Buddensieg, Tilmann

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BUDDENSIEG, Tilmann

BUDDENSIEG, Tilmann. German, b. 1928. Genres: Architecture, Art/Art history, Business/Trade/Industry, International relations/Current affairs. Career: Art History Institute, Freie University, Berlin, Germany, assistant, 1962-65, professor, beginning in 1968; affiliated with Freie University, 1965-78; Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany, professor, beginning in 1978. Visiting professor at Harvard University, 1967, Warburg Institute, 1969, Stanford University, 1971, University of California at Berkeley, 1971, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1984, and Columbia University, 1985; Slade Professor of Fine Arts, Cambridge, 1974; Humboldt University, Berlin, honorary professor, 1995-. Chair of advisory board of art of KPM, Berlin; member of board "Villa Stuck" in Munich; Adviser Senator for city development in Berlin; Einstein Forum, Potsdam, board member. Publications: (with H. Rogge and others) Industriekultur: Peter Behrens und die AEG, 1979, in English as Industriekultur: Peter Behrens and the AEG, 1907-14, 1984; Die Nuetzlichen Kuenste: Gestaltende Technik und Bildende Kunst seit der Industriellen Revolution, 1981; Keramik in der Weimarer Republik, 1919-1933 (catalog), 1985; (with others) Berlin, 1900-1933: Architecture and Design (catalog), 1987; Ein Mann vieler Eigenschaften: Walther Rathenau und die Kultur der Moderne, 1990; Berliner Labyrinth, Berlin, 1993, rev. ed., 1999. Address: Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar, Humboldt Universitaet Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany.