Theodor von Frimmel
Theodor von Frimmel - Traisenau (* December 15, 1853 in Amstetten, Lower Austria, † December 25, 1928 in Vienna ) was an Austrian art historian, musicologist and Beethoven scholar.
Biography
Frimmel attended high school in Vienna, studied medicine and then in 1879 a doctorate to the Dr. med. From autumn 1881 until May 1883 he worked at the Austrian Museum of Art and Industry. Subsequently, he was from 1884 to 1893 curator of the Vienna Court Museum, later Director of the Gallery of Count Schönborn- Wiesentheid and lecturer at the Vienna Athenaeum. Permanent importance are his Beethoven research. Frimmel was one of the last who could ask even contemporaries of the composer. His estate, including numerous letters, is now in the Beethoven House in Bonn.
In 1940 in Vienna Dobling ( 19th district ) was named the Frimmelgasse after him.
Writings
- Beethoven and Goethe. A study, Vienna 1883
- Joseph Anton Koch, Leipzig 1884 ( = art and artists of the 19th century, Lfg 16)
- For a critique of Dürer 's Apocalypse and his coat of arms with the dead head, Vienna 1884
- The Apocalypse in the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. An art historical study, Vienna 1885
- The Anonimo Morelliano, 2 volumes, Vienna 1888/89 - Reproduction Hildesheim 1974
- New Beethoveniana, Vienna 1888; new edition 1890
- Josef Danhauser and Beethoven. A study from the International Exhibition of Music and Drama beings. All friends of Beethoven dedicated, Vienna 1892
- List of paintings in Counts - Schönborn- Wiesentheid'schem possession, Pommersfelden 1894
- Handbook of painting Geography, Leipzig 1894 - 3 umgearb. & Strong presumably edition, Leipzig 1920
- Painted Galleries, 2nd revised edition, Berlin 1896
- Marco Antonio Michiel - notizia d' opere del disegno, ed critica a cura di Theodor Frimmel, Vienna 1896
- From seeing the art in science. A Philosophical Study Art, Vienna 1897
- History of Viennese painting collections, Munich 1899
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Berlin 1901
- Modern Art. A sketch, Munich -Leipzig 1904
- Sheets for painting customer, 7 volumes, 1904-1912 (Journal)
- For methodology and psychology of paintings determining, 2nd ed, Munich and Leipzig 1905
- Beethoven Studies, Volume 1, Beethoven's appearance, Leipzig and Munich 1905
- Beethoven Studies, Volume 2, building blocks for a life story of the Master, Leipzig and Munich 1906
- Remarks on the alleged " critical" edition of the letters of Beethoven, Vienna 1907
- Beethoven -Jahrbuch, 2 volumes, Munich and Leipzig 1908/ 09
- Beethoven Letters, 5 volumes, 1910-1911
- Beethoven research. Loose papers, 9 books, Vienna 1911-1925
- Studies and sketches for paintings Customer, 6 volumes, 1913-1922 (Journal)
- Encyclopedia of the Vienna Collection of Paintings, 2 vols, Munich 1913/14,
- From old and new art, Vienna 1922 ( selected art historical essays )
- List of paintings in the collection Matsvanszky (Vienna ), Vienna 1922
- New leaves for painting customer, one band, 1922/23 (Journal)
- Beethoven in contemporary portrait, Vienna 1923
- Ludwig van Beethoven. Thematic Index of Gustav Nottebohm, together with the Biblioteca Beethoveniana Emerich Kastner, supplemented by Theodor Frimmel, Leipzig 1925
- Beethoven Handbook, 2 volumes, Leipzig 1926