Theodor Müller (art historian)
Carl Theodor Müller (born April 19, 1905 in Ingolstadt ; † August 28, 1996 in Munich ) was a German art historian .
Career
Theodor Müller was born as the son of the Stuttgart architect Albert Müller (1866-1940) and Else Krall (1876-1936 / 37) and entered as Albert Karl Theodor in the registry office of Ingolstadt. He studied art history at the Universities of Munich and Berlin and received his doctorate in Munich in 1928 under Wilhelm Pinder . He joined the Bavarian National Museum in Munich in 1928 and was its director from 1948 until his retirement in 1968.
He wrote numerous writings on the history of sculpture and applied arts north of the Alps. As an honorary professor, he has taught middle and modern art history at the University of Munich since 1955.
Müller was a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (1959) and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (1967). In 1969 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 1986 the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art .
From 1934 he was married to the art historian Sigrid Müller-Christensen (1904–1994).
literature
- Georg Himmelträger : Theodor Müller, April 19, 1905 - August 28, 1996. In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 59, 1996, pp. 430–434.
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dictionary of Art Historians
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Müller, Carl Theodor (full name); Müller, C. Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingolstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1996 |
| Place of death | Munich |