Fritz Gurlitt
Fritz Gurlitt | |
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Germany | |
Occupation(s) | Art dealer Gallery director |
Spouse | Annarella Imhoff (1858–1935) |
Children | Angelina (1882–1962) Margarete (1885–?) Wolfgang (1888–1965) Manfred (1890–1972) |
Parent(s) | Louis Gurlitt 1812–1897 Elisabeth (née Lewald) |
Friedrich "Fritz" Gurlitt (3 October 1854 – 8 February 1893), originally from Vienna, was a Berlin based art dealer and collector,[1] specialising, in particular, in contemporary art.[2] After his early death the art gallery he had established in central Berlin was taken on by his son, the dealer Wolfgang Gurlitt (1888-1965).[3]
Life
Friedrich Louis Moritz Anton Gurlitt was born in
In 1880 he founded the "Fritz Gurlitt Gallery" in Berlin. The gallery was located at Behrenstraße 29 (29 Behren Street), and specialised in contemporary art.[5] Differences have arisen over the correct name of the business, which is identified sometimes as a "gallery" ("Galerie"), sometimes as an "art dealership" ("Kunsthandlung") and sometimes as an "art salon" ("Kunst-Salon"). Artists whom he backed included Arnold Böcklin and Anselm Feuerbach.[6] In 1886, he was mandated to take charge of the "Jubilee Exhibition", described as the "first international art exhibition in Berlin".[7] The well-regarded novelist Theodor Fontane probably owed much of his knowledge of Böcklin to Fritz Gurlitt. Other artists who in large measure owed their reputations to the Gurlitt Gallery include Wilhelm Leibl, Hans Thoma, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Franz Skarbina and Clara Siewert.[7]
Fritz Gurlitt died suddenly on 8 February 1893
Family
Fritz Gurlitt married Annarella Imhoff (1858–1935) in 1881. Her father was the Swiss sculptor Heinrich Max Imhof, who had by this time lived in Rome, ostensibly on account of his health, for many years. Fritz and Annarella married in Rome. Contemporary sources indicate that the marriage resulted in four recorded children as follows:[1]
- Angelina (1882–1962) who married Sigmund von Weech
- Margarete (1885–?)
- Wolfgang (1888–1965) art dealer
- Manfred (1890–1972) composer, especially of operas, and orchestral conductor
After the
References
- ^ a b c Edwin Kuntz (1966). "Gurlitt, Friedrich (Fritz) Louis Moritz Anton Kunsthändler, * 3.10.1854 Wien, † 8.2.1893 Thonberg bei Leipzig. (evangelisch)". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (HiKo), München. p. 328. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-406-69095-2.
- ^ "Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, Berlin/München". Die Galerie des 20. Jahrhunderts in West-Berlin - Ein Provenienzforschungsprojekt. Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Michael Haas (6 August 2013). "Manfred Gurlitt". Forbidden Music. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Heekyung Reimann (8 July 2010). "Fritz und Wolfgang Gurlitt". Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte, Marburg. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ISBN 978-3-630-80003-5.
- ^ a b c d Anja Walter-Ris (19 June 2000). "Der moderne Kunsthandel an Spree und Rhein von 1850–1918" (PDF). Dissertationen online der Freien Universität Berlin. Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin. pp. 24–26. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-8101-1644-3.
- ^ Irene Suchy (1992). "Manfred Gurlitt". unveröffentlichtes Manuskript (hitherto unpublished but now online manuscript), Vienna: 1992. Universität Hamburg (Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit). Retrieved 8 August 2016.