Thomas Dexel
Thomas Dexel (born June 28, 1916 in Jena ; † July 6, 2010 in Braunschweig ) was a German teacher at the Braunschweiger Werkkunstschule and from 1955 until his retirement in 1996 headed the form collection of the city of Braunschweig .
Life
Thomas Dexel was the son of the artist Walter Dexel , who founded the Braunschweiger Formsammlung in 1942. In 1953, the director of the Braunschweiger Werkkunstschule, Karl Wollermann , brought Thomas Dexel to work as a librarian and teacher for art history at what would later become the University of Fine Arts.
In 1955, after completing his doctorate at the University of Göttingen , Dexel became the head of the form collection of the city of Braunschweig, which was headed by his father until then. Dexel maintained and expanded these for a period of 41 years. He published several standard works and thus gave the collection supra-regional importance.
In 1994 the city of Braunschweig honored him for his decades of work with the city's citizen medal . In 1996 he retired. In 2007 Adzes gave some valuable pieces from his private collection as a donation to the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum .
Works (selection)
- Guide through the collection of forms of the city of Braunschweig. Braunschweig 1990.
- Utility glass. Everyday glasses from the late Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century. Munich 1995.
- Thomas Dexel: Utility Device Types , Vol. 2: The metal device of Central Europe from the late Middle Ages to the 19th century. Munich 1981.
literature
- Mainfränkisches Museum (Ed.): Form and function: vessels and devices from the collections of the Mainfränkisches Museum Würzburg and the form collection Walter and Thomas Dexel, Braunschweig. Wuerzburg 2007.
- Frank Schneidewind: The villa on Löwenwall . In: Your city - art, culture and life in Braunschweig. Volume 5, Braunschweig 1983, pp. 6-11.
- Ludwig Wamser (Ed.): The Marie-Luise and Dr. Thomas Dexel. Munich 2003.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Information on the form collection of the city of Braunschweig ( memento from November 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on braunschweig.de
- Digital collection: Objects of the collection: "Glass from the Dexel form collection in the Braunschweig Municipal Museum"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dexel, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian, collector and head of the form collection of the city of Braunschweig (1955–1996) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 2010 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |