Herbert Dellwing (1940 – 31 December 2010) was a German art historian and historic preservationist. He lived and work in Speyer and Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Life and career

Born in Großauheim, Dellwing studied art history from 1960 at the Kunstgeschichtlichen Institut [de] of the Goethe University Frankfurt. From 1964 to 1974, he did research in Italy (Venice, Florence). In 1967, he received his doctorate in art history with a thesis on the architecture of the mendicant orders in the Veneto at the University of Frankfurt. Since 1975, he worked as a curator at the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Rheinland-Pfalz in Speyer and Mainz.[1]

In 1979, he habilitated and began teaching at the University of Frankfurt. From 1983 he taught art history at the University of Mainz, and since 1987 at the Saarland University in Saarbrücken. Since 1991, he taught as an associate professor of art history[2] at the Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Universität Frankfurt [de].

From 1991, Dellwing was a member of the board of the Speyer Art Association and curator of exhibitions on contemporary art. Dellwing built up a collection on German Informel since 1948.[3]

Dellwing died on 31 December 2010, in Speyer.[4]

Publications

Monographs
Important essays on monuments
Editorship

References