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'''Leopold Zahn''' (1890-1970<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Leopold Zahn (b.1890, d.1970) - McNay Art Museum |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331151105/https://collection.mcnayart.org/persons/2985/leopold-zahn-b1890-d1970 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>) was an Austrian writer and art historian . |
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He received his doctorate and worked as a writer and art historian. In 1919 he was editorial director of the magazine “Ararat”. Until 1926 he worked as an employee at the Burgverlag Adolf Schmieger, but in April 1926 he had to register the settlement with the Vienna Commercial Court due to excessive indebtedness and insolvency . At this point he founded the “Verlagsanstalt Dr.” together with Paul Diamant. Zahn and Dr. Diamond”, which only lasted for a short time |
He received his doctorate and worked as a writer and art historian. In 1919 he was editorial director of the magazine “Ararat”. Until 1926 he worked as an employee at the Burgverlag Adolf Schmieger, but in April 1926 he had to register the settlement with the Vienna Commercial Court due to excessive indebtedness and insolvency . At this point he founded the “Verlagsanstalt Dr.” together with Paul Diamant. Zahn and Dr. Diamond”, which only lasted for a short time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Verlagsanstalt Dr. Zahn und Dr. Diamant – Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte |url=http://verlagsgeschichte.murrayhall.com/?page_id=676 |access-date=2024-05-03 |language=de-DE}}</ref> In 1946, together with Woldemar Klein, he founded the magazine ''Das'' ''Kunstwerk'' which developed into an important publication on modern art in West Germany.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lange |first=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJPkEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA155&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Rethinking Postwar Europe: Artistic Production and Discourses on Art in the late 1940s and 1950s |last2=Hildebrandt |first2=Dirk |last3=Pietrasik |first3=Agata |date=2019-12-09 |publisher=Böhlau Köln |isbn=978-3-412-51401-3 |pages=163-164 |language=en}}</ref> The first issue focussed on the role of the artist in society.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Mia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DeGEDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT56&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Utopia and Dissent in West Germany: The Resurgence of the Politics of Everyday Life in the Long 1960s |date=2019-01-22 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-75306-0 |language=en}}</ref> In 1955 he was a co-founder of the “ Society of Friends of Young Art ”. |
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Leopold Zahn worked as a writer from a young age and later became a productive art historian with numerous publications. He published one of the first monographs on Paul Klee in 1920,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bourneuf |first=Annie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2qYQCgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT212&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Paul Klee: The Visible and the Legible |date=2015-07-20 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-23360-4 |pages=27 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Werckmeister |first=Otto Karl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hb9yEbdj9doC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA233&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=The Making of Paul Klee's Career, 1914-1920 |date=1989-07-10 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-89358-7 |pages=233 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wirth |first=Jason M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_YwmDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA46&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis |date=2017-06-05 |publisher=SUNY Press |isbn=978-1-4384-6543-2 |pages=46 |language=en}}</ref> wrote a book on Vincent van Gogh in 1946 and several books on the history of modern art . His work on Klee infleunced later views on cosmology in Klee's work.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elsner |first=Jaś |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rSCCq2DLMOAC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA247&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 57/58: Spring/Autumn 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-87365-861-4 |pages=246 |language=en}}</ref> Zahn also wrote on decorative arts, especially Viennese furniture.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jackson-Beckett |first=Michelle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-78EAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA55&dq=leopold+zahn&hl=en |title=Vienna and the New Wohnkultur, 1918-1938 |date=2024-03-20 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-887951-0 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Leopold Zahn worked as a writer from a young age and later became a productive art historian with numerous publications. He published the first monograph on Paul Klee in 1920 , wrote a book on Vincent van Gogh in 1946 and several books on the history of modern art . |
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Revision as of 10:49, 5 May 2024
Leopold Zahn (1890-1970[1]) was an Austrian writer and art historian .
Biography
Leopold's father Josef Zahn was the owner of a glass factory (Kristall- und Stilluster Zahn) in the 3rd district of Vienna at Salesianergasse 9. The parents Josef and Leopoldine Maria née Strobl married on August 16, 1887 in Grein , on 1889 they were the first Child daughter Irene was born. On July 8, 1890, Leopold's second child was born, Leopoldine Johanna Maria Zahn.
At birth, the midwife was unsure of the gender ; the child was raised as a girl. At the age of 17, Leopoldine became Leopold, a case of so-called pseudohermaphroditism , which caused quite a stir in the press. The name and gender entry were corrected in the baptismal register. Leopold Zahn wrote an autobiographical book about this, which was published anonymously in Vienna in 1910 under the title From the diary of a male high school student .
On December 31, 1916 he married Ella née Gang “ im Felde ”.
After the Second World War he moved to Baden-Baden, where he lived until his death on April 28, 1970.
Works
He received his doctorate and worked as a writer and art historian. In 1919 he was editorial director of the magazine “Ararat”. Until 1926 he worked as an employee at the Burgverlag Adolf Schmieger, but in April 1926 he had to register the settlement with the Vienna Commercial Court due to excessive indebtedness and insolvency . At this point he founded the “Verlagsanstalt Dr.” together with Paul Diamant. Zahn and Dr. Diamond”, which only lasted for a short time.[2] In 1946, together with Woldemar Klein, he founded the magazine Das Kunstwerk which developed into an important publication on modern art in West Germany.[3] The first issue focussed on the role of the artist in society.[4] In 1955 he was a co-founder of the “ Society of Friends of Young Art ”.
Leopold Zahn worked as a writer from a young age and later became a productive art historian with numerous publications. He published one of the first monographs on Paul Klee in 1920,[5][6][7] wrote a book on Vincent van Gogh in 1946 and several books on the history of modern art . His work on Klee infleunced later views on cosmology in Klee's work.[8] Zahn also wrote on decorative arts, especially Viennese furniture.[9]
References
- ^ "Leopold Zahn (b.1890, d.1970) - McNay Art Museum". web.archive.org. 2023-03-31. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ "Verlagsanstalt Dr. Zahn und Dr. Diamant – Österreichische Verlagsgeschichte" (in German). Retrieved 2024-05-03.
- ^ Lange, Barbara; Hildebrandt, Dirk; Pietrasik, Agata (2019-12-09). Rethinking Postwar Europe: Artistic Production and Discourses on Art in the late 1940s and 1950s. Böhlau Köln. pp. 163–164. ISBN 978-3-412-51401-3.
- ^ Lee, Mia (2019-01-22). Utopia and Dissent in West Germany: The Resurgence of the Politics of Everyday Life in the Long 1960s. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-75306-0.
- ^ Bourneuf, Annie (2015-07-20). Paul Klee: The Visible and the Legible. University of Chicago Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-226-23360-4.
- ^ Werckmeister, Otto Karl (1989-07-10). The Making of Paul Klee's Career, 1914-1920. University of Chicago Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-226-89358-7.
- ^ Wirth, Jason M. (2017-06-05). Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and Dōgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis. SUNY Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-4384-6543-2.
- ^ Elsner, Jaś (2011). Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 57/58: Spring/Autumn 2010. Harvard University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-87365-861-4.
- ^ Jackson-Beckett, Michelle (2024-03-20). Vienna and the New Wohnkultur, 1918-1938. Oxford University Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-19-887951-0.