Wolfgang Steguweit

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Wolfgang Steguweit (born January 30, 1944 in Königsberg ) is a German numismatist .

Life

After studying art history, art education, German and pedagogy in Dresden and four years of pedagogical practice, Steguweit headed the coin cabinet of the Gotha museums from 1971 to 1988 . In 1980 he received his doctorate from the University of Halle with a thesis on the subject of "History of the Gotha Mint in the Second Half of the 17th Century". In 1988 he moved to the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin , initially as director, then from 1992 until his retirement in 2009 as deputy director and chief curator .

In 1991, Steguweit founded the " German Society for Medal Art ", was its chairman until 2001 and again from 2010 to 2013 and was elected honorary chairman in 2013. From 1992 to 1998 Steguweit was delegate for Germany in the international medal society " Fédération Internationale de la Médaille " (FIDEM) and (co-) organizer of the XXVII. FIDEM Congress in Weimar in 2000. From 1991 to 2008 he represented the State of Berlin in the Numismatic Commission of the States in the Federal Republic of Germany and was chairman of the Gitta Kastner Foundation of the Numismatic Commission, which focused on medal research, from 1994 to 2004 . Since 2015 he has been a member of the Historical Commission for Thuringia and the Board of Trustees of the Gotha Cultural Foundation.

Research priorities

In addition to works on the history of coins and money in the Middle Ages and the modern era, numerous publications on German and European art medals as well as studies on the history of collections and science have appeared. In 1992 Steguweit founded the series of publications "The Contemporary Art Medal in Germany", which was renamed " The Art Medal in Germany " in 1996 . Of the 30 volumes published so far, Steguweit is author, editor or co-editor of 23 volumes. The Hilde Broër Prize for Medal Art, which was established in 2005 and has so far been awarded ten times, goes back to his initiative.

Awards

Publications (selection)

Monographs on the history of coins and money
  • with Ute Werneburg: The Roman coins from the Gotha Coin Cabinet, Gotha City Museums, 1980.
  • Thuringian bracteates of the Münzkabinett Gotha , Museums of the City of Gotha, 1981.
  • With Heinz Hennrich: Old Talers from the Gotha Coin Cabinet, Gotha City Museums, 1983.
  • History of the Gotha Mint from the 12th to the 19th Century , Weimar 1987.
  • with Gerd Dethlefs, Ulrich Schäfer, Gisa Steguweit, among others: GeldKunst KunstGeld. German commemorative coins since 1949. Design and designer. ( The art medal in Germany. Vol. 22). German Numismatic Society, German Society for Medal Art, Münzkabinett Berlin, Fritz-Rudolf Künker publishing house. 2005. ISBN 3-9801644-7-0 .
Monographs on medals (selection)
  • with Eva Wipplinger: From the model to the cast. Medal art in the GDR , Gotha City Museums 1974.
  • with Lore Börner: The language of the medal. Guide to the exhibition of the Münzkabinett , Staatliche Museen zu Berlin 1990.
  • with Ingrid S. Weber : Departure - Breakthrough. Zeitzeichen in the German medallic art , State Coin Collection Munich and Coin Cabinet of the State Museums in Berlin 1990.
  • European medal art from the Renaissance to the present , Münzkabinett, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-88609-379-4 ; Gebr. Mann, Berlin, ISBN 3-7861-1911-2 .
  • The Münzkabinett of the Royal Museums in Berlin and the promotion of medal art. Artist letters from the turn of the century to the First World War. Das Kabinett 4, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett, 1998. ISBN 3-88609-434-0 .
  • The Münzkabinett of the Royal Museums in Berlin and the promotion of medal art. Artist letters and medal edition on the First World War. Das Kabinett 5, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett, 1998. ISBN 3-88609-435-9 .
  • The medal and commemorative coin of the 20th century in Germany. With contributions by Elke Bannicke, Gerd Dethlefs, Ulf Dräger, Rainer Grund, Martin Heidemann, Wolfgang Steguweit, Berlin 2000 ( Die Kunstmedaille in Deutschland. Vol. 14). Münzkabinett, National Museums in Berlin. ISBN 3-7861-2387-X , ISBN 3-88609-443-X .
  • Hilde Broër . Sculptor and medalist. Life and work (collaboration on the Gisa Steguweit catalog). Berlin 2004. ISBN 3-7861-2490-6 .
  • Raimund Faltz. Medalist of the Baroque , in Berlin Numismatic Research, New Series 9, Berlin 2004. ISBN 3-7861-2507-4 .
  • with Elke Bannicke, Karsten Dahmen , Bernd Kluge and Bernhard Weisser : Coins and Medals - 100 Topics. The exhibition of the Münzkabinett in the Bode-Museum, Munich, Berlin, London and New York 2006. ISBN 978-3-7913-3746-3 , ISBN 3-7913-3746-7 .
  • Medal art in Cologne in the 20th century , Berlin 2007 (co-authors: Heinz W. Müller, Gisa Steguweit). ISBN 978-3-7861-2568-6 (publisher's edition), ISBN 978-3-88609-602-2 (museum edition).
  • with Bernd Kluge : Suum Cuique. Medal art and coinage in Brandenburg-Prussia. Cabinet 10. State Museums in Berlin, Münzkabinett 2008. ISBN 978-3-88609-644-2 .
  • Ars juventuti. Berlin student medals from the teaching establishment of the Kunstgewerbemuseum to the University of Fine Arts. Cabinet 11. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Münzkabinett 2009. ISBN 978-3-88609-667-1 .
Monographs on the history of art and collections
  • with Bernd Schäfer: Friedenstein Palace in Gotha , architectural monuments 60, Leipzig 1985.
  • From the art chamber to the museum. Sculpture from the Gotha Castle Museum. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum of the City of Duisburg and Museums of the City of Gotha 1987 (editing and collaboration in the collective of authors). ISBN 3-923576-29-3 .
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personal data
SURNAME Steguweit, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German numismatist
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)