Margarethe Jochimsen Explained

Margarethe Jochimsen, née Müller, (14 August 1931 - 15 September 2016)^[1] was a German curator, art critic and museum director.

Life and career

Müller studied political science and art history. In 1961 she married the politician (1933-1999), with whom she had a daughter and a son.^[2] From 1978 to 1986 Jochimsen was director of the as an art historian with a doctorate and its chairman until 1996. In 1988 she was the initiator for the rescue of the house of August Macke in Bonn; subsequently she was the founding director of the August-Macke-Haus in 1991 and headed it until 2002. Among other things she was editor of the series of publications of the association August Macke Haus.^[3]

Müller died in Freiburg im Breisgau at age 85.

Honours

2004: Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse.^[4]
2017: Honour for life and work by the Bonner Kunstverein on 29 January 2017.^[5]

External links

- Thomas Kliemann: Nachruf auf Margarethe Jochimsen. Sie rettete das Macke Haus, general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 21 September 2016
Gudrun von Schoenebeck: Kunstvereins-Jubiläum. Margarethe Jochimsen, Annelie Pohlen und Christina Végh reden über Kunst und Feminismus, general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 8 July 2013

Notes and References

http://lebenswege.faz.net/traueranzeige/dr-margarethe-jochimsen/48047902?from_mobile=1 Obituary in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
https://www.uni-siegen.de/infrastructure_research/career/ Reimut Jochimsen
https://www.waxmann.com/waxmann-autoren/?tx_p2waxmann_pi2%5Bperson%5D=PER106156&tx_p2waxmann_pi2%5Baction%5D=show&tx_p2waxmann_pi2%5Bcontroller%5D=Person&cHash=e5c347d27dd0a760549d8534cf427a43 Margarethe Jochimsen
Thomas Kliemann: Meine Devise: Nicht warten, sondern anpacken. Verdienstkreuz für Margarethe Jochimsen, Gründungsdirektorin des Bonner Macke Hauses, general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 23 January 2004
http://www.wherevent.com/detail/Bonner-Kunstverein-Kunst-ist-sowieso-immer-ein-Wagnis-fur-Margarethe-Jochimsen Kunst ist sowieso immer ein Wagnis – für Margarethe Jochimsen