1907 |
Born in Munich to Bertha and August Bauer |
1926 |
Studied Art History under Wilhelm Pinder at Munich University |
1930 on |
Hilde’s early connections in Italy (diagram) |
1931 |
Awarded Doctorate magna cum laude for thesis on the Sculpture of Michael and Martin Zurn - see Completed dissertations at the Institute for Art History 1873-2001 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
1931-1933 |
Trains at Bavarian State Institute for Photography (Lichtbildwesen) |
1935 |
Marriage to art historian and critic Bernhard Degenhart |
1935-1936 |
Works for Werner Korte documenting Roman palaces and fountains |
1935-8 |
Photocampaigns in Scanno, at first with photographer Helga Fietz |
1937 |
Awarded Master Craftsman certificate in photography and receives scholarship to Italy |
1939-1943 |
Works at KHFI, travels to Apulia with Leo Bruhns to document Hohenstauffen (Frederich II) castles |
1939 |
Divorce from Degenhart |
1941 |
Stays in Pensione Sorelle Bandini, Florence |
1942 |
Birth of son Christoph 25 March in Florence, living in Piazza S. Spirito 9 |
1943 |
Moves to Micheldorf an der Krems, Austria (registers 11 September) |
1945 |
Return to Munich Pasing (Bachmairstr 2) at end of war (registers with US Military Government 26 November) |
1946 |
Birth of daughter Irene |
1948 |
Birth of daughter Corinna |
1953 |
Moves to Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY, USA |
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Teaches art history at Bennett College, Millbrook NY |
1962 |
Move to Rome, Italy. Lives in Palazzo Zuccari, home of the Biblioteca Hertziana, when Wolfgang becomes Director |
1979-81 |
Exhibitions: Florence Palazzo Strozzi, Bonn Wissenschaftszentrum, London Courtauld Institute of Art |
1981 |
Death of Wolfgang Lotz |
1985 |
Moves to Munich |
1993 |
Exhibition: Italy around 1930 in Mannheim Reissmuseum, in association with Franz Schlechter |
1999 |
Dies in Munich February 8. Ashes interred at Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome next to Wolfgang |