Cornelius Gurlitt (art historian)
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Cornelius Gustav Gurlitt (1 January 1850 – 25 March 1938) was a German
architect
and art historian.
, Saxony
, the son of the landscape painter Louis Gurlitt
and nephew of his namesake, the composer Cornelius Gurlitt.
He was co-founder and president of the Bund Deutscher Architekten ("Association of German Architects") and principal of the Technische Universität Dresden, where he was also professor of art history and the history of construction.
He is regarded as the founder of art historical research into the Baroque
, and thus as the founder of the conservation of historical monuments in Saxony. He often worked as a consultant with the architects Schilling & Graebner
. From 1894 he continued the Saxon inventory work of the art historian Franz Richard Steche.
Gurlitt died in Dresden in 1938 and is buried in the Johannisfriedhof.
His son was the musicologist Wilibald Gurlitt
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and art historian.
Life
Gurlitt was born in Nischwitz in ThallwitzThallwitz
Thallwitz is a municipality in the Leipzig district in Saxony, Germany....
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, the son of the landscape painter Louis Gurlitt
Louis Gurlitt
Ludwig Heinrich Theodor Gurlitt , also called Louis Gurlitt, was a Danish-German painter of landscapes. His brother was the composer Cornelius Gurlitt, and his son was the architect and art historian also called Cornelius Gurlitt...
and nephew of his namesake, the composer Cornelius Gurlitt.
He was co-founder and president of the Bund Deutscher Architekten ("Association of German Architects") and principal of the Technische Universität Dresden, where he was also professor of art history and the history of construction.
He is regarded as the founder of art historical research into the Baroque
Baroque art
Baroque painting is the painting associated with the Baroque cultural movement. The movement is often identified with Absolutism, the Counter Reformation and Catholic Revival, but the existence of important Baroque art and architecture in non-absolutist and Protestant states throughout Western...
, and thus as the founder of the conservation of historical monuments in Saxony. He often worked as a consultant with the architects Schilling & Graebner
Schilling & Graebner
Schilling & Graebner was founded by the architects Rudolf Schilling and Julius Graebner in Dresden in 1889. Over the years Schilling & Graebner changed their style repeatedly. Starting with historistic buildings they became especially known as leading German architects of Art Nouveau and Modernity...
. From 1894 he continued the Saxon inventory work of the art historian Franz Richard Steche.
Gurlitt died in Dresden in 1938 and is buried in the Johannisfriedhof.
His son was the musicologist Wilibald Gurlitt
Wilibald Gurlitt
Wilibald Gurlitt was a German musicologist.Gurlitt, son of the art historian Cornelius Gurlitt, graduated from Leipzig under Michael Reimann, working specifically on Michael Praetorius. In 1919 he became a lecturer in Freiburg, finally becoming professor in 1929...
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Works
- Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Sachsen, part 16 (1894) - part 41 (1923)
- Die Baukunst Konstantinopels, Berlin 1925