Rudolf Oldenbourg (art historian)

Rudolf Oldenbourg (born May 8, 1887 in Munich , † June 12, 1921 in Badenweiler ) was a German art historian .

Life

Rudolf Oldenbourg was the son of the publisher Hans Oldenbourg (1849–1922) ( R. Oldenbourg Verlag ). He attended the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich and passed his Abitur in 1906, then studied art history in Halle and Vienna and received his doctorate in Halle in 1911 with Adolph Goldschmidt with a work on the work of the painter Thomas de Keyser . In 1913 he became an assistant at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich under Hugo von Tschudi and completed his habilitation in 1919 at the Technical University of Munich . In Munich he also worked as an art critic for the Münchner Neuesten Nachrichten . At the end of 1919 he became assistant director at the Gemäldegalerie in the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum in Berlin. He died after frequent illnesses at the age of only 34.

His specialty was the Flemish painting of the 17th century, especially Peter Paul Rubens .

Thomas de Keyser's activity as a painter. A contribution to the history of the Dutch portrait . Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig 1911 (dissertation, digitized version of the dissertation ).
Flemish painting of the XVII. Century . G. Reimer, Berlin 1918.
Rubens' years of traveling and the establishment of his workshop . R. Oldenboug, Munich 1919 (habilitation thesis).
The aftermath of Italy on Rubens and the founding of his workshop . In: Yearbook of the Art History Collections of the Very Highest Imperial House 34, 1917 [1919], pp. 159–218.

PP Rubens. The master's painting (= Classics of Art in Complete Editions, Vol. 5). German publishing house, Stuttgart / Berlin 1921.

with Hans Buchheit : The miniature cabinet of the Munich residence . Hanfstaengel, Munich 1921.

Munich painting in the nineteenth century . Volume 1: The epoch of Max Joseph and Ludwig I. F. Bruckmann, Munich 1922.

Peter Paul Rubens. Collection of the treatise on the master published by Rudolf Oldenbourg or prepared for publication , edited by Wilhelm von Bode . R. Oldenbourg, Munich / Berlin 1922.

Manfred Schröter: The intellectual areas of the R. Oldenbourg publishing house, 1858–1958. An overview of the history of science . Munich, R. Oldenbourg 1958, p. 107.

personal data
SURNAME	Oldenbourg, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oldenbourg, Rudolf August Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 8, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	June 12, 1921
Place of death	Badenweiler