Rupert Feuchtmüller

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Rupert Feuchtmüller (born August 5, 1920 in Moosbrunn , Lower Austria; † April 27, 2010 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian and museum director.

Life

Feuchtmüller, son of a goldsmith, studied German and art history at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in 1946. phil., In 1959 he completed his habilitation at the University of Graz for general art history and in 1965 he was appointed associate professor.

Feuchtmüller was an employee of the Lower Austrian State Museum , from 1971 to 1980 chairman of the " Society for Comparative Art Research " and from 1973 director of the Vienna Cathedral and Diocesan Museum .

With the "Melker Baroque Show" in 1960 he began designing the art-historical Lower Austrian provincial exhibitions , which subsequently ensured the permanent restoration of many architectural monuments and achieved a great educational effect. In 1985 he was awarded the Cardinal Innitzer Prize .

Feuchtmüller was buried in the Grinzinger Friedhof (group 31, row 8, number 12) in Vienna.

Works (selection)

  • The Lower Austrian Country House (1949)
  • The late Gothic architecture by A. Pilgram (1951)
  • Art in Austria , 2 volumes (1972/73)
  • Herrengasse (1982)
  • Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1996)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The History of the Society for Comparative Art Research ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 March 13, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vergleichende.at
  2. ↑ Entry on Rupert Feuchtmüller in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
  3. ↑ Die Presse of May 12, 2010: The inventor of the "State Exhibition"
  4. ↑ Kathweb : Former Vienna Dommuseumsdirektor Feuchtmüller died ; Retrieved May 12, 2010

Honors, dedications

  • Dedicated to Rupert Feuchtmüller (1920–2010) posthumously : Elmar Worgull : Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller sketches Franz Schubert in a circle of friends. Iconography and compositional specifics of a unique image document . In: Elmar Worgull: Franz Schubert in image documents of his friends and contemporaries. Art historical considerations on Schubert's iconography . Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Worms 2018, ISBN 978-3-88462-388-6 . Pp. 79-96.

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personal data
SURNAME Feuchtmüller, Rupert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feuchtmüller, Rupert Karl Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Moosbrunn , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2010
Place of death Vienna