published numerous works on ancient and modern art. He was considered an expert on the life and work of Alberto Giacometti , about whom he published several publications. He was also known as a specialist in Giacometti forgeries.

Hohl was a member of the International Art Critics Association Section Switzerland (AICA).

Fonts (selection)

  • Introduction and explanation of: Iranian visual art and verse art. Indo-Persian miniatures from a Ferdousi and a Nezami manuscript. Verses by Persian poets of the classical period (10th-14th centuries). Translated from Persian by Rudolf Gelpke . Hallwag, Bern, Stuttgart 1964.
  • The Sistine. Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. Hallwag, Bern 1965 (16th page, mainly illustrations).
  • Claude Lorrain and the baroque landscape drawing. The landscape Slav as a striking figure in Baroque art, the development in Rome from Adam Elsheimer to Claude Lorrain. Buchdruckerei National-Zeitung, Basel 1972 (dissertation, University of Basel, 1961).
  • Alberto Giacometti . Hatje, Stuttgart 1971; 2nd edition 1987, ISBN 3-7757-0013-7 .
  • Contribution in: Alberto Giacometti: Drawings and Prints. Exhibition catalog Tübingen, Hamburg, Basel, Nijmegen. Hatje, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-7757-0161-3 .
  • Contribution in: Peter Beye , Dieter Honisch (Eds.): Alberto Giacometti. Exhibition catalog Nationalgalerie SMPK Berlin and Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. Prestel, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-79130846-7 .
  • as editor: Alberto Giacometti. A picture biography. Hatje, Ostfildern-Ruit 1998, ISBN 3-7757-0752-2 .
  • Contribution in: Ernst Beyeler , Philippe Büttner, Ulf Küster : Beyeler Collection. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-77571945-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary notice . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . Retrieved August 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Art historian Reinhold Hohl died. ( Memento from August 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from August 15, 2014
  3. ↑ Katharina Medici-Mall (ed.): Five points in the history of architecture. Festschrift for Adolf Max Vogt . Birkhäuser, Basel 1985, ISBN 3-76431724-8 , p. 301.
  4. ↑ Philipp Meier: Who say no beauty in this world. American graphics in the graphic collection of the ETH (exhibition report). In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 19, 2007, accessed August 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ List of all professors sorted by leaving , ETH Zurich website, accessed on August 15, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Hohl, Reinhold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hohl, Reinhold D .; Hohl, Reinhold Daniel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2014
Place of death Rheinfelden