Willibald Sauerländer

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Willibald Sauerländer (born February 29, 1924 in Waldsee ; † April 18, 2018 in Munich ) was a German art historian .

Life

Sauerland studied from 1946 at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and 1953 Munich in the subject Art History under Hans Jantzen with a dissertation on "The Gothic figure portal in France" doctorate . From 1954 to 1959 he worked as a lecteur allemand and tour guide in Paris . From 1959 to 1961 he was a research assistant at the University of Marburg .

After a stay as a visiting member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (1961/62), Sauerländer completed his habilitation and between 1962 and 1970 was professor at the University of Freiburg i. Br. , Then 1964/65 and 1970 visiting professor at New York University and from 1970 until his retirement in 1989 director at the Central Institute for Art History in Munich. One of his students was Hans Ottomeyer . In 1973 Sauerländer was elected a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . He was also a founding member of the Academia Europaea in 1988 , and in 1991 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the British Academy .

Further stays abroad after his retirement followed in 1984/85 (Visiting Professor, Harvard University ), 1989 (Visiting Professor, Berkeley ), 1991 (Mellon Lecturer, Washington) and 1992 (Visiting Professor, New York).

Since 1993 Sauerländer wrote occasionally as a freelancer for the Süddeutsche Zeitung . In 1994 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

honors and awards

Publications (selection)

  • Manet paints Monet. A summer in Argenteuil. CH Beck, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-406-64324-8 .
  • The Catholic Rubens. Saints and martyrs. CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-62362-2 .
  • The air on the tip of the brush. Critical walks through picture rooms. Hanser, Munich et al. 2002, ISBN 3-446-20228-5 .
  • History of Art - Presence of Criticism. Collected Essays. DuMont, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4815-0 .
  • The century of the great cathedrals. 1140–1260 (= Gothic. Vol. 1 = Universum der Kunst . German edition. Vol. 36). CH Beck, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-406-33445-8 .
  • The King's Portal in Chartres. Salvation history and reality of life (= Fischer 3911 feat ). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-596-23911-7 .
  • Gothic sculpture in France. 1140-1270. Hirmer, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-7774-2360-2 .
  • Afterword in The Bronze Door of Novgorod (= Piper Library. 185, ZDB -ID 253874x ). R. Piper & Co, Munich 1963.
  • Afterword in The King's Portal of Chartres (= Piper Library. 166). Recordings by Walter Dräyer. R. Piper & Co, Munich 1962.
  • The Gothic Figure Portal in France: Studies on the History of French Portal Sculpture from Chartres West to Reims Josephsmeister . Dissertation. Munich, 1953.
  • Chartres Cathedral . Stuttgart: Günther, 1954.
  • Contributions to the history of “early Gothic” sculpture . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte Volume 19, 1956, pp. 1–34.
  • The Seasons: A Contribution to the Allegorical Landscape in the Late Poussin . In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst , Vol. 7, 1956, pp. 169–184.
  • The coronation portals of Senlis and Mantes. In: Wallraf-Richartz Jahrbuch 20, 1958, pp. 115–162.
  • The art-historical position of the west portals of Notre Dame in Paris. In: Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft , Volume 17, 1959, pp. 1–56.
  • Les modèles de la Renaissance macédonnienne dans la sculpture de Paris et d'Amiens au début du XIII. siècle . In: Actes du XIXe Congrès international d'histoire de l'art , Paris, 1959, pp. 125-133.
  • Sens and York: An Inquiry into the Sculptures from St. Mary's Abbey in the Yorkshire Museum . In: Journal of the British Archaeological Association 22, 1959, pp. 53-69.
  • 12th century sculptures in Chalons-sur-Marne . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 25, 1962, pp. 97–124.
  • Cathédrales . Art de France , Vol. 3, 1963, pp. 210-219.
  • Jean-Antoine Houdon: Voltaire . Reclam, Stuttgart, 1963.
  • The sculpture of the Middle Ages . Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main, 1963.
  • Tombeaux chartrains du premier quart du XIIIe siècle . In: L'Information d'histoire de l'art 9, 1964, pp. 47-60.
  • The cathedral of Chartres , in: Erich Steingräber (Hrsg.): Milestones of European art . Munich, 1965, pp. 131-170.
  • From Sens to Strasbourg: A contribution to the art-historical position of the Strasbourg transept sculptures . Berlin: Walter De Gruyter, 1966.
  • About the composition of the Last Judgment tympanum in Autun . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 29, 1966, pp. 261–294.
  • The donor grave of Count Eberhard in the monastery church in Murbach . In: Kurt Badt and Martin Gosebruch, (ed.): Amici amico: Festschrift for Werner Gross on his 65th birthday on November 25, 1966 . Fink, Munich, 1968, pp. 59-77.
  • About the original order of Fragonard's “Amours des Bergers” . In: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst , Vol. 19, 1968, pp. 127–156.
  • Sculpture on Early Gothic Churches: The State of Research and Open Questions . In: Gesta , Vol. 9, No. 2, 1970, pp. 32-48.
  • The art-historical position of the figure portals of the 13th century in Westphalia . In: Westfalen , Vol. 49, 1971, pp. 1-76.
  • Cluny and Speyer . In: Josef Fleckenstein (Hrsg.): Investiture dispute and imperial constitution . Sigmaringen, 1973, pp. 9-32.
  • To the Romanesque crucifix of Moissac . In: Peter Bloch and Tilmann Buddensieg (eds.): Intuition and art history . Berlin, 1973, pp. 303-317.
  • Extension of the concept of monument? In: Denkmalpflege , 1975, pp. 187–201.
  • Reims and Bamberg: On the type and scope of the takeovers . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 39, 1976, pp. 167–192.
  • Late Hohenstaufen Sculptures in Saxony and Thuringia: Considerations on the State of Research . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 41, 1978, pp. 181–216.
  • The Naumburg donor figures . In: Reiner Haussherr, Christian Väterlein (ed.): The time of the Staufers, 5th supplement: Lectures and research . Stuttgart, 1979, pp. 169-245.
  • Architecture and the Figurative Arts: The North . In: Robert L. Benson, Giles Constable (Eds.): Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century . Oxford, 1982, pp. 671-710.
  • From 'Stilus' to Style: Reflection on the Fate of a Notion . In: Art History , Vol. 6, 1983, pp. 253-270. (German ud T. From style to style: reflections on the fate of a concept .) In: Caecilie Weissert (Hrsg.): Style in the history of art . Darmstadt, 2009, pp. 102-122.
  • David's 'Morat à son dernier soupir' or painting and terreur . In: Idea , Vol. 2, 1983, pp. 49-88.
  • Donor commemorations and donor figures in Naumburg . In: Karl Schmid , Joachim Wollasch (eds.): Memoria . Munich, 1984, pp. 354-383.
  • The art historian in view of the lost concept of art: Is the paradigm of a discipline falling apart? In: Yearbook of the Central Institute for Art History , Vol. 1, 1985, pp. 375–399.
  • La cultura figurativa emiliana in età romanica . In: Nicholaus e l'arte del suo tempo , Vol. 1, 1985, pp. 51-92.
  • The Gothic cathedral facade . In: Werner Busch (Ed.): Art . Weinheim, 1987, pp. 54-79.
  • Style or Transition? The Fallacies of Classification Discussed in the Light of German Architecture 1190-1260 . In: Architectural History , Vol. 30, 1987, pp. 1-29.
  • Medieval Paris, Center of European Taste: Fame and Realities . In: George Mauner (Ed.): Paris . Abington, 1988, pp. 12-45.
  • Architecture gothique et mise en scène des reliques: l'exemple de la Sainte-Chapelle . In: Christine Hediger (ed.): La Sainte-Chapelle de Paris . Turnhout, 2007, pp. 113-136.
  • Romanesque Art 2000: A Worn Out Notion? In: Colum Hourihane (Ed.): Romanesque Art and Thought in the Twelfth Century . Princeton, NJ, 2008, pp. 40-56.
  • Transcendence after God's death? Barnett Newman's “Stations of the Cross” and Mark Rothko's “Chapel” . In: Markus Kleinert (Ed.): Art and Religion , Mainz, 2010, pp. 79–108.
  • Art city Munich? Broken paths in life . Munich, 2012.

literature

  • Bruce Livie (Ed.): Willibald Sauerländer, February 29, 1924-18. 4. 2018. In memory. Five speeches at the funeral service. Munich 2018 (including: farewell words from Willibald Sauerländer )
  • Peter Geimer : What's new? The historian as a contemporary: memories of Willibald Sauerländer. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung January 16, 2019, page N3 online

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottfried Knapp: To the death of Willibald Sauerländer - The art teacher . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 19, 2018, accessed April 20, 2018.
  2. ↑ Gottfried Knapp: The art teacher . In: sueddeutsche.de . April 19, 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed April 22, 2018]).
  3. ^ Hans Ottomeyer - Munzinger biography. Retrieved April 22, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Sauerlander, Willibald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 29, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Forest lake
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 2018
Place of death Munich