Robert Meeraus

Robert Meeraus (born October 14, 1899 in Trieste , † December 9, 1944 in a POW camp in Trolov near Stalingrad ) was an Austrian art historian .

Life

After graduating from high school in Graz, Robert Meeraus studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Graz , where he received his doctorate in 1925 under Hermann Egger . From 1925 to 1929 he initially worked as an unpaid librarian at the Art History Institute of the University of Graz. He was largely responsible for the cityscape exhibition on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of the city of Graz in October 1929, after which the City Museum Graz was founded. Meeraus became the first director of this museum in 1929 and was also the city's archivist and librarian (until 1937). After a large part of the museum only existed in the depot, he was able to put a large part of the holdings in the Palais Attems in 1938 , which was opened on August 1, 1939. In November 1940 Robert Meeraus was called up for military service. His successor in the management of the museum took over in 1941 Fritz Klabinus .

Publications (selection)

• The former collegiate church of Pöllau and its painter Matthias von Görz . Dissertation Graz 1925.
• Franz Ignaz Flurer. A contribution to the history of baroque painting in Styria . In: Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft 46, 1925, S, pp. 119–125.
• Johann Baptist Fischer's workshop. A contribution to Styrian baroque research . In: Blätter für Heimatkunde 5, 1927, pp. 18-20.
• The Vorau canon monastery (= Austrian art books 58). Filser, Vienna a. a. 1928.
• Johann Cyriack Hackhofer (= contributions to the history of art in Styria and Carinthia 4). Leykam, Gaz 1931.
• The builder of Eggenberg Castle near Graz . In: Hermann Egger. Festschrift for his 60th birthday on December 7, 1933. Leykam, Graz 1933, pp. 69–74.
• Sculpture and painting in Styria from around 1690 to around 1780. In: Karl Ginhart (Hrsg.): The visual arts in Austria. Volume 5, 1939, pp. 138-152.

literature

• Maria Schaffler: Robert Meeraus, an obituary. In the appendix, letters from Robert Meerau to Fritz Klabinus, 1941–1944 . In: 40 Years of the City Museum Graz 1928–1968 (= Historical Yearbook of the City of Graz 1). Graz 1968, pp. 1–28 (p. 6 fig. 1 portrait photo).
• Edith Trenczak: Bibliography of the works of the first four directors of the Graz City Museum: Robert Meeraus, Fritz Klabinus, Eduard Andorfer, Maria Schaffler : In: 40 Years City Museum Graz 1928–1968 (= Historical Yearbook of the City of Graz 1). Graz 1968, pp. 149-151.
• Maria Schaffler: The City Museum. I: Origin and development of the city museum; II: History of the origins of the Schlossberg Museum . In: Festschrift 150 years of Joanneum . Graz 1969, pp. 239-254.
• Edith Trenczak:  Meeraus, Robert. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 6, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1975, ISBN 3-7001-0128-7 , p. 189 f. (Direct links on p. 189 , p. 190 ).