Birgit Dahlenburg
German art historian
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Birgit Dahlenburg, née Handschel (16 April 1959 – 29 January 2017)[1] was a German art historian. She worked as custodian for the art collections of the University of Greifswald and was instrumental in digitising art.
16 April 1959
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| Born | Birgit Handschel 16 April 1959 |
| Died | 29 January 2017 (aged 57) |
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Life
Born in Heldburg, she studied German studies, art history and art didactics at the University of Greifswald.[2] She received her doctorate in art history there in 1986 with a dissertation on the history of romantic art in Northern Germany.[3] She worked as a research assistant for the Chair of Contemporary Art History from 1987.[3]
From 1988 to 1989 Dahlenburg was head of the graphics department at the Kunstsammlungen Zwickau.[2] In 1989, she was appointed university curator and director of the Academic Art Collection of the university, where she was also a research assistant for the university's chair of Neuere Kunstgeschichte des Caspar-David-Friedrich-Instituts für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft.[3] She organised exhibitions and published books about treasures of the collection, such as the Croÿ-Teppich and the Pomeranian Fishermen's Tapestry). The Croy Tapestry was included in the list of National wertvolles Kulturgut (Cultural heritage of national value), due to her efforts.[4][5]
From 2013 Dahlenburg was a member of the board of the Digicult-Verbund eG, a cooperative society which has set itself the goal of long-term safeguarding cultural heritage through digital recording and distribution.[4] In addition, she was an active member of the German Museum Association, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) and the Coordination Office for Scientific Collections in Germany.[4]
Dahlenburg died in Greifswald at age 57.[2][5]
Publications
- Kunstbesitz und Sammlungen der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald. Edit.: Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald. Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 1995.
- Der Croÿ-Teppich der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin 2000.
- with Dirk Alvermann: Greifswalder Köpfe. Gelehrtenporträts und Lebensbilder des 16.–18. Jahrhunderts aus der pommerschen Landesuniversität. Hinstorff, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-356-01139-1.
- with Kurt Feltkamp: Pommersche Fischerteppiche der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald. Greifswald 2008.
- Künstlerisch bewundert und von der Staatssicherheit verfolgt – der Surrealist Manfred Kastner (1943–1988). Greifswald 2008.
