Peter Betthausen Explained

Peter Betthausen (born 27 June 1941) is a German art historian.

Life

Born in Harzgerode, in Anhalt, Germany, 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 University. In 1971 he received his doctorate at the University of Berlin with a thesis on Hypothesen zu einer kunstwissenschaftlichen Stiltheorie (Hypotheses on a theory of style in art studies) and in 1986 he habilitated on Künstlergemeinschaften der deutschen Romantik (Artist communities of German Romanticism). From 1974 to 1986 he was also a member of staff at the Institute for Aesthetics and Art Studies at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR. From 1986 he was director of the National Gallery of the GDR. During his term of office, which lasted until January 1991, he showed a series of exhibitions on artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Wolfgang Mattheuer, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Werner Tübke, and Bernhard Heisig. In addition, he organized exhibitions from the holdings of the National Gallery in Vienna and various locations in the United States. Later Betthausen worked as a freelance art historian in Berlin. In his numerous publications, he devoted himself mainly to the art of the 19th century and the history of art historiography.

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35730763 Anton Graff
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3378755 Arnold Böcklin
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891265860 Studien zur deutschen Kunst und Architektur um 1800
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/171103352 Schinkelmuseum Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/797843732 Von Caspar David Friedrich bis Adolph Menzel : Aquarelle und Zeichnungen der Romantik aus der Nationalgalerie Berlin/DDR
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/468691500 akob Burckhardt und die Antike
  7. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/901222860 Wiedergeburt griechischer Götter und Helden: Homer in der Kunst der Goethezeit
  8. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76211330 H.O. Gehrcke : 1896-1988 ; ein Malerleben an der Havel ; eine Ausstellung der Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg und der Gemeinde Caputh im Schloss Caputh vom 11. September bis 30. Oktober 1999
  9. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/491740269 Augen unterwegs... : Reisebilder - Aquarelle und Zeichnungen von Georg Dehio
  10. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1021387068 Kunst in Preußen - preußische Kunst?