Wilfred Geominy

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Wilfred A. Geominy (born October 1, 1947 in Essen , † November 16, 2013 in Bonn ) was a German classical archaeologist .

Life

Wilfred Geominy studied Classical Archeology, Ancient History and Latin at the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn . 1982 received his doctorate in Bonn under Nikolaus Himmelmann . He then worked at the Rome Department of the German Archaeological Institute . From 1988 until his retirement in 2013, Geominy was curator of the Bonn Academic Art Museum . His tasks primarily included looking after the collections, lending, taking inventory of new additions and training archeology students. His scientific research focus was the Greek and Roman sculpture as well as the art of Hellenism. Geominy, who was married to an archaeologist, was honored with a scientific colloquium on his departure on October 25, 2013 in the lecture hall of the Academic Art Museum . The title of the event was “Deinde cessavit ars.” He planned to spend his retirement in Rome. He passed away just a few weeks after his retirement.

Fonts (selection)

  • The Florentine Niobids. (= Dissertation, University of Bonn 1984) OCLC 264125413 .
  • The Academic Art Museum of the University of Bonn under the direction of Reinhard Kekulé. Grüner, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-6032-077-8 .
  • with Stefan Lehmann : To the bronze picture of the seated pugilist in the Museo Nazionale Romano. In: Stadium. International Journal for the History of Sports 15, 1989, pp. 139–175.
  • The silver bust of the emperor Galba: [this restoration report appears on the occasion of the exhibition “Under the volcano, masterpieces of antiquity from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples” from February 16 to June 5, 1995 in the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn] = Il busto argenteo del imperatore Galba. Bonn 1995.
  • For the Daochos Christmas present. In: Klio 80, 2, 1998, pp. 369-402.
  • Praxiteles (II). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 2: L-Z. Addendum A – K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-598-11414-1 , pp. 305-319.
  • The maenad of Scopas. In: Yearbook of the Berlin Museums NF 56, 2014, pp. 7–21.

literature

  • Harald Mielsch : Dr. Wilfred Geominy (October 1, 1947 - November 16, 2013) . In: KuBA 3, 2013, p. 7 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in the Bonner General-Anzeiger from November 22, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Bonner General-Anzeiger of October 22, 2013: Wilfred Geominy is going into retirement. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Pliny : Naturalis historia 34, 52; Translated: “From then on the art stopped” or “... the art subsided.” ( program of the colloquium ( memento of the original of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , PDF; 1.3 MB). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / histara.org
  4. ↑ Questions about Aphrodite in FAZ from November 6, 2013, page N3.
personal data
SURNAME Geominy, Wilfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geominy, Wilfred A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German classical archeology
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH eat
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2013
Place of death Bonn