Margarethe Jochimsen

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Margarethe Jochimsen, née Müller, (14 August 1931 - 15 September 2016)[1] was a German curator, art critic and museum director.

Life and career[]

Müller studied political science and art history. In 1961 she married the politician  [de] (1933-1999), with whom she had a daughter and a son.[2] From 1978 to 1986 Jochimsen was director of the  [de] as an art historian with a doctorate and its chairman until 1996. In 1988 she was the initiator for the rescue of the house of August Macke in Bonn; subsequently she was the founding director of the August-Macke-Haus in 1991 and headed it until 2002. Among other things she was editor of the series of publications of the association August Macke Haus.[3]

Müller died in Freiburg im Breisgau at age 85.

Family grave of Margarethe Jochimsen with parents and husband Reimut, Hauptfriedhof Freiburg (Breisgau)

Honours[]

  • 2004: Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse.[4]
  • 2017: Honour for life and work by the Bonner Kunstverein on 29 January 2017.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Obituary in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
  2. ^ Reimut Jochimsen, uni-siegen.de
  3. ^ Margarethe Jochimsen, wachsman.com
  4. ^ Thomas Kliemann: Meine Devise: Nicht warten, sondern anpacken. Verdienstkreuz für Margarethe Jochimsen, Gründungsdirektorin des Bonner Macke Hauses, general-anzeiger-bonn.de, 23 January 2004
  5. ^ Kunst ist sowieso immer ein Wagnis – für Margarethe Jochimsen, wherevent.com

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