Herbert Dellwing (1940 – 31 December 2010) was a German

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

and

historic preservationist History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categ ...

. He lived and work in

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ; ; ), historically known in English as Spires, is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in the western part of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the r ...

and

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Life and career

Born in

Großauheim Großauheim (13,369 inhabitants, without Wolfgang 11,669) is the largest district of Hanau, Hesse, Germany, on the north bank of the Main. It was first mentioned in 806 under the name "Ewichheim". It was a farming village until the end of the 19t ...

, Dellwing studied art history from 1960 at the of the

Goethe University Frankfurt Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

. From 1964 to 1974, he did research in Italy (Venice, Florence). In 1967, he received his doctorate in art history with a thesis on the architecture of the mendicant orders in the Veneto at the University of Frankfurt. Since 1975, he worked as a

curator A curator (from , meaning 'to take care') is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the particular ins ...

at the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz in Speyer and

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

. In 1979, he

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and began teaching at the University of Frankfurt. From 1983 he taught art history at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz () is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany. It has been named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 a ...

, and since 1987 at the

Saarland University Saarland University (, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in six faculties that cover all major ...

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...

. Since 1991, he taught as an

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of art history at the . From 1991, Dellwing was a member of the board of the Speyer Art Association and curator of exhibitions on contemporary art. Dellwing built up a collection on German Informel since 1948. Dellwing died on 31 December 2010, in

Publications

; Monographs * ''Studien zur Baukunst der Bettelorden im Veneto. Die Gotik der monumentalen Gewölbebasiliken''. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München 1970 * with Reinhardt Hootz: ''Kunstdenkmäler in Italien – Ein Bildhandbuch Venedig – Stadt und Provinz'', series: Bildhandbuch der Kunstdenkmäler, München 1974, Deutscher Kunstverlag, . * ''Venetien ohne Venedig. Kunstdenkmäler in Italien.'' Ein Bildhandbuch. Herausgegeben von Reinhardt Hootz, Berlin 1976, Deutscher Kunstverlag, . * with Hans Erich Kubach: ''Die Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt und des ehemaligen Landkreises Zweibrücken''. 2 vols., Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1981, . * ''Protestantische Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken'' (''Kleine Kunstführer'' Nr. 1326). Munich; Zürich 1982 Schnell und Steiner * ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz''. Vol 1: ''Speyer.'' Wernersche Verlagsanstalt, Worms 1985. * (as collaborator): ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland.'' Vol 3.1: ''Stadt Koblenz. Südliche Vorstadt und Oberwerth.'' Schwann, Düsseldorf 1986. * with Edith Ruser: ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland.'' Vol. 5.1: ''Kreis Bad Kreuznach. Stadt Bad Kreuznach.'' Schwann, Düsseldorf 1987. . * ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz'' Vol 1: ''Stadt Speyer'', Düsseldorf 1988, Schwann, . * with Rolf Mertzenich: ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Vol. 7: Kreis Ludwigshafen''. Werner, Worms 1989. . * ''Die Kirchenbaukunst des späten Mittelalters in Venetien''.''Die Kirchenbaukunst des späten Mittelalters in Venetien''
on WorldCat Worms 1990, Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, . * ''Dresden, Halle, Leipzig. Kunstzentren der 80er Jahre in Europa'', 20 June – 28 July 1991 Kunstverein Speyer, 20 June – 28 July 1991 , 21 June – 28 July 1991 Rathaus-Foyer Main, Speyer 1991, . * (as collaborator.): ''Collage in Deutschland 1950-1993''. Kunstverein Speyer 174, 1993 * Herbert Dellwing, Wolfhard Viertel (catalogue): ''Zhou Brothers'', Speyer, Kunstverein, 1997, . * with Wolfgang Brönner,

Paul-Georg Custodis Paul-Georg Custodis (born 13 January 1940) is a German architect and historic preservationist. Career Custodis, Great-great-great-nephew of the royal court architect , was born in Hanover during World War II.Die Loreley: ein Fels im Rhein, ein ...

, Wolfgang Franz, Klaus Häfner, Dieter Kastner, Franz Ronig,

Barbara Schock-Werner Barbara Schock-Werner (born 23 July 1947, Ludwigsburg) is a German architect, and was until her retirement end of August 2012 the master builder at Cologne Cathedral with overall responsibility for conservation and restoration work. With the offic ...

, Arnold Wolff: ''Die Apollinariskirche in Remagen''. Wernersche Verlagsges 2005, . * with Reinhard Kallenbach: ''Kulturdenkmäler in Rheinland-Pfalz. Denkmaltopographie Bundesrepublik Deutschland''. Vol. 3.2: ''Stadt Koblenz. Innenstadt.'' Werner, Worms 2004. . * with Franz Dudenhöffer; Peter Eichhorn;

Clemens Jöckle Clemens Jöckle (15 April 1950 – 2 June 2014) was a German art historian. From 2001 to 2012, he was the director of the Städtische Galerie Speyer. Life Jöckle was born in . His career was bumpy at first. Author and voluntary commitment J ...

; Eckard Schulz; Eva-Maria Urban; Cornelia Vagt-Beck; Jürgen Vorderstemann: ''40 Jahre Kunstverein Speyer 1968–2008'', Speyer 2008, Pilger Verlag ; Important essays on monuments * ''Der Santo in Padua – Eine baugeschichtliche Untersuchung''. In ' 19, 1975, . * ''Die Kirchen San Zaccaria in Venedig. Eine ikonologische Studie''. In ' 37, 1974, . ; Editorship * ''BILD-RAUM, RAUM-BILD''. Ausstellungskatalog Kunstverein Speyer 2000 * ''Friedemann Hahn. Übers Meer'', text by Herbert Dellwing, Gedichte von Friedemann Hahn, Edition Nord/West 2002, * ''Michael Croissant und seine Schüler''. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Kulturhof Flachsgasse from 28 September to 26 October 2008.

References

External links

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Biografie über Herbert Dellwing
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