Ulrich Middeldorf

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Ulrich Alexander Middeldorf (born June 23, 1901 in Staßfurt , Magdeburg district ; † February 19, 1983 in Florence ) was a German-American art historian .

Life

Ulrich Middeldorf, son of a mining engineer, studied art history in Gießen, Munich and Berlin from 1918 and received his doctorate in 1924 under Adolph Goldschmidt . From 1924 to 1926 he was a fellow at the German Art History Institute in Florence , and from 1927 to 1935 he was in charge of the institute's photo collection. Due to economic problems and ideological opposition to National Socialism, he emigrated to the United States in 1935 and became a professor at the University of Chicago ; In 1942 he became an American citizen. From 1953 until his retirement in 1968 he headed the Art History Institute in Florence. During his term of office, he moved to the Palazzo Capponi-Incontri.

His specialty was the history of sculpture and the art of medals of the Italian Renaissance .

Middeldorf was honored with the Grand Cross of Merit with a star in 1969 .

Publications (selection)

  • The development of the Thuringian-Saxon sculpture from around 1250 to 1350 . Dissertation University of Berlin 1925 (unprinted, excerpt from the yearbook of dissertations of the Philosophical Faculty of the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin 1924/25, 1, pp. 173–176).
  • with Oswald Goetz : Medals and plaquettes from the Sigmund Morgenroth Collection . Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago 1943.
  • Raphael's drawings . Bittner, New York 1945.

literature

  • Antje Kosegarten , Peter Tigler (Ed.): Festschrift Ulrich Middeldorf . De Gruyter, Berlin 1968.
  • John Russel: Prof. Middeldof, art scholar, dies . In: The New York Times March 1, 1983, p. B-4 ( digitized version ).
  • Biographical handbook of German-speaking emigration after 1933 . Volume 2, Saur, Munich 1983.
  • Herbert Keutner :  Middeldorf, Ulrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , p. 460 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Ulrike Wendland: Biographical handbook of German-speaking art historians in exile. Life and work of the scientists persecuted and expelled under National Socialism. Part 2: L – Z. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11339-0 , pp. 440-445.

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personal data
SURNAME Middeldorf, Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Middeldorf, Ulrich Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Staßfurt , administrative district of Magdeburg
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1983
Place of death Florence