Buchner, Ernst

Date born: 1892

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Date died: 1962

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First Director Wallraf-Rich. Museum. Buchner studied under Heinrich Wölfflin (q.v.). As the director of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen (Bavarian State Painting Collections), he assisted the Gestapo in the confiscation of Jewish collections. He played a crucial role in the removal of the Gent altarpiece to Germany. After Germany's surrender, he was ismissed from his position in 1945. Buchner was reinstalled in 1953.

Home Country: Germany

Sources: Wölfflin, Heinrich. Heinrich Wölfflin, 1864-1945: Autobiographie, Tagebücher und Briefe. Joseph Ganter, ed. Basel: Schwabe & Co., 1982, p. 490; “Raub und Resitution” Jüdisches Museum Berlin (exhibition webpage) http://www.jmberlin.de/raub-und-restitution/en/home.php

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