Sten Karling

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Sten Karling

Sten Ingvar Karling (born January 13, 1906 in Barberton (Ohio) , † December 10, 1987 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish art historian . He researched the art history of Sweden and Estonia .

Life

Sten Karling, the son of Axel Karl Karling (1878–1939) and Elisabeth Karling, née Bomann (1880–1960), received his PhD in art history from the University of Gothenburg under Axel Romdahl in 1931. phil. doctorate and was a lecturer there in 1932. As a professor of art history, he worked from 1933 to 1941 at the University of Tartu and from 1947 until his retirement in 1972 at the University of Stockholm . There were u. a. Erik Forssman , Gerhard Eimer , Lars Olof Larsson and Götz Pochat to his students.

In Estonia he was in charge of the inventory of art monuments. In 1980 he was awarded the Mare-Balticum-Medal of the Martin-Carl-Adolf-Böckler-Stiftung Bad Homburg for his services to the art history of Estonia.

Sten Karling published the Konsthistorisk tidskrift for over twenty years . He has been a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Literature, History and Antiquities since 1961 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1969 .

Sten Karling married Kerstin Ouchterlony in 1932 (1906-2004). The couple had a son - Krister Karl Axel Karling (* 1934).

Fonts (selection)

List of publications by Gunhild Osterman: Sten Karlings tryckta skrifter 1925–1965 . In: Konsthistoriska studier tillägnade Sten Karling . Stockholm 1966, pp. 401-430 and Carl Nordenfalk, Gunhild Osterman: Sten Karlings bibliografi fullständigad . In: Fornvännen 85, 1990, pp. 41-51 ( digitized version ).

  • Trädgårdskonstens historia i Sverige intill Le Nôtrestilens genombrott . Bonnier, Stockholm 1931 (dissertation).
  • Matthias Holl från Augsburg and hans verksamhet som arkitekt i Magnus Gabriel de La Gardies tjänst i Sverige och Balticum (= Gothenburgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar 5, A, 3, 2). Elander, Gothenburg 1932.
  • Narva. A building history study (= Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies. Archaeological Monographs Vol. 25). Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm 1936.
  • On the building history of Tallinn Cathedral. Tartu 1937.
  • The Lady Chapel at Olaikirche in Tallinn and its sculptures. Tartu 1937.
  • Some works by the master of Lichtenstein Castle in Tartu and Moscow. Tartu 1940.
  • Tänapäeva kunstivoolud ja rahvuslik omapära eesti kunstis . In: Loomingust 9, 1939, pp. 999-1004 ( digitized version ).
  • Wood carving and carpentry of the Renaissance and Baroque in Estonia (= Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused / Negotiations of the Estonian Scholarly Society, vol. 34). Õpetatud Eesti Selts, Dorpat 1943 ( digitized version ).
  • Medeltida träskulptur i Estonia . Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Academies, Stockholm 1946.
  • The gardens of Count Palatine Johann Kasimir von Kleeburg . Translated into German by Heinz Friedel . Kaiserslautern 1968.
  • Ikonografiska studier. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm 1972.
  • with Karin Lindegren: Fredrik Magnus Piper och den romantiska parken / Fredrik Magnus Piper and the landscape garden. Kungliga Akad. För de Fria Konsterna och Författarna, Stockholm 1981, ISBN 91-86208-00-4 .

literature

  • Erik Forssman, Brita Linde, Armin Tuulse (eds.): Konsthistoriska studier tillägnade Sten Karling . Konsthistoriska Institutions, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm 1966.
  • Karling, Sten . In: Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok . Stockholm 1969, pp. 491–492 ( digitized version )
  • Gerhard Eimer : Sten Karling 1906–1987 . In: Konsthistorisk tidskrift 57, 1988, pp. 1-2.
  • Krista Kodres, Juhan Maiste, Vappu Vaba (Eds.): Sten Karling and Baltic art history / Sten Karling and Art History in the Baltic Sea Region (= Proceedings Estonian Academy of Arts 6). Estonian Academy of Art, Tallinn 1999, ISBN 9985-50-242-6 .
  • Krista Kodres: " Growing out of the people themselves": Sten Karling and his book "Wood carving and carpentry of the Renaissance and Baroque in Estonia" . In: Proceedings Estonian Academy of Arts 18, 2008, pp. 9-19.
  • Krista Kodres: Freedom from theory? An attempt to analyze Sten Karling's views on (Estonian) art history . In: Journal of art historiography 3, 2010 ( digitized ).

Web links

Commons : Sten Karling  - Collection of Images

Remarks

  1. ^ Estonian, for example: Modern trends and national identity in Estonian art .
personal data
SURNAME Karling, Sten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karling, Sten Ingvar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish art historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Barberton (Ohio)
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1987
Place of death Stockholm