Wolf-Dieter Dube

Wolf-Dieter Dube (born July 13, 1934 in Schwerin ; † September 9, 2015 in Berlin ) was a German art historian .

Live and act

Dube studied art history and received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1963 . From 1969 head of the State Gallery of Modern Art in Munich , from 1976 also deputy general director of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen . From 1983 to 1999 he was Director General of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz .

After 1990, together with Günter Schade , he led the amalgamation of those collections of the state museums that had been separated by the division of Germany . In doing so, he made a historical contribution to both Berlin and the German museum landscape. Among other things, he gave the decisive impetus for the construction of the picture gallery at the Kulturforum , and the opening of the Hamburger Bahnhof as a museum for contemporary art is also associated with his name . Dube was also the author of numerous specialist publications.

Honors

1986: Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
1989: Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

1993: Awarded Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

1999: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Prize

1999: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin

Publications (selection)

South German bronze mortar . Dissertation University of Göttingen 1963, DNB 481907157 .
with Annemarie Dube: EL Kirchner . The graphic work . 2 volumes, Prestel, Munich 1967, 2nd edition 1980, 3rd edition 1991, ISBN 3-7913-0479-8 (= Munich research on art history ).

literature

International Biographical Archive 14/1999 of March 29, 1999.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Jens Bisky: Obituary: Wolf-Dieter Dube is dead , Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 10, 2015.
^ The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation mourns Wolf-Dieter Dube . Press release of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation from September 10, 2015.

personal data
SURNAME	Dube, Wolf-Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH	Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH	September 9, 2015
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Jens Bisky: Obituary: Wolf-Dieter Dube is dead , Süddeutsche Zeitung , September 10, 2015.

[2] The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation mourns Wolf-Dieter Dube . Press release of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation from September 10, 2015.