Born and bred in beautiful Dresden, I studied art history, Romance languages, and literature and Protestant theology at TU Dresden. A study visit to the Sorbonne in Paris brought me closer to the language and the “savoir vivre.”
After my studies, I moved to the quiet little town of Selb in Upper Franconia, where I had the chance to co-curate the show “Königstraum und Massenware” (“King’s Dream and Mass Production”) at the Porzellanikon – State Museum of Porcelain. I was also in charge of the special exhibition “Die großen Manufakturen – MEISSEN” on the (successful) history of the decor “Schnellballblüte” (“Snowball Blossoms”) in Hohenberg a. d. Eger.
I had another chance to collaborate with Meissen on the occasion of the Richard Bampi Award 2022. On behalf of the Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde, I organized the competition and gave it a thorough makeover with its own website and newsletter, contemporary application modalities, and a new design, layout, and catalogue.
My academic career continued with a DFG scholarship in the research training group “Art and Technology” at TU Hamburg-Harburg. In 2017, I completed my doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy at TU Berlin in the “Art Markets and Provenance” research department. My dissertation focused on the French porcelain manufactory Sèvres during the German occupation (1940–1944) and in the post-war period.
This brought me to the Landesstelle für die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern (Bavarian State office for non-state Museums), where I first worked in public relations taking care of publications before moving on to provenance research. In this area, I advise and support museums in the initial review known as “NS-Erstcheck”, which examines collections for any indication of the presence of Nazi plunder (“Raubkunst”).
I am currently heading a pilot project on critical provenances from cultural property confiscations in the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR in cooperation with the German Lost Art Foundation.
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