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Gotthard Jedlicka (6 May 1899 in Zurich — 9 November 1965 in Duisburg) 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 (diessertation, University of Zurich, Department of Philosophy I, 1929, 28 pages)
- Henri Matisse. Chronique du jour, Paris, 1930, (200 issues)
- 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 (Bibliothek Suhrkamp 18), Frankfurt am Main, 1953
- Anblick und Erlebnis. Bildbetrachtungen. Suhrkamp (Bibliothek Suhrkamp 29), 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 (Kleine Bibliothek 5), Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-905799-04-0