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Hubert Janitschek

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Hubert Janitschek (1846–1893) was an Austrian-German art historian. Janitschek was born in Troppau, Silesia. He taught art history at the University of Leipzig and the University of Strasbourg. In 1890 he created the terms "Ottonian art" and "Ottonian painting". Among his students were Georg Dehio, Aby Warburg, Paul Clemen and Wilhelm Vöge. In 1882 he married the writer Maria Tölk (1859-1927). He died in 1893 in Leipzig.

Further reading

  • Metzler Kunsthistoriker Lexikon: Zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999, pp. 190–192.

Select writings

  • Leone Battista Albertis kleinere kunsttheoretische Schriften. Vienna: W. Braumüller, 1877.
  • Die Gesellschaft der Renaissance in Italien und die Kunst. Stuttgart: W. Spemann, 1879.
  • "Zwei Studien zur Geschichte der karolingischen Malerei." In Strassburger Festgruss an Anton Springer zum 4. Mai 1885. Stuttgart: Spemann, 1885, pp. 1–30.
  • Die Geschichte der deutschen Malerei. 5 vols. Berlin: Grote, 1887-1890.
  • Die Kunstlehre Dantes and Giottos Kunst. Leipzig: Brockhaus, 1892.
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