Robert von Ritter

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Robert von Ritter (born June 11, 1862 in St. Petersburg , † August 29, 1945 in Unterpfaffenhofen ) was a German art historian , art collector and art patron.

Life

Robert von Ritter attended the grammar school of the " German secondary school St. Petri " in St. Petersburg. He then studied in Dorpat , Berlin and Munich . On May 17, 1888, he received his doctorate in art history in Munich and was still enrolled as a student of philosophy (art history) at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , at least for the summer semester of 1893 .

From November 22, 1893, Robert von Ritter was based in Munich (Christophstrasse 7a / 2, Pension Dümlein), where his widowed mother lived in the meantime (Giselastrasse 2). In 1896 he moved in with his mother. In April 1898 the company moved to the property at Georgenstrasse 13, which in May 1898 became the property of Ritter. He stayed there with his future wife until it was destroyed in World War II. In official documents from the imperial era, knights are always listed as reindeer .

Patrons and collectors

Robert von Ritter became increasingly involved in the arts and culture of the city of Munich . He was a "[long-term] member of the buying committee" of the Bavarian Association of Friends of Art (Museum Association). He was also a member of the Association of Friends of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München eV , whose list of members "reads like a Who's Who of Munich society in the period between the world wars". In addition to Ritter, Günther Franke, Hugo Helbing , Siegfried Lämmle, Edgar Hanfstaengl , Friedrich Oldenbourg, Reinhard Piper , Adolf Schinnerer and Emil Preetorius were members of the association (the so-called 'Circle of Friends').

Furthermore, Robert von Ritter worked as an art collector . His collection included works by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Joseph Anton Koch , Ernst Kreidolf , Charles Lacoste , Moritz von Schwind , among others . During his lifetime he gave parts of his collection to public institutions.

family

Robert von Ritter is the son of Robert von Ritter and his wife Emilie (née Gendt). The father was an Imperial Russian colonel in St. Petersburg . On June 22, 1904, Robert von Ritter married Amalie Auguste Meta von Klipstein (born August 9, 1868 in Mönchshof ; † October 5, 1955 in Munich), daughter of Leopold Engel Karl von Klipstein (born October 6, 1831 in Neckarsteinach ; † 17 July 1904 in Gießen ) and Maria Johanna Josephine von Grolmann (born November 17, 1845 in Darmstadt , † March 29, 1906 in Munich).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Inscription form from the Ludwig Maximilians University for the summer semester of 1893 (City Archives Munich, SS94), as well as the first page of the police registration form from the City of Munich to Dr. Robert von Ritter (Munich City Archives, PMB R 177)
  2. ↑ cf. Inscription form of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität for the summer semester 1893 (Munich City Archives, SS94), as well as "Official directory of the staff of teachers, civil servants and students at the royal Bavarian Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität zu Munich. Summer semester 1893: Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn, 1893, p. 85 [1] (PDF file; 7.29 MB) accessed on October 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ cf. second page of the police registration form of the city of Munich for Dr. Robert von Ritter (Munich City Archives, PMB R 177)
  4. ↑ Ludwig von Buerkel (ed.): Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (Volume 10): Prestel-Verlag, 1970, p. 328
  5. ^ A b Michael Semff / Kurt Zeitler (ed.): Artists draw. Donate collectors. 250 years of the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich: Hatje Cantz, 2008, p. 114. Restricted preview in the Google book search
  6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 21, 2016). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kunsthandel-koskull.de
  7. ↑ A work by Schnorr von Carolsfeld was donated by Robert von Ritter in 1914 from his collection to the State Graphic Collection in Munich (Inv.Nr.1914: 164). Herwig Guratzsch (Ed.): Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld: Leipzig, 1994, p. 255
  8. ↑ Robert von Ritter donated 17 watercolors by Ernst Kreidolf to "Der Gartentraum" from his collection to the State Graphic Collection in Munich. Ludwig von Buerkel (Ed.): Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (Volume 10): Prestel-Verlag, 1970, p. 328
personal data
SURNAME Ritter, Robert von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian, art collector and art sponsor
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1945
Place of death Unterpfaffenhofen