Karl Voll (18 July 1867 in

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- December 25, 1917 in

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Karl Voll
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art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

specialising in Dutch

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and

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art.Voll, Karl
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Career

Voll studied

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s and English at the

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, and from 1889 tough at a private school in

Weyarn Weyarn is a municipality in the district of Miesbach in Bavaria in Germany. It dates back to a monastery that was founded by Siboto II, count of Falkenstein in 1133. It is located 38 km southeast of Munich and can be easily reached on high ...

, from 1892-96 in

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. He later studied art history and from 1886 became a full time art critic for the ''

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''. In 1896 he received his doctorate in Romance Studies in Munich, and in 1900 he graduated in Art History at the University of Munich. Later, both

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and Julius Baum studied under him.

Selected works

* "The Painting Collection of Baron Albert Oppenheim, Cologne", 1917 * "The reorganization of the Alte Pinakothek", 1910 * "Die Werke des

Jan van Eyck Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...

". * " Memling: des Meisters Gemälde in 197 Abbildungen". Stuttgart und Leipzig : Deutsche verlagsanstalt, 1909 * "Die Weltreligionen in ihrem geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge". E. Diederichs, 1907Die Weltreligionen in ihrem geschichtlichen Zusammenhänge
.

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. Retrieved 12 October 2019 * "Die Altniederlandische Malerei Von Jan Van Eyck Bis Memling", 1906

References

External links

Bibliography, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
{{DEFAULTSORT:Voll, Karl 1867 births 1917 deaths German art historians Scholars of Netherlandish art Allgemeine Zeitung people