Hermann Joseph Schnitzler (13 January 1905 - 15 December 1976) was a German art historian.

Life and work

Born in

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, his family were clothmakers from the town. He attended the Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium in

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, graduating from it in 1924. He began studying music in

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before shifting to art history at the Universität Berlin under

Adolph Goldschmidt Adolph Goldschmidt (15 January 1863 – 5 January 1944) was a Jewish German art historian. He taught at University of Berlin from 1892 to 1903, and University of Halle from 1904 to 1912. Biography He was born on 15 January 1863 in the Free and ...

and the

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under

Paul Clemen Paul Clemen (31 October 1866 – 8 July 1947) was a German art historian known in particular for his large inventory of monuments in the Rhineland area, many of which were destroyed or severely damaged in World War II. Clemen was born in Leipzi ...

. He died in Cologne.

Selected works

* ''Die Goldschmiedeplastik der Aachener Schreinswerkstatt. Beiträge zur Entwicklung der Goldschmiedekunst des Rhein-Maas-Gebietes in der romanischen Zeit''. Düren 1934 (= Dissertation). * ''Ein unbekanntes Reiterrelief aus dem Kreise des Naumburger Meisters'', in: ''Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft'' 2, 1935, p. 398–423. * ''Der Dom zu Aachen''. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1950. * ''Alte Kunst im Schnütgen-Museum''. Tellus, Essen 1956. * ''Rheinische Schatzkammer''. 2 Bände. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1957 und 1959 * ''Große Kunst des Mittelalters aus Privatbesitz'', Ausstellungskatalog, Schnütgen-Museum Köln 1960

Collaborations

* with Hans Erich Kubach, Fritz Michel: ''Die Kunstdenkmäler des Landkreises Koblenz.'' (= '' Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz'' Bd. 16, 3) L. Schwan, Düsseldorf 1944 (Nachdruck 1981, ISBN 3-590-32142-3). * with Peter Bloch: ''Die ottonische Kölner Malerschule''. 2 Bände. Schwann, Düsseldorf 1967 and 1970.

Bibliography (in German)

* Peter Bloch, Joseph Hoster (ed.): ''Miscellanea pro arte. Hermann Schnitzler zur Vollendung des 60. Lebensjahres am 13. Januar 1965.'' Köln 1965 (mit Schriftenverzeichnis). * Peter Bloch: ''Hermann Schnitzler''. In: ''Kunstchronik'' 30, 1977, S. 220–223. *

References

External links

*
Publikations by Hermann Schnitzler
in the catalogue of the

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