Theodor von Frimmel
Theodor von Frimmel-Traisenau (born December 15, 1853 in Amstetten , † December 25, 1928 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian and Beethoven researcher.
biography
Frimmel attended high school in Vienna, then studied medicine and was awarded a Dr. med. PhD . From autumn 1881 to May 1883 he worked at the Austrian Museum for Art and Industry . Then he was from 1884 to 1893 curator at the Vienna Court Museum , later director of the Gallery of Count Schönborn-Wiesentheid and lecturer at Vienna Athenaeum of Ludo Hartmann . His Beethoven research is of lasting importance. Frimmel was one of the last people who could still question the composer's contemporaries . His estate, including numerous letters, is now in the Beethoven House in Bonn .
In 1940 the Frimmelgasse in Vienna- Döbling (19th district) was named after him.
Fonts (selection)
- Art history studies
- Joseph Anton Koch , Leipzig 1884 (= art and artists of the 19th century, Lfg. 16)
- On the criticism of Dürer's Apocalypse and his coat of arms with the death's head , Vienna 1884
- The Apocalypse in the Illuminated Manuscripts of the Middle Ages. An art historical study , Vienna 1885
- The Anonimo Morelliano , 2 volumes, Vienna 1888/89 - Reprint Hildesheim 1974
- List of paintings in Graflich-Schönborn-Wiesentheid'schem possessions , Pommersfelden 1894
- Handbook of Painting Studies , Leipzig 1894 - 3rd revised. u. heavily probable edition, Leipzig 1920
- Painted galleries , 2nd revised edition, Berlin 1896
- Marco Antonio Michiel - notizia d'opere del disegno, ed.critica a cura di Theodor Frimmel , Vienna 1896
- On seeing in art history. A study of the philosophy of art , Vienna 1897
- History of the Vienna painting collections , Munich 1899
- State of the art art. A sketch , Munich-Leipzig 1904
- Sheets for painting , 7 volumes, 1904–1912 (journal)
- On the methodology and psychology of painting determination , 2nd edition, Munich and Leipzig 1905
- Studies and sketches for painting , 6 volumes, 1913–1922 (magazine)
- Lexicon of the Vienna Painting Collections , 2 volumes, Munich 1913/14
- Of old and new art , Vienna 1922 (selected essays on art history)
- List of paintings in the Matsvanszky Collection (Vienna) , Vienna 1922
- New sheets for painting , 1 volume, 1922/23 (magazine)
- Beethoven studies
- Beethoven and Goethe. A study , Vienna 1883
- New Beethoveniana , Vienna 1888; New edition 1890
- Josef Danhauser and Beethoven. A study from the international exhibition for music and theater . Dedicated to all of Beethoven's friends , Vienna 1892
- Ludwig van Beethoven , Berlin 1901
- Beethoven Studies , Volume 1, Beethoven's appearance , Leipzig and Munich 1905
- Beethoven studies , volume 2, building blocks for a life story of the master , Leipzig and Munich 1906
- Comments on the allegedly “critical” edition of Beethoven's letters , Vienna 1907
- Beethoven yearbook , 2 volumes, Munich and Leipzig 1908/09
- Beethoven letters , 5 volumes, 1910–1911
- Beethoven research. Loose leaves , 9 booklets, Vienna 1911–1925
- Beethoven in a contemporary portrait , Vienna 1923
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Thematic directory by Gustav Nottebohm together with the Biblioteca Beethoveniana by Emerich Kastner, supplemented by Theodor Frimmel , Leipzig 1925
- Beethoven manual , 2 volumes, Leipzig 1926
- Essays
- For contributions to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , see Wikisource
- Kramny: List of authors in the communications of the emperors. royal Central Commission for Research and Conservation of Architectural Monuments . 1856-1906 , p. 10
literature
- Joseph Schmidt-Görg : Frimmel von Traisenau, Theodor. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1961, ISBN 3-428-00186-9 , p. 614 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Frimmel-Traisenau Theodor von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 368.
- Barbara Boisits: Theodor von Frimmel. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Theodor von Frimmel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheets for painting - digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amstetten St. Stephan baptismal register, tom. IX, fol. 148 ( facsimile ). In the literature, December 25, 1853 is sometimes given.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Frimmel, Theodor von |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frimmel-Traisenau, Theodor von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art historian and musicologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 15, 1853 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amstetten |
DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 1928 |
Place of death | Vienna |