Karl von Lützow

Karl von Lützow
Born(1832-12-25)25 December 1832
Died22 April 1897(1897-04-22) (aged 64)
OccupationsGerman art historian and critic

Karl von Lützow (25 December 1832 – 22 April 1897) was a German art historian and critic.

Biography

He was born in Göttingen. From 1851 to 1856, he studied philology and archæology at the University of Göttingen, where he became member of Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity),[1] and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he was a favored student of Friedrich Thiersch.[2] He was associated in Berlin with Wilhelm Lübke in editing Denkmäler der Kunst.

He was appointed docent of art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in 1858, then edited in Vienna the Rezensionen und Mittheilungen über bildende Kunst. In 1864, he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where in 1866, he was also made librarian and director of the cabinet of engravings.[2] In 1867, he was appointed professor of architectural history at the Technische Hochschule Wien.[3]

Grave relief of Karl von Lützow at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna.

Works

His publications include:

He founded the Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst (Leipzig, 1866, et seq.), of which he was editor up to the time of his death.

References

  • Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Lützow, Karl von" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  • Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Lützow, Karl von" . Encyclopedia Americana.
  • Hermann Arthur Lier (1906). "Lützow, Karl von" . Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 52. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 142–144.

References

  1. ↑ de:Burschenschaft Hannovera Göttingen
  2. 1 2 BLKÖ:Lützow, Karl Friedrich Arnold von Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
  3. ↑ Hermann Arthur Lier (1906). "Lützow, Karl von" . Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 52. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 142–144.