Edwin Redslob
Edwin Redslob | |
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 Edwin Redslob | |
| Born | 22 September 1884 Weimar, Germany |
| Died | 24 January 1973 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Art historian |
Edwin Redslob (22 September 1884, Weimar – 24 January 1973, West Berlin) was a German art historian and art collector who served as Reichskunstwart under the Weimar Republic.[1]: 86 Appointed in 1920, he held the position until it was abolished after the Nazis came to power in 1933.[2][3][4]
In 1912, he was appointed to run the Angermuseum in Erfurt where he remained until 1919.[5]
He was an art collector.[6][7][8]
In 1945, he co-founded the Berlin daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel,[9] and then in 1948, he was one of the co-initiators in the founding of the Freie Universität Berlin.[10] He was a professor at the university teaching Art History from 1948 to 1954. He was also rector from 1949 to 1950.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Weinstein, Joan (1990). The end of expressionism : art and the November Revolution in Germany, 1918-19. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226890597.
- ^ Wünsche, Isabel (2022-12-12). "Keeper of Art: Reichskunstwart Edwin Redslob". 100 Years On: Revisiting the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922, ed. Isabel Wünsche, Miriam Leimer, Böhlau Verlag eBooks.
- ^ Deutschland, Stiftung Deutsches Historisches Museum, Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik. "Gerade auf LeMO gesehen: LeMO Das lebendige Museum Online". www.dhm.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-11-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "EHRI - Reichskunstwart". portal.ehri-project.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Geschichte Erfurter Museen –". www.erfurt-web.de. official city portal of the state capital of Thuringia. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Image of Reproduction from the Edwin Redslob collection: medal with the portrait". www.bridgemanimages.com. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Die Sammlung des Kunst- und Kulturhistorikers Edwin Redslob (1884-1973) : Christian Welzbacher".
- ^ "Edwin Redslob (1884-1973)". www.stadtlexikon-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "History". www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de. 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ a b "Edwin Redslob". www.fu-berlin.de. Free University of Berlin. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
External links
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