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Edwin Redslob

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Edwin Redslob
Edwin Redslob
Born(1884-09-22)22 September 1884
Weimar, Germany
Died24 January 1973(1973-01-24) (aged 88)
OccupationArt historian

Edwin Redslob (22 September 1884, Weimar – 24 January 1973, West Berlin) was a German art historian who served as Reichskunstwart under the Weimar Republic.[1]: 86  Appointed in 1920, he was the only person to fulfil this role as the position was abolished following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.

In 1912, he was appointed to run the Angermuseum in Erfurt where he remained until 1919.[2]

Grave of Redslob

In 1945, he co-founded the Berlin daily newspaper Der Tagesspiegel, and then in 1948, he was one of the co-initiators in the founding of the Freie Universität Berlin.[3] He was a professor at the university teaching Art History from 1948 to 1954. He was also rector from 1949 to 1950.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Weinstein, Joan (1990). The end of expressionism : art and the November Revolution in Germany, 1918-19. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226890597.
  2. ^ "Geschichte Erfurter Museen –". www.erfurt-web.de. official city portal of the state capital of Thuringia. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Edwin Redslob". www.fu-berlin.de. Free University of Berlin. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
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