Dominik Bartmann (born 19 September 1953) is a German art historian and

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Life

Born in Berlin as the second son of the laboratory physician and his wife Gisela, Baetmann 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, ...

, history and

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at the

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and was awarded his

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in 1983 with the thesis ''

Anton von Werner Anton Alexander von Werner (9 May 18434 January 1915) was a German painter known for his history paintings of notable political and military events in the Kingdom of Prussia.Fulbrook, Mary and John Breuilly (1997) ''German History Since 1800'' ...

and his position in Wilhelmine art politics''. He then worked at the

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin The Berlin State Museums (german: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters, several research institutes, libraries, and supporting facilities. They are overseen ...

. In 1984, he became head of the Collection of Prints and Drawings and, in 1992, temporary director of the . After it was merged into the , he became department director "Fine Arts" in 1995 and department director "Exhibitions" in 2007. Bartmann is chairman of the board of trustees of the "Museumsstiftung Dr. Otto und Ilse Augustin" and the "Carl-Heinz-und-Helga-Kliemann-Stiftung". He is a member of the advisory board of the "Stiftung Berlinische Galerie", the board of trustees of the "Jeanne Mammen Foundation", the board of the "Hans Meid Foundation" and the "Ilse Augustin Foundation for the Promotion of Visual Artists".

Exhibition projects

* Berlin Drawing Art from

Chodowiecki Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki (16 October 1726 – 7 February 1801) was a Germany, German painter and printmaker of Huguenot and Polish ancestry, who is most famous as an Etching, etcher. He spent most of his life in Berlin, and became the director ...

Liebermann Lieberman, Liebermann, or Liberman are names deriving from ''Lieb'', a German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) nickname for a person from the German ''lieb'' or Yiddish ''lib'', meaning 'dear, beloved'.Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, ''A Dictionary of Surn ...

(1990) *

- History in Pictures (1993) *

Jakob Steinhardt Jacob Steinhardt (1887–1968) ( he, יעקב שטיינהרדט) was a German-born Israeli painter and woodcut artist. Biography Jacob Steinhardt was born in Zerkow, German Empire (now Żerków, Poland). He attended the School of Art in Ber ...

- The Prophet (1995) * Berlin Painting from Blechen to

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(1995) * Berlin Art Spring, Modernist Painting, Graphics and Sculpture (1997/98) *

Marianne Breslauer Marianne Breslauer (married surname Feilchenfeldt, 20 November 1909 – 7 February 2001) was a German photographer, photojournalist and pioneer of street photography during the Weimar Republic. Life Marianne was born in Berlin, the daught ...

, Photographs 1927-1936 (2000) * Jakob Steinhardt, drawings (2000) *

Max Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ( ...

and Erwin Fabian, Berlin - London - Melbourne (2001) *

Eduard Gaertner Johann Philipp Eduard Gaertner (2 June 1801, Berlin – 22 February 1877, Flecken Zechlin, in Rheinsberg) was a German painter who specialized in depictions of urban architecture. Early life and work Education In 1806, he moved with his ...

1801-1877. Stiftung Stadtmuseum, Berlin 2001, . * Painter of Love, Kurt Mühlenhaupt on his 80th birthday (2001). * Rolf Lindemann (2001) * Raphael Rheinsberg - Heroes (2002) * Renate Anger, Tagewerke (2003) * Birgit Dieker, Blood ties (2003) *

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, Rapture and Turmoil (2003) * Jens Lorenzen, REAL (2004) *

Rita Preuss Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Ri ...

, The Things of Life (2004) * The Painter in the Landscape. C.-H. Kliemann on the occasion of his 80th birthday (2004) * Yehudith Bach, Painting and Graphics (2005) * From Liebermann to

Pechstein Pechstein is a German surname that may refer to * Claudia Pechstein Claudia Pechstein (born 22 February 1972) is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals. With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver and two br ...

- Art of the

Berlin Secession The Berlin Secession was an art movement established in Germany on May 2, 1898. Formed in reaction to the Association of Berlin Artists, and the restrictions on contemporary art imposed by Kaiser Wilhelm II, 65 artists "seceded," demonstrating ag ...

(2005) *

Wolfgang Peuker Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words '' wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the reg ...

1945-2001 (2005) * Nocturnal Day,

Wilhelm Kohlhoff Wilhelm may refer to: People and fictional characters * William Charles John Pitcher, costume designer known professionally as "Wilhelm" * Wilhelm (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Other uses * Mou ...

1893-1971 (2005) * Biedermann's Evening Cosiness - Berlin from the Inside 1815-1848 (2007) *

Hans Meid Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

1883-1957. World and Counterworld (2008) * Berlin in the Light (2008) * Dance on the Volcano. Berlin in the Twenties in the Mirror of the Arts (2015).

Publications

* ''August Macke, Kunsthandwerk. Glasbilder, Stickereien, Keramike, Holzarbeiten und Entwürfe'', Berlin 1979, * ''Helmuth Macke'', Recklinghausen 1989, * ''Berlin Museum. Von Chodowiecki bis Liebermann.'' Katalog der Zeichnungen, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Gouachen des 18. und 19. Jh. (with Gert-Dieter Ulferts), Berlin 1990, * ''Anton von Werner. Zur Kunst und Kunstpolitik im Deutschen Kaiserreich'',''Anton von Werner. Zur Kunst und Kunstpolitik im Deutschen Kaiserreich''
on WorldCat Berlin 1985, * ''Anton von Werner. Geschichte in Bildern'', Munich 1993, * ''Jakob Steinhardt. Zeichnungen'', Berlin 2000, * ''Eduard Gaertner 1801-1977'', Berlin 2001, * ''Magnus Zeller, Entrückung und Aufruhr'', Berlin 2002, , * ''Der Maler in der Landschaft'', Berlin 2004, * ''Stadtmuseum Berlin, Gemälde II. Verzeichnis des Bestandes vom Ende des 19. Jh. bis 1945'', Berlin 2004, * ''Hans Meid 1883-1957. Welt und Gegenwelt'', Berlin 2008,

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bartmann, Dominik German art historians German curators 1953 births Living people Writers from Berlin