Alfred von Wurzbach

Alfred Wurzbach Knights of Tannenberg, ( born July 22, 1846 in Lviv, † May 18, 1915 in Vienna ) was an Austrian official, art historian, art critic and author.

Wurzbach was the son of lexicographers Constantin von Wurzbach and his wife Antonia Hinz Inger. After reaching the Matura (Abitur ) Wurzbach began to study law in Vienna. After the successful completion of his studies, he got a job at the Lower Austrian governor's office.

1871 Wurzbach worked for some time as secretary of the Vienna mortgage bond bank, however, occurred after the stock market crisis of 1873 his old position again. In 1876 he resigned from the government service, settled as a private, traveled extensively through Holland, Belgium, France and Germany, and earned his living as a writer and art critic. From 1880-1886 he worked as an editor and art critic for the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung. Then he turned almost exclusively to major art historical works. His son was Wolfgang von Wurzbach ( 1879-1957 ).

At the age of 68 years Alfred Wurzbach, Ritter died of Tannenberg, on 18 May 1915 in Vienna.

Works

  • Contemporaries. Biographical sketches. 12 issues. Vienna, Pest, Leipzig: Hard Life, 1870-1871
  • Martin Schongauer. A critical study of his life and works together with a chronological lists of his engravings. Vienna, 1880
  • Songs to a woman. Stuttgart: Neff, 1881
  • History of Dutch painting. Leipzig: Freytag; Prague: Temsky, 1885
  • Dutch artist Encyclopedia 3 vols Vienna & Leipzig: Stem & Goldmann, 1906-11
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