Georg Hirth

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Hirth was born in [[Tonna, Germany|Tonna]], present-day [[Thuringia]] in 1841, studied to be an economist in [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] and in [[Leipzig]], and after a career working as a journalist at [[Münchner Neueste Nachrichten]] he founded the magazine ”[[Jugend (magazine)|Jugend]]: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben” (”Youth: the illustrated weekly magazine of art and lifestyle of Munich”). This publication, which reflected the [[modernism|modernist]] ideals that were circulating at the time among artists, was instrumental in promoting the style of Art Nouveau in Germany. As a result, the magazine’s name was adopted as the most common German-language term for the movement: ”Jugendstil” (“”Jugend”-style”). Hirth also coined the term “[[Secession (art)|Secession]]” to represent the spirit of the various modern and reactionary movements of the era.<ref>Nicolas Powell, “Review of C. Nebehay, ”[[Ver Sacrum (magazine)|Ver Sacrum]]”, 1898–1903,” ”The Burlington Magazine”, vol. 118 (Sep. 1976): 660.”</ref> He died in [[Tegernsee]]<ref>”Die kleine Enzyklopädie”, Encyclios-Verlag, Zürich, 1950, Vol. 1, p. 721.</ref> in 1916.

Hirth was born in [[Tonna, Germany|Tonna]], present-day [[Thuringia]] in 1841, studied to be an economist in [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]] and in [[Leipzig]], and after a career working as a journalist at [[Münchner Neueste Nachrichten]] he founded the magazine ”[[Jugend (magazine)|Jugend]]: Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben” (”Youth: the illustrated weekly magazine of art and lifestyle of Munich”). This publication, which reflected the [[modernism|modernist]] ideals that were circulating at the time among artists, was instrumental in promoting the style of Art Nouveau in Germany. As a result, the magazine’s name was adopted as the most common German-language term for the movement: ”Jugendstil” (“”Jugend”-style”). Hirth also coined the term “[[Secession (art)|Secession]]” to represent the spirit of the various modern and reactionary movements of the era.<ref>Nicolas Powell, “Review of C. Nebehay, ”[[Ver Sacrum (magazine)|Ver Sacrum]]”, 1898–1903,” ”The Burlington Magazine”, vol. 118 (Sep. 1976): 660.</ref> He died in [[Tegernsee]]<ref>”Die kleine Enzyklopädie”, Encyclios-Verlag, Zürich, 1950, Vol. 1, p. 721.</ref> in 1916.

== Selected works ==

== Selected works ==