Paul Weidner
Paul Weidner (11 February 1843: ''Der Reichstag. Die Geschichte eines Monumentes.'' Frölich und Kaufmann, Berlin 1983, , (Life dates). or 11 April 1843Ernst-Günter Knüppel: ''Robert Diez. Bildhauerkunst zwischen Romantik und Jugendstil.'' Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2009, . – 30 April 1899 complete name Bernhard Paul Weidner''Todtenschau – Der kgl. sächs. Baurath Bernhard Paul Weidner …'' In ''Deutsche Bauzeitung.'' 33. Jahrgang 1899, Nr. 37, 10 May 1899, (short obituary, ).) was a German architect. Life and career Born in Dresden, Weidner studied architecture under Georg Hermann Nicolai at the building atelier of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. As the , this educational institution introduced its adepts in particular to the historism of the Neo-Renaissance. In 1863, he received an honorary certificate, in 1866 the Small Golden Medal of the Academy of Arts, and in 1867 a travel grant for two years. Residing in Dresden, Weidner undertook a trip to Ital ...
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Hans Vollmer
Hans Vollmer (16 November 1878 – 15 February 1969) was a German art historian. Life His father was the architect (1845-1920), his grandfather of the Hamburg marine painter and sculptor Adolph Friedrich Vollmer (1806–1875). He was the older brother of the painter and sculptor Erwin Vollmer (1884–1973). Vollmer studied art history, history of sciences and philosophy in Berlin and Munich. In 1906 he was awarded a doctorate by Heinrich Wölfflin in Berlin with a thesis on ''Schwäbische Monumentalbrunnen von der Gotik bis zum Klassizismus'' (Swabian monumental fountains from the Gothic to the Classicism). Since April 1, 1907 he was employed in the editorial office of the '' Thieme-Becker ''Allgemeiner Künstlerlexikon'' at the publishing house E. A. Seemann in Leipzig, in 1923 he took over the editorial management and became editor of the Thieme-Becker company. He worked as the main contributor, supported by a small editorial staff, until the completion of the 37-volume wo ...
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