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Wilhelm Neumann
German literary critic and writer (1781-1834)

Wilhelm Neumann

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German literary critic and writer (1781-1834)
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Berlin
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Brandenburg an der Havel
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Wilhelm Neumann
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Carl Johann Wilhelm Neumann (Latvian: Vilhelms Neimanis) (born 5 October 1849 in Grevesmühlen – died 6 March 1919 in Riga) was a Baltic German architect and art historian.
Neumann's family moved to Kreutzburg in Governorate of Livonia during Wilhelm's childhood. When he was 15 years old, he worked as an apprentice at the Paul Max Bertschy's engineering office during the construction of the Riga–Dünaburg Railway. After this he studied at the Riga Polytechnicum, and beginning 1875 at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
Beginning 1873 Neumann worked as an architect in Dünaburg, and 1878 he was promoted to be chief architect of Dünaburg. In 1887 he began to publish art historical publications. In 1895 he moved to Riga, where numerous prominent buildings in the style of historicism was created, amongst these the Peitav Synagogue. Furthermore, Neumann was the planner of many manor buildings in the Baltic governorates.
Between 1899 and 1901 Neumann taught at the polytechnicum. In 1905 he became director of the Riga Art Museum, a building that was designed by himself. After 1906 Neumann focused on his art historical works.
Neumann died on 6 March 1919, 69 years old.

Literature

  • E. Grosmane. Vilhelms Neimanis Latvijas mākslas vēsturē., Rīga, 1991, 7.-21. lpp.
  • Jānis Krastiņš. Rīgas arhitektūras meistari 1850–1940, Jumava, 2002
  • Peter Wörster: „Der Vater der baltischen Kunstgeschichte“. Wilhelm Neumann – Architekt, Kunsthistoriker und Denkmalpfleger. In: Jahrbuch des baltischen Deutschtums, Bd. 55 (2008), Lüneburg 2007, S. 83-100.

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