Theodor Raspe

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Theodor Raspe (born May 18, 1879 in Rostock , † April 24, 1915 on the Western Front ) was a German historian , monument conservator and museum director.

Life

Theodor Raspe was born the son of a businessman in Rostock. After attending school in his hometown, he studied architecture in Dresden and Charlottenburg , and archeology and art history in Munich and Rostock . In 1905 he was with Scripture Nuremberg miniature painting to 1515 to the Dr. phil. PhD.

From 1906 Raspe was a research assistant under Justus Brinckmann at the Hamburg Museum of Art and Industry . On May 1, 1909, Raspe was appointed director of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Oldenburg . Raspe's area of ​​expertise was faience and Low German folk art.

As a result, Raspe was instrumental in founding the Oldenburg Museum Society. In addition, Raspe was also a board member of the Association for Classical Antiquities and Regional History.

Theodor Raspe took part in the First World War as a lieutenant and leader of the Oldenburg 9th Company of the 77th Landwehr Regiment and fell on the Western Front on April 24, 1915.

Fonts

  • Miniature painting from Nuremberg until 1515 , Strasbourg: Heitz, 1905 (Studies on German Art History 60).
  • The crucifixion group in the St. Georgskirchhof . In: Journal for Christian Art, Vol. 20, 1907, Issue 6, pp. 174-180.
  • Exhibition of the Hamburg School of Applied Arts, Easter 1908 . In: Kunstgewerbeblatt, Vol. 19, 1908, pp. 161–176.
  • A goblet made by Hungarian wire smelting . In: Journal for Christian Art, Vol. 22, 1909, Issue 5, pp. 149–158.
  • A Gothic chest top with Christian symbols . In: Journal for Christian Art, Vol. 22, 1909, Issue 7, pp. 197–202.
  • The old Hamburg merchant's house . In: Velhagen and Klasings Monatshefte, Vol. 24, 1909/10, pp. 581-592.
  • From the Hamburg carpenter's guild: Guild pieces in the Museum of Art and Industry . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History, Vol. 15, 1910, pp. 67–77.
  • Ecclesiastical art collection of the Oldenburg Museum . In: Journal of Christian Art, Vol. 25, 1912, pp. 259–288.

literature

  • Obituary for Theodor Raspe in the Oldenburger Jahrbuch für Altertumskunde und Landesgeschichte, Kunst und Gewerbe, Volume 23 (1915), p. 96ff
  • German Biographical Yearbook, transition volume 1: 1914-1916, list of deaths 1915 (335) (the year of birth was incorrectly given as 1880!)

Footnotes

  1. ↑ See the entry of Theodor Raspe's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
personal data
SURNAME Raspe, Theodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, monument conservator and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1915