Ulrich Thieme (31 January 1865 in

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– 25 March 1922 in Leipzig) was a German art historian. He was the son of the industrialist and art collector Alfred Thieme (1830–1906), brother of the publisher Georg Thieme (1830–1906) and grandfather of the painter Peter Flinsch (1920–2010).

Life

He attended the and passed the

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in 1886. He enrolled at the

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for chemistry and physics and became active in the in 1886. Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 69, 809; 94, 261. He changed to the

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and the

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. In 1887 he also joined the. In his home town Leipzig he studied

art history 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 ...

and

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

from 1888 to 1891. With a

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about the painter and graphic artist

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (c. 1480–1540) was a German artist, as a painter and designer of woodcuts. Biography He was born in Nuremberg, probably studied under Wohlgemut, and then became the assistant of Dürer, whom he imitated. In 15 ...

with Anton Springer he was awarded the

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in 1892. Dissertation: ''Hans Leonhard Schaeuffeleins malerische Thätigkeit''. After travelling through various countries, he was with

Wilhelm von Bode Wilhelm von Bode (10 December 1845 – 1 March 1929) was a German art historian and museum curator. Born Arnold Wilhelm Bode in Calvörde, he was ennobled in 1913. He was the creator and first curator of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, now calle ...

at the Gemäldegalerie Berlin from 1893 to 1896, research assistant and finally provisional assistant director. Since 1896 he worked in Leipzig as private scholar. In 1898/99 he was Richard Graul Editor of the ''Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst'' (publisher E. A. Seemann). Besides he began with Felix Becker the preliminary work for his main work, the publication of the '' General Encyclopedia of Visual Artists from Antiquity to the Present', of which the first volume appeared in 1907 and 14 volumes were available until his death. The 15th volume appeared posthumously under his editorship)

Works as editor

* ''Galerie Alfred Thieme in Leipzig''.

Breitkopf & Härtel Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf. The catalogue currently contains over 1,000 composers, 8,000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on ...

, Leipzig 1900. * ''Sammlung Jul. Otto Gottschald in Leipzig''. Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1901. * ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''. Band 1–15, Engelmann (later Seemann), Leipzig 1907–1922.

Bibliography

* Bruno Volger (ed.): ''Sachsens Gelehrte, Künstler und Schriftsteller in Wort und Bild'', vol. 1. Volger, Leipzig 1907, . *

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 ...

: ''Ulrich Thieme''. Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. 44,

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, Berlin und Leipzig 1924, . * Hermann Christern (ed.): ''Deutsches Biographisches Jahrbuch. volume 4. Das Jahr 1922''. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart und Berlin 1929, . *

Rudolf Vierhaus Rudolf Vierhaus (29 October 1922 – 13 November 2011) was a German historian who mainly researched the Early modern period. He had been a professor at the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum since 1964. From 1971, he was director of the in Göt ...

(ed.): ''

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'', 2nd edition, Bd. 9, Saur, München 2008, , . * Christiane Fork: ''Thieme, Ulrich'', in

Peter Betthausen Peter Betthausen (born 27 June 1941) is a German art historian. Life Born in Harzgerode, Betthausen studied history of art, history and aesthetic at the Humboldt University of Berlin. From 1966 to 1986 he worked there and at the Leipzig Univ ...

, Peter H. Feist and Christiane Fork: '. 2nd edition, Metzler, Stuttgart und Weimar 2007, , .

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thieme, Ulrich 1865 births 1922 deaths Writers from Leipzig German art historians