Wilhelm Neumann (architect, 1849)

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Carl Johann Wilhelm Neumann , Latvian Vilhelms Neimanis , (born October 5, 1849 in Grevesmühlen , † March 6, 1919 in Riga ) was a German-Baltic architect and art historian .

Life

Wilhelm Neumann was born in Grevesmühlen, but his family moved to Kreutzburg (now Krustpils ) in the Livonia governorate when he was a child. At the age of 15 he was an apprentice in the Paul Max Bertschy engineering office building the Riga - Dünaburg railway line . He then studied at the Riga Polytechnic and from 1875 at the St. Petersburg Art Academy .

From 1873 Neumann worked as an architect in Dünaburg and became a city architect there in 1878. From 1887 he also published art historical writings. In Riga, where he moved in 1895, numerous striking buildings in the style of historicism were built under his leadership . a. the synagogue on Peitaustrasse (today Peitavas iela). He was also the planner of many mansions on the estates of the Baltic provinces .

From 1899 to 1901 he taught at the Polytechnic. In 1905 he became director of the art museum he designed . After 1906 Neumann concentrated on his art historical works.

He died in Riga on March 6, 1919.

Buildings (selection)

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Daugavpils
Latvian National Art Museum
Peitav Synagogue in Riga
  • Station building in Daugavpils (1873–1874)
  • Liksna Manor (1878–1880)
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dünaburg (1889-1893)
  • Museum of the Courland Province in Mitau (1898)
  • Synagogue on Peitaustrasse (today Peitavas iela, 1903/04)
  • Riga City Art Museum (1903–1905)

Publications

  • Outline of a history of the fine arts and applied arts in Liv, Estonia and Courland from the end of the 12th to the end of the 18th century. Reval, 1887
  • The order castles in the so-called Polish Livonia. Messages from Livonian history. Riga, 1889. Vol. 14, Issue 3
  • Works of medieval wood sculpture and painting in Livonia and Estonia. Lübeck, 1892
  • Medieval Riga. Berlin, 1892 ( digitized at Riga digitalis )
  • The St. Anne's Church in Libau. Rigasche Stadtblätter , No. 21/22, 1892
  • Karl August Senff. A Baltic engraver. Reval, 1895
  • Baltic painters and sculptors of the XIX centuries Century. Riga, 1902 ( digitized in the LNB )
  • Directory of Baltic goldsmiths, their marks and works. Reports of meetings of the Society for the History and Archeology of the Baltic Sea Provinces of Russia from 1904. Riga, 1905
  • Lexicon of Baltic Artists. Riga, 1908 ( digitized in the Internet Archive )
  • Riga and Reval. Leipzig, 1908 ( digitized at Riga digitalis)
  • Guide to Riga with a city map. Leipzig, 1910; 2nd, expanded and improved edition Berlin, 1918 ( PDF; 5.4 MB in the LNB)
  • St. Mary's Cathedral in Riga. Riga, 1912 ( digitized by Riga digitalis)
  • The museum in Riga. Museum studies. Berlin, 1906. Vol. 2
  • Memo booklet on the preservation of monuments in the countryside. Riga, 1911
  • From the old days. Art and art-historical mishaps from Liv, Estonia and Courland. Riga, 1913

literature

  • Elita Grosmane: Vilhelms Neimanis Latvijas mākslas vēsturē . Riga 1991, 7th - 21st lpp.
  • Jānis Krastiņš: Rīgas arhitektūras mostlyari 1850–1940 Jumava 2002
  • Peter Wörster: "The father of Baltic art history". Wilhelm Neumann - architect, art historian and preservationist . In: Yearbook of the Baltic Germans , Vol. 55 (2008), Lüneburg 2007, pp. 83-100.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ W. Neumann: Guide through Riga , p. 19 .
personal data
SURNAME Neumann, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neumann, Carl Johann Wilhelm (full name); Neimanis, Vilhelms (Latvian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Grevesmühlen
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1919
Place of death Riga