Werner Kitlitschka
Werner Kitlitschka (born February 10, 1938 in Klosterneuburg ; † October 19, 2018 there ) was an Austrian art historian , monument conservator and university professor .
life and work
Werner Kitlitschka attended elementary school and grammar school in Klosterneuburg and initially studied philosophy and history and from 1957 art history, classical archeology and Austrian history at the University of Vienna (with study visits to the Netherlands and Scandinavia). His dissertation "Rubens and Sculpture" dealt with Peter Paul Rubens and sculpture. In 1964 he received his doctorate after he had entered the Austrian Federal Monuments Office shortly before at the invitation of Otto Demus , where he took over the position of the state curator for Lower Austria in 1974 , which he held until his retirement in 2000.
Kitlitschka remained connected to the University of Vienna even after completing his doctorate. From 1978 to 1999 he held lectures on the theory and practice of monument preservation as a lecturer. With his work on historicist painting , he completed his habilitation in 2001 and from then on offered around 50 courses at the Institute for Art History, where, in addition to monument preservation and urban planning, he also dealt with his other focuses such as Rubens and painting of the 19th and 20th centuries. As a supervisor for theses and as an examiner, Werner Kitlitschka was at the forefront of statistics with 60 examination hours in the final phase of the diploma course from January to April 2013. As a teacher, he has supervised a total of 99 diploma and master's theses as well as dissertations.
Kitlitschka's scientific work focused on the art of the 17th and 19th centuries as well as questions of monument protection. Kitlitschka published the volume about the Vienna Court Opera together with Christoph Hoffmann and Walter Krause in 1972 as part of the extensive Thyssen project on the art of Vienna's Ringstrasse. In 2001 he completed his habilitation with his work on "The Art of Historicism ". Kitlitschka retired professionally as a councilor .
Publications (selection)
- with Fritz Novotny: The painting of the Vienna Ringstrasse . Verlag Steiner, Wiesbaden 1981, ISBN 3515024840 , ISBN 9783515024846
- Historicism & Art Nouveau in Lower Austria . Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, 1984, ISBN 3853266703 , ISBN 9783853266700
- Grave cult & grave sculpture in Vienna and Lower Austria . Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, 1987
Awards
- 1992: Honorary membership in the Klosterneuburg Artists' Association
- 1992: Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- 1998: Commander's Cross of the Papal New Year's Eve with a star
- 2001: Golden Commander's Cross of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria
- 2015: Golden doctoral degree from the University of Vienna
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Univ.-Doz. Dr. Werner Kitlitschka (1938-2018) Federal Monuments Office , November 8, 2018.
- ↑ Werner Kitlitschka on the website of the Institute for Art History at the University of Vienna , accessed on November 10, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kitlitschka, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian art historian and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klosterneuburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 2018 |
| Place of death | Klosterneuburg |