Keith Andrews FRSE FSA (11 October 1920 – 4 April 1989) was a German born British art historian and museum curator.

Early Life

Andrews was born Kurt Hermann Aufrichtig in Hamburg on 11 October 1920, the son of Sabine Kalter (1889–1957) and Max Aufrichtig (1879–1950). [1] His mother, born to a German speaking Polish Galician Jewish family in Jarosław, Galicia, Austria-Hungary was a leading mezzo-soprano at the Hamburg State Opera.[2][3][2][4] His father, born in Breslau (present-day Wrocław), was a banker in Hamburg. [5] Andrew had a younger sister Rene Andrews (1923–1992), born Renate Berta Aufrichtig.[6][7] The family fled Nazi Germany in January 1935 and settled in London with Andrews becoming a naturalised British citizen in 1947. [8][9][1]

Education

Andrews was educated at Quäkerschule Eerde [de] a Schulen im Exil [de] in Eerde, Ommen.[9] At the age of 17 he contracted Poliomyelitis, which caused permanent muscle weakness in both legs.[9] Returning to London, Andrews attended Night school at the Courtauld Institute twice a week, earning his diploma in the early 1950s.[9][10][11] During this time he was well known at Warburg Institute, with Gertrud Bing referring to Andrews' as "a child of the house".[9]

Andrews was awarded an Honorary MA from the University of Edinburgh [11] and an Honorary D Litt from University of Glasgow in 1985.[9]

Career

During his studies at the Courtauld, Andrews worked at Ernst Seligmann's antiquarian bookshop 'E Seligmann, Books & Prints' on Cecil Court.[12][13][9] Andrews' began as Art Librarian and Curator of Liverpool City Libraries in 1955, remaining there until 1958, [11] before moving to Edinburgh in 1958 to begin his leadership of the Department of Prints and Drawings at National Gallery of Scotland.

His publications on the German Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610) are of particular importance.[10]

Selected publications

  • The Nazarenes. A Brotherhood of German Painters in Rome, London 1964.
  • The Elsheimers inventory and other documents, in: The Burlington Magazine 114, 1972, S. 595–600.
  • A Pseudo-Elsheimer-group: Adriaen van Stalbemt as figure painter, in: The Burlington Magazine 115, 1973, S. 301–306.
  • Elsheimer and Dürer: an attempt towards a clarification of Elsheimer's early work, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, 24, 1973, S. 159–174.
  • Adam Elsheimer. Paintings-Drawings-Prints, Oxford 1977. Revidierte deutsche Ausgabe: Adam Elsheimer. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Radierungen, München 1985.

References

  1. ^ a b The National Archives. "HO 334/181/27602, Naturalisation Certificate: Kurt Hermann Aufrichtig. From Germany. Resident in Stanmore, Middlesex. Certificate AZ27602 issued 13 June 1947". The National Archives' Website: Discovery. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b Geschichtomat Hamburg (2021). "Sabine Kalter: Ein Leben für die Musik". YouTube (in German with English subtitles). Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ^ The National Archives. "HO 396/3/203, Name: Sabine Aufrichtig. Date of Birth: 28/03/1898. Place of Birth: Jaroslau, Poland, 30 October 1939". The National Archives' Website: Discovery. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  4. ^ Boisits, Barbara (2013). "Galizische Musikstudierende in Wien um 1900". Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa (in German). 14 (14). Leipzig: Gudrun Schröder Verlag: 33–56. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ^ The National Archives. "HO 396/3/200, Name: Max Aufrichtig. Date of Birth: 08/7/1879. Place of Birth: Breslau, 30 October 1939". The National Archives' Website: Discovery. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  6. ^ The National Archives. "HO 396/3/202, Name: Renate Berta Aufrichtig. Date of Birth: 09/9/1923. Place of Birth: Hamburg, 23 October 1939". The National Archives' Website: Discovery. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  7. ^ Deaths index (CR) Scotland. "Haymarket, Edinburgh. 29 May 1992. ANDREWS, Rene. 730/386". Scotlands People. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  8. ^ Fetthauer, S (2006). "Sabine Kalter". In Maurer Zenck, C; Petersen, P (eds.). Lexikon verfolgter Musiker und Musikerinnen der NS-Zeit (in German). Hamburg: University of Hamburg Press.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g White, Christopher (October 1989). "Obituaries: Keith Andrews". The Burlington Magazine. 131 (1039): 706–708. JSTOR 883994.
  10. ^ a b Lenz, Christian (1989). "Keith Andrews (1920-1989)". Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte. 52 (2): 298–299. JSTOR 1482487.
  11. ^ a b c C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). "Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J)" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  12. ^ Tate Gallery (1988). "Cecil Court, London W.C.2. (The Refugees)". The Tate Gallery 1984-86: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions Including Supplement to Catalogue of Acquisitions 1982-84. London: Tate Gallery. pp. 196–199. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  13. ^ Cecil Court (2014). "A History of Cecil Court". Cecil Court. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
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