Wolfgang J. Muller

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Wolfgang J. Müller (early 1960s)

Wolfgang John Müller (born November 20, 1913 in Rostock ; † June 7, 1992 in Kiel ) was a German art historian .

Life

Wolfgang John ([joːn] as in John Brinckman ) Müller's father was a Rostock businessman and co-owner of a shipping company. From 1932 he studied art history at the University of Rostock and at the University of Munich under Wilhelm Pinder . He completed his dissertation on medieval brick ornamentation in Mecklenburg (1200-1300) with Richard Sedlmaier in July 1939; the doctorate to Dr. phil. however, it was only executed after military service and return from captivity in July 1948. In the meantime Müller had followed his teacher Sedlmaier to Kiel and made a great contribution to the reconstruction of the Kunsthistorisches Institut and the Kiel art gallery . In 1950 with a thesis on The Beginnings of Still Life : Georg Flegel completed his habilitation with Richard Sedlmaier, he stayed in Kiel, initially in an assistant position, and from 1962 as a scientific adviser and professor.

Müller shaped generations of students in Kiel, not only in his subject, but also as a liaison professor at the German National Academic Foundation .

In addition to studies on regional art history, he was particularly interested in graphics and emblems . In both areas he put on an important collection; the emblem books acquired the Kiel university library after his death.

Publications

  • Medieval brick ornamentation in Mecklenburg (1200-1300). Rostock, Philosophical Faculty, dissertation of July 10, 1948
  • Review: Ingvar Bergström, Studier i Holländsk Stillebenmaleri under 1600-Tallet , Göteborg 1947. In: Kunstchronik 2, 1949, pp. 106-109.
  • The beginnings of still life: Georg Flegel (1566–1638). University of Kiel, habilitation paper 1950
  • Glücksburg Castle ( Large Architectural Monuments , Issue 145), Munich / Berlin 1955
  • The triumph of mannerism. Exhibition in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam . In: Kunstchronik 8, 1955, pp. 339–342.
  • The painter Georg Flegel and the beginnings of still life (= writings of the Historisches Museum Frankfurt a. M. 8), Frankfurt a. M. 1956.
  • Matthäus Wallbaum (1554−1632), a Kiel goldsmith in Augsburg , In: Kunst in Schleswig-Holstein 9, 1959, pp. 128–140.
  • Handicrafts in Schleswig-Holstein. Heath in Holstein: Westholstein. Verl.-Anst. Boyens 1960
  • Georg Flegel. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 5, 1961, p. 230.
  • Drawings by Melchior Lorck . Exhibition of the Kupferstichsammlung Copenhagen , In: Kunstchronik 16, 1963, pp. 33–38.
  • Italian still life painting. On the exhibitions in Naples, Zurich and Rotterdam , In: Kunstchronik 18, 1965, pp. 113–118.
  • New discoveries about the work of Georg Flegel. In: Pantheon 26, 1968, pp. 122-129.
  • Rembrandt's earliest depiction of the Emmaus miracle , In: Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 23, 1973 (= Festschrift for Horst Gerson ), pp. 113–120.
  • "Tot Lering en Vermaak", meanings of Dutch genre representations from the 17th century. Exhibition at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1976 , In: Kunstchronik 30, 1977, pp. 162–167.
  • with Konrad Renger and Rüdiger Klessmann : The language of images. Reality and meaning in Dutch painting of the 17th century , exhibition catalog of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum in Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1978.
  • Dutch landscape graphics of the 16th and 17th centuries. Exhibition catalog of the Kulturhistorisches Museum zu Bielefeld, Bielefeld 1979.
  • Schleswig-Holstein faience from the 18th century. 2., revised. Ed., Heide in Holstein: Boyens 1980
  • Dutch still lifes from Brueghel to van Gogh, exhibition in Amsterdam and Braunschweig 1983 , In: Kunstchronik 36, 1983, pp. 353–357.
  • (with Dieter Lohmeier ): Emkendorf and Knoop : Culture and art in Schleswig-Holstein mansions around 1800. Heide in Holstein: Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens 1984 (= Small Schleswig-Holstein Books Vol. 35) ISBN 3-8042-0298-5

literature

  • Art splinters. Contributions to Northern European art history. Festschrift for Wolfgang J. Müller on his 70th birthday presented by colleagues and students. Husum-Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Husum 1984, ISBN 3-88042-241-9 (with bibliography on Wolfgang J. Müller, pp. 209-215).
  • Frank Büttner: Wolfgang J. Müller (1913–1992): The language of images. In: Art history in Kiel 1893-1993. 100 years of the Art History Institute of the Christian Albrechts University. Rectorate of the Christian Albrechts University, Kiel 1994, ISBN 3-928794-11-6 .
  • Christa Trube, Gert Wilhelm Trube (Ed.): Memories of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Muller. Kiel 1995.
  • Hans-Werner Schmidt (ed.): Landstriche: Dutch landscape graphics of the 16th and 17th centuries from the estate of Wolfgang J. Müller - December 14, 1995 to January 31, 1996, Kunsthalle zu Kiel. Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel 1995, ISBN 3-923701-71-3 .
  • Ingrid Höpel, Ulrich Kuder (ed.): Mundus Symbolicus. Emblem books from the Wolfgang J. Müller collection in the Kiel University Library. 2 volumes. Ludwig, Kiel 2004/05, ISBN 3-933598-96-6 , ISBN 3-937719-10-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Frank Büttner: The language of pictures
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Wolfgang J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Wolfgang John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH June 7, 1992
Place of death Kiel