Woldemar von Seidlitz

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Name Woldemar Seidlitz		Role Art Historian

Died January 12, 1922, Dresden, Germany Books Impressions of Ukiyo-e, A history of Japanese colour-prints, Hokusai, Ukiyo-E

Woldemar von Seidlitz (1 June 1850, in St Petersburg – 12 January 1922, in Dresden) was a Russian-born German art historian.

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He studied economics at the universities of Dorpat and Heidelberg, followed by studies of art history at Leipzig as a pupil of Anton Springer. From 1879 to 1884 he worked as a directorial assistant at the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, then from 1885 to 1918 served as an executive councilor to the Directorate-General of the Royal Collections for Art and Science in Dresden.

Literary works

Allgemeines historisches Porträtwerk, 6 vols., 1884–90 – General historical portrait work.

Rembrandts Radierungen, 1894 – Rembrandt's etchings.

Kritische Verzeichnis der Radierungen Rembrandts, 1895 – Critical directory of etchings by Rembrandt.

Geschichte des japanischen Farbenholzschnittes, 1897 – History of Japanese colored woodcuts.

Leonardo da Vinci, der Wendepunkt der Renaissance, 1909 – Leonardo da Vinci, the turning point of the Renaissance.

Die Kunst in Dresden vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit, 1920–22 – Art in Dresden from the Middle Ages to the modern era.

References

Woldemar von Seidlitz Wikipedia

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