Gotthard Jedlicka
Gotthard Jedlicka was a Swiss art historian and writer.Biography
Jedlicka studied art history in Zurich, Grenoble and Paris and became a teacher in a secondary school in Winterthur, canton of Zurich.
He earned a doctorate in 1928 and was promoted to professor in 1934. From 1939 to 1965 he was professor of art history at the University of Zurich. Besides, he was an editor of the magazine Galerie und Sammler and of the art book series of Scherz-Verlag. He was also an editor of the Swiss monthly magazine Werk. Moreover, he wrote several art books and monographies about artists such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Manet and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. His work is preserved by the Zurich Central Library.
In 1951, Jedkicka became a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature.
He was buried at Enzenbühl Cemetery.Works (selection)
- Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Laupen, 1929
- Henri Matisse. Chronique du jour, Paris, 1930,
- Begegnungen. Künstlernovellen. Schwabe, Basel, 1933
- Pieter Bruegel. Der Maler in seiner Zeit. Rentsch, Erlenbach, 1938
- Edouard Manet. Rentsch, Erlenbach, 1941
- Spanische Malerei. Atlantis Verlag, 1941
- Zur schweizerischen Malerei der Gegenwart. Rentsch, Erlenbach, 1947
- Pierre Bonnard. Ein Besuch. Rentsch, Erlenbach, 1949
- Pariser Tagebuch. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1953
- Anblick und Erlebnis. Bildbetrachtungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1955
- Die Matisse Kapelle in Vence. Rosenkranzkapelle der Dominikanerinnen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1955
- Wege zum Kunstwerk. Begegnungen mit Kunst und Künstlern. Piper, Munich, 1960
- Der Fauvismus. Büchergilde Gutenberg, Zürich, 1961
- Max Gubler. Hrsg. von Friedel Jedlicka. Huber, Frauenfeld, 1970
- Mit Henri Matisse in Paris 1931. Piet Meyer, Basel 2008,
