Wolfgang Hartmann
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- born on 5 February 1938 in Berlin
- 1962 - 1968 studied art history, archaeology and philosophy in Bonn and Freiburg, practical training in Roman and medieval archaeology
- 1968 doctorate at the University of Bonn
- 1968 - 1974 Scientific assistant at the Institute for Art History at the University of Karlsruhe
- 1974 Habilitation at the University of Karlsruhe, university lecturer
- since 1980 professor for art history
- on 24 September 1999 Wolfgang Hartmann died in Karlsruhe
Main research interests in the art of the 18th - 20th century: among others aesthetics and art around 1800, historicism in the 19th century, new objectivity and realism of the 1920s, architecture of the 20th century, painting and sculpture, object art and new media of the present. In addition to teaching and research, he is committed to artists and art education through the organization, staging and catalogue editing of exhibitions in all areas of contemporary art, in cooperation with museums, art associations, academies and galleries.
Selected publications (from 102 publications)
- The rediscovery of Dante in German art. J. H. Füssli - A. J. Carstens - J. A. Koch, Bonn 1969
- The Historical Pageant - Its Origin and Development in the 19th and 20th Centuries, Munich 1976
- "Face Farces" by Arnulf Rainer, in: Arnulf Rainer, exhibition catalogue Bern - Munich, 1977
- Hans Baldung's "Eva, Snake and Death" in Ottawa, in: Yearbook of the State Art Collections in Baden-Württemberg, 1978
- (together with Helmut Goettl and Michael Schwarz) Karl Hubbuch 1891 - 1979, exhibition catalogue Karlsruhe, 1981
- Square and Sculpture - Urban Squares from Antiquity to the Present, in: Der Platz - Ein Thema der Kleinplastik seit Giacometti, exhibition catalogue Heilbronn, 1986
- (together with Werner Pokorny) Das Bildhauersymposion - Entstehung und Entwicklung einer neuen Form kollektiver und künstlerischer Arbeit, Stuttgart 1988
- Karl Hubbuch - The Draftsman, Stuttgart 1991
- Voré. Labyrinth - Fragment, exhibition catalogue Bochum, 1997
- numerous catalogue contributions on contemporary artists (Franz Bernhard, Jürgen Brodwolf, Andreas Grunert, Uwe Lindau, Werner Pokorny, Erich Reiling, Hermann Sprauer, Gabi Streile, Rudolf Wachter, etc.)
Wolfgang Hartmann Prize
In 2001 a prize was created in memory of Wolfgang Hartmann's work. Every two years young art historians can apply for this prize with an exhibition concept on contemporary art.