Institute of Art History

Dr. Anette Michels

Academic Senior Councillor

Custodian of the Prints and Drawings Collection at the Institute of Art History and the painting collection of the University of Tübingen

Curriculum Vitae

  • 1974-84: studied Art History, European Ethnology, Education Science and Philosophy at the Universities of Münster/W. and Bonn
  • 1981: Research semester in Vienna
  • 1985: Doctorate at the University Bonn
  • 1985/86: working for the Museum Ludwig in Cologne for an exhibition project in cooperation with Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
  • 1986/87: Research assistant at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig.
  • Catalog of the German Paintings from the 17th/18th century at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig
  • Since June 1987 at the Institute of Art History at the University of Tübingen

Research Interests

  • Image-Text traditions in the print graphics of the 17th and 20th century
  • Drawings of the copper engraver Lukas Kilian (1579-1637) from Augsburg, Oeuvre Catalog
  • Prints of translation from drawings
  • History of the Graphic Collection of the Institute of Art History at the University of Tübingen (especially regarding the donation from Baron Otto von Breitschwert)
  • Print making 17th and 18th century

Focus areas of teaching

  • Form and function of the printed images from the 16th to the 20th century
  • Dutch Paintings and graphics of the 16th/17th century
  • Museology