Theodor Levin

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Theodor Levin (life dates unknown) was a German art historian and art writer . Until the beginning of the 1890s he worked as a curator and librarian of the art and literature collection as well as professor of art history at the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

Life

Little is known about Levin's life. As Karl Woermann's successor , Levin was appointed curator of the art and literature collection and teacher of art history at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. As such, he was replaced by Friedrich Schaarschmidt in the early 1890s . His repertory on the collections of the Düsseldorf Art Academy (1883), his biography on the painter Eduard Bendemann (1885) and his contributions to the history of artistic endeavors in the Palatinate-Neuburg house (1904–1910) are of particular art historical importance .

In 1894 Levin lived in Düsseldorf - Pempelfort at Scheibenstrasse 2.

Fonts

  • Repertory of the Königl. Art Academy in Düsseldorf kept collections . A. Bagel, Düsseldorf 1883 ( digitized version )
  • Bendemann, Eduard Julius Friedrich . In: Julius Meyer et al. (Ed.): General artist lexicon . Volume 3, Leipzig 1885, pp. 504-511
  • List of paintings by older masters exhibited in the Kunsthalle zu Düsseldorf . A. Bagel, Düsseldorf 1886 ( digitized version )
  • The grave monument of Duke Wilhelm von Jülich-Cleve-Berg in Sct. Lambertus Church in Düsseldorf . In: Contributions to the history of the Lower Rhine , Volume 1 (1886), p. 175 ( digitized version )
  • A fake collection of paintings . In: Kunstchronik : Wochenschrift für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe , 22nd year (1886/1887), No. 42, pp. 673–680 ( digitized version )
  • On the question of image falsification . A. Bagel, Düsseldorf 1887
  • One more word on matters relating to the Städel Institute . In: Kunstchronik: Weekly for art and applied arts . 23rd year (1887/1888), col. 252–258, 281–290
  • One more word in memory of Eduard Bendemann . In: Kunstchronik: Weekly for art and applied arts . New series, issue 1 (1889/1890), columns 333–338 ( digitized version )
  • A marriage project in a house in the Palatinate Neuburg . In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch . Volume 15 (1900), pp. 366–373
  • Contributions to the history of artistic endeavors in the Palatinate-Neuburg house . In: Düsseldorfer Jahrbuch . Volume 19 (1904), pp. 97-213; Year 20 (1905), pp. 123–249 ( digitized version ); Volume 23 (1910), pp. 1–185

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Düsseldorf 12: Library of the Art Academy . In: Severin Corsten (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical book inventory in Germany . Volume 3: North Rhine-Westphalia A – I , Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 2006, ISBN 3-487-09577-7 , p. 299 ( Google Books )
  2. ↑ Personal and studio news . In: Art for everyone: painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture . Book 20 (1902), p. 475
  3. ^ Richard Klapheck : The collection of decorative designs at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf . In: Paul Zucker (Ed.): Archive for the history and aesthetics of architecture . Supplement in Wasmuth's monthly magazine for architecture , IV, 7/8, p. 51 (footnote), 53
  4. ^ Address book of the city of Düsseldorf for the year 1895 , L. Voß & Cie., Düsseldorf 1895, p. 525 ( digitized version )
  5. ↑ Repertory of the Royal. Art Academy in Düsseldorf, written by Theodor Levin. , Data sheet in catalog.hathitrust.org , accessed on May 13, 2017
  6. ^ Library of the Art Academy , website in the portal fabian.sub.uni-goettingen.de , accessed on May 13, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Levin, Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and art writer
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 19th century or 20th century