I studied art history, classical archaeology, and German philology in Münster/Westphalia and London. With a thesis on glass design in former Czechoslovakia I received my doctorate at Humboldt University Berlin. After several years in the art trade, I have been working as a freelance glass scholar, curator and conservation consultant for museums, foundations, and private individuals with a focus on art and design made of glass since 1998. I was involved in numerous projects covering a time span between the Renaissance and the present day. For my clients I have coordinated catalogue productions, loans, and various exhibition projects. Thus, I built and maintained an extensive network of relevant museums, scientists, collectors, and the art trade. I am publicly appointed and sworn expert witness for European glass from the 15th to the 21st Century, certified by the Chamber of Commerce Berlin. Since 2020, I am curator of chandeliers and luminaries at the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg.
References I will be happy to name appropriate references in a personal meeting.
In addition to my work, I am vice-chairman of the DGG expert committee V (Glass History and Glass Art) as well as in charge of publications at Light and Glass. Also, I am a member in the Verband Deutscher Kunsthistoriker e.V. and the network glasspool e.V., which I support pro bono as editor. During 2022, I was in the Museum, Art, Archaeology & History Group of the UN International Year of Glass, as well as in the German National Committee with DGG. I am member of the vetting committee for glass at TEFAF Maastricht.
Bibliography (selection)
Flötengläser am preußischen Hof. Tafelkultur und Champagner im 18. Jahrhundert. In: Glas in der Frühen Neuzeit: Herstellung, Verwendung, Bedeutung, Analyse, Bewahrung, publ. by Annette C. Cremer,Heidelberg 2022 (Höfische Kultur interdisziplinär – Schriften und Materialien des Rudolstädter Arbeitskreises zur Residenzkultur, vol. 6), pp. 515-550.
One Reality from many perspectives. In: The Coburg Prize for Contemporary Glass, publ. by Sven Hauschke,Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, Petersberg 2022, pp. 30–37.
Soft Machine: Carissa Baktay. In: Glasshouse. International Magazine for Studioglass. Issue 3, 2021, pp. 7–9
Judith Schaechter. Path to Paradise. In: Glasshouse. International Magazine for Studioglass. Issue 3, 2020, pp. 8–11
Caricatures in Glass by Hans Jürgen Wolff, in: Glasshouse. International Magazine for Studioglass. Issue 1, 2020, pp. 8–9; and on Sculpture Networks.
web portal Brandenburgisches Glas. Produktionsvielfalt vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert, www.museum-digital.de
Dorie Guthrie. Masked Likenesses. In: Glasshouse. Issue 4, 2019, pp. 11–13.
Kameographies. Images in Glass. In: Glasshouse. Issue 3, 2019, pp. 24–25
Traces of Things. Saman Kalantari. In: Glasshouse. Issue 2, 2019, pp. 8–9; and on Sculpture Networks.
Michèle Lapointe – Public Inner Space. In: Glasshouse. Issue 1, 2019, pp. 10–11; and on Sculpture Networks.
New Glass Now in Corning. In: Glasshouse. Issue 1, 2019, pp. 14–15.
Jonathan Michie. Meticulous Constructions. In: Glasshouse. Issue 4, 2018, pp. 8–10; and on Sculpture Networks.
Mit der Saufeder auf Hirschjagd: Ein brandenburgischer Becher gibt Rätsel auf. In: Der Glasfreund. Zeitschrift für altes und neues Glas. Vol. 23, Issue 67, 2018, pp. 16–18.
Glas in Gernheim. Le Forme del Vetro. In: Glasshouse. Issue 2, 2018, pp. 4–5.
Das verstaatlichte Glasgewerbe der Tschechoslowakei. Systemdefizite als Chancengeber für Qualitätssicherung und Innovationsfähigkeit. In: Wirtschaftliche Transformationsprozesse in Ostdeutschland und Osteuropa. Economic History Yearbook. Vol. 58. Issue 2. 2017, pp. 439–466.
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Studioglas-Sammlung Veda. Museum Baruther Glashütte. 2017, www.museum-digital.de
Editor and co-author: Gläserne Welten. Potsdamer Glasmacher schneiden Geschichte. Potsdam Museum – Forum für Kunst und Geschichte. Publ. by Jutta Götzmann und Uta Kaiser. Petersberg 2017. 49 object entries in the catalogue, pp. 78–170.
Tschechisches Glas. Künstlerische Gestaltung im Sozialismus. Cologne/Weimar/Vienna 2016. (Studien zur Kunst. Vol. 35)
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Moderne Formgestaltung und Strategien zur Profilbildung an den Glasfachschulen in Haida und Zwiesel im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Bruno Mauder und Heinrich Strehblow. In: Bayern und Böhmen. Gegenüberstellungen und Vergleiche. Exh. Cat. publ. by Collegium Carolinum. Munich 2016, pp. 225–242. [Czech version 2017]
Vom „Kristall der Armen“ zum Gestalterobjekt. Pressglas in der sozialistischen Tschechoslowakei. In: Technikgeschichte. Vol. 83. Issue 3. 2016, pp. 173–200. www.nomos-elibrary.de
Tschechische Glaskunst – Ausstellungswesen und Export in der sozialistischen ‚Kulturdiplomatie‘ der 1950er bis 1970er Jahre. In: Marek, Michaela u.a. (ed.): Kultur als Vehikel und als Opponent politischer Absichten. Kulturkontakte zwischen Deutschen, Tschechen und Slowaken von der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts bis in die 1980er Jahre. Essen 2010, pp. 481–509. [Czech version 2009]
Gravur in Kamenický Šenov 1945-1950. In: Braunová, Helena et al. (ed.): 4. Mezinárodní Sympozium Rytého Skla Kamenický Šenov 2005. Publ. by Sdružení symposia rytého skla, Kamenický Šenov 2006, pp. 114–120.
Czech Glass in the Limelight: The Great Exhibitions Abroad. In: Ricke, Helmut (Hg.): Czech Glass 1945-1980. Design in an Age of Adversity. Exh. Cat. Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning; International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma; Düsseldorf 2005, pp. 86–103.
Bohemian Glass 1930 – 1970. The Collection of The Steinberg Foundation, Vaduz. Coll. Cat. in 4 volumes. Publ. for The Steinberg Foundation. London 2001.
Creating Glass. Czech Art and Design 1940 – 1970, Drawings, The Collection of The Steinberg Foundation, Vaduz. Coll. Cat. in 13 volumes. Publ. for The Steinberg Foundation. London 1999.
Fee
My fee is based on the recommendations of the German Art Historian Association. Depending on the service required and its extent, we certainly will find a solution for your project together, such as a flat fee. Just contact me.
