Stephan Tschudi-Madsen

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Stephan Tschudi-Madsen (August 25, 1923 - October 11, 2007) was a Norwegian art historian and pioneer in the rediscovering of Art Nouveau in the 1950s. In Norway he is best known from his position as Director-General of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage – a chair he had between 1978–1991.

Tschudi-Madsen graduated in 1950 from the University of Oslo with a thesis in art history on romantic architecture. In 1952-1953 he worked as a British Council scholar in London. Professor Nikolaus Pevsner was one of his tutors and Tschudi-Madsen received his Ph.D. with the dissertation «Sources of Art Nouveau» (1956).

Tschudi-Madsen worked as an antiquarian at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage in Norway from 1959. He was active for the preservation of Norwegian wooden buildings during the European Architectural Heritage Year campaign that was organized in 1975. He was also one of the pioneers of rediscovering the qualities of the compact Art nouveau townscape of Ålesund, Norway. He was strongly engaged in international cultural heritage thru the association ICOMOS were he held a central position, and thru UNESCOs work with World Heritage Sites. Under his leadership Urnes stave church and Bryggen in Bergen were listed, in 1979. For a period he was also vice president of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

Tschudi-Madsen had a large academic production and was well known for his abilities as communicator. He was adviser for the restoration of the Royal Palace, Oslo, Supreme Court of Norway and Den Nationale Scene in Bergen. For a long period he was the president of Friends of Akershus Fortress. He was a great supporter for establishing an Art Nouveau Interpretation centre, Jugendstilsenteret in Ålesund, Norway. Between 1999-2003 he also worked as adviser for Jugendstilsenteret.

Tschudi-Madsen was member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (1965) and Honorary Member of the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments (1983) and Honorary Member of ICOMOS (1992). He was Knight, First Class, of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (1983), Commander of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau (1986), Knight of the Belgian Order of Leopold II (1992) and Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav (1996).

[edit] Selected bibliography

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The Perception of Art Nouveau, Iconography and Historiography / La perception de l'Art nouveau, iconographie et Historiographie. Art Nouveau in Progress / Art nouveau en projet. Proceedings of the colloquium / Actes du colloque, Wien 24-25/10/2002. Réseau Art Nouveau Network, Brussels 2003.^[1]
The Art Nouveau style 2002 ISBN 0-486-41794-8
The British ambassador's residence in Oslo 2001 ISBN 82-995965-0-5
Norway and Conservation Aspect. Vern og Virke 1983, Oslo 1984
Principles in Practice. Reflecting on Conservation of Wooden Architecture. ICOMOS Information, Napoli, Paris 1984
Art Nouveau. Japanese Translation by Bijutu Koron-sha. (2. ed.) Tokyo 1983
Henrik Bull cop.1983
Art Nouveau 1982
Restoration and anti-restoration. (2. ed.) Oslo 1981
Introduction. Luce Hinsch: ICOMOS 1965-1980. Oslo 1980
Ansprache des Norwegischen Reichantiquars Stephan Tschudi-Madsen. Verleihung des Europa-Preises und der Europa-Goldmedaille für Denkmalpflege 1979. Hamburg 1979
Art Nouveau. Warszawa 1978
Art Nouveau (Romanian edition). Bucuresti 1977
Art Nouveau. (Polish edition translated by Jamina Wiercinska). Warszawa 1977
Akershus Schloss. Le Château d'Akershus. Oslo 1977
Sources of Art Nouveau. New York 1976
Restoration and anti-restoration. A Study in English Restoration Philosophy. Oslo 1976 (2. ed. 1981)
Art Nouveau - byen Ålesund. Arkitektens drøm igår - hans dilemma idag. Byggekunst nr. 114-15 Oslo 1975

Beite, Kåre – Jugendstilen 1974

Neo-Art Nouveau and psychedelic art. Bulletin du 22. Congés International d'Histoire l'Art 1969. Budapest 1972

Hauglid, Roar – Report to the Council of Europe on Action relating to the Preservation and Rehabilitation of immovable cultural property 1970

Art Nouveau. Tokyo 1970 (2. ed. Tokyo 1983)
El simbolismo del Art Nouveau. Cuadernos summanueva vision. Buenes Aires 1969
Horta. Los trabajos y el estilo de Victor Horta antes 1900. Cusadernos summanueva vision. Buenes Aires 1969
Art Nouveau. Cauder nos summanueva. Buenes Aires 1969
Akershus Castle. Unconquered Fortress. The Norseman 1968
Fortuna dell'Art Nouveau. Traduzione di Biancamaria Zetti Ugolotti, Milano 1967
L'Art Nouveau. Traduction Luce Hinch, Hachetta 1967
Art Nouveau. El tradujo al espanjol Elena Aura, Madrid 1967
Art Nouveau (Dutch edition translated by Duco van Weerlee) 1967
Art Nouveau (English edition translated by R. I. Christophersen) 1967
Il simbolismo dell'Art Nouveau. Edilizia Moderna, Milano 1965
The works of Alexis de Chateauneuf in London and Oslo 1965
Rosendal. Norwegian Manor House with Scottish Connections. The Connoisseur, February 1960
Morris and Munthe
Federico Barocci's "Noli me tangere" and two cartoons. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. CI 1959
An introduction to Edvard Munch's wall paintings in the Oslo University Aula 1959
Sources of Art Nouveau, Oslo 1956. N.Y. 1957 (2. ed. N.Y. 1975)
Horta. Works and Style before 1900 1955
Some recently-discovered Drawings by Rubens. The Burlington Magazine, Vol. XCV, September 1953
Victoriansk dekorativ kunst 1837–1901 1952
Romantikkens arkitektur 1949

[edit] References

Bjerkek, Ole Petter : Stephan Tschudi-Madsen. Biografi, tillitsverv og bibliografi, Oslo 2007
Lunde, Øivind (et. al) : Honnør til en hånet stil - Festskrift til Stephan Tschudi-Madsen på 70-årsdagen. Aschehoug forlag, Oslo 1993