Rudolf Marggraff
Rudolf Marggraff (born February 28, 1805 in Züllichau ; † May 28, 1880 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German art historian and writer .
Life
Marggraff studied theology , philosophy and natural sciences in Berlin . He then became tutor to two princes of Biron-Kurland and in 1828 took over the rectorate of the local community school on an interim basis. He then turned to art history studies and published numerous articles in magazines at the same time.
After a trip to southern Germany, which he undertook together with his brother Hermann (1809–1864), he settled in Munich . There he was employed in 1841 as a professor of art history and aesthetics and at the same time as general secretary at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts . In 1855 he was retired. Marggraff earned particular merit through his catalog of the older royal. Pinakothek .
Marggraff's daughter was the writer Amalie Baisch born. Marggraff, who married the writer Otto Baisch in 1885 . During the 1870s in Munich he met Rudolf Marggraff, who was unable to realize a planned biography of Johann Christian Reinhart before his death. The family made Marggraff's extensive preparatory work available to Otto Baisch, who used it as the basis for his biography "Johann Christian Reinhart and his circles" published in 1882.
Rudolf Marggraff died at the age of 75 on May 28, 1880 on a trip to Freiburg im Breisgau. His great-granddaughter Hermine von Parish built up a costume collection that is now part of the Munich City Museum as the Parish costume library . Their basis was a collection of costume designs created by Rudolf Marggraff.
Works
- Memories of Albrecht Dürer and his teacher M. Wohlgemuth , a celebratory gift for the unveiling ceremony of the Dürer statue in Nuremberg, 1840
- Emperor Max I and Albrecht Dürer , 1840
- Description of the Ludwig Church in Munich , 1842
- Munich's art treasures and curiosities , 1845
- Before and after the Peace of Villafranca , 1860
- It should be the whole of Germany! , 1861
literature
- Hyacinth Holland : Marggraff, Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 337 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Marggraff in the catalog of the German National Library
- The estate is in the Bavarian State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marggraff, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Züllichau |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1880 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |