Lorentz Dietrichson

Lorentz Henrik Segelcke Dietrichson ( born January 1, 1834 in Bergen, † March 6, 1917 in Christiania ) was a Norwegian art and literary historians and poets. He studied in Christiania (Oslo ) and even then made ​​up by students witty songs that appeared in 1859 under the title above Samfundsviser Sange af Jörgen Latins collected a name.

After he spent some time working in the libraries of Sweden and the literary-historical writing Om Läredigtet i North poetiske literature (1860 ) was published, he received in 1861 a position as a lecturer at the University of Uppsala in 1866 to amanuensis ( secretary ) at the National Museum in 1868 was appointed professor appointed at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm and later worked for a few years (1870-1873) at the trade school there. Since 1875, he served as associate professor of art history at the University of Christiania, where he is also the first director of the National Gallery, the collection of engravings and Museum of Decorative Arts, exercised through its co-founding it lasting influence on the Nordic artistic development. Repeated study tours have taken him to Italy (1862-1865, he served as a consulate secretary in Rome), Greece, Asia Minor, Egypt, Russia etc.

Of his works deserve roll highlighting: Indledning i Studiet af Sveriges literature i VORT Aarhundrede (Copenhagen 1862); Omrids af the norske Poesies history (ibid. 1866 to 1869, 2 vols ); Det Skönas Verld. Estetikens och Konsthistoriens Hufvudläror ( Stockholm 1860-1870 ); Fran min Vandringstid (ibid. 1873 to 1875, 3 vols ); Christusbilledet (Copenhagen 1880); Antinous, an art archaeological investigation ( Christiania 1884); Fra Kunsten 's Verden (Copenhagen 1885). He has also written monographs on Runeberg ( Stockholm 1864) and Tidemand ( 1878-1879 ), several plays (En Arbetare, Karl Folkunge etc. ), the seal Kivleslatten (1879 ) and numerous critical and art-historical essays in Norwegian, Swedish and German magazines. 1875-1876 he published a Tidskrift for Konst och Konstindustri in Stockholm. Dietrichson was married since 1862 with the Norwegian painter Mathilde Bonnevie ( born July 12, 1837 Christiania ), who accompanied him on his travels.