Curriculum vitae
1943: Born in Vienna
1972: Doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy) in Vienna
From 1966: Academic student assistant at the Department of Art History at the University of Vienna
1972: Assistant, responsible for the slide collection (until 1993),
in charge of the IT/AV room (1993–2006)
1974: Termination of long-standing work as editor of young-adult literature
1976–2008: Various functions of academic administration (member of the faculty team, faculty commissions, senate commissions, AKH-Beirat commission)
1978: Head assistant
From 1978: Academic custodian of the collections of Hardegg Castle
From 1998: Academic custodian of the collections of the municipality of Hardegg
1980–1989: Teaching assignments at the Sommerhochschule (summer school) of the University of Vienna
From 1980: Head of Forschungsunternehmen Wiener Ringstrasse (research enterprise Wiener Ringstrasse)
1981: Habilitation in Medieval and Early Modern Art History
1982: Honorary citizen of the municipality of Hardegg
1982–2008: Secretary general of the Gesellschaft für vergleichende Kunstforschung (society for comparative art research)
1984–1988: Member of the advisory board of the NÖ Kultursenat (cultural senate of Lower Austria)
1986–1996: Area advisor for the Dictionary of Art, London
1986/1987: Teaching assignments at the University of Graz
1988: Assistant professor
From 1988: Member of the Denkmalbeirat (advisory board for monuments) of the Austrian Federal Office for the Care of Monuments
From 1992: Chairman of the Rudolf-Jettmar Society
1993: Honorary title of associate professor
1995–2004: Chairman of the Burg- und Museumsverein Hardegg (castle and museum association Hardegg)
1997: Associate professor
1998–2000: Chairman of the facility management commission of the Geisteswissenschaftliche Fakultät (faculty of humanities) at the University of Vienna
From 1999: Member of the academic advisory board of Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (encyclopaedia of artists of the world)
2003: Teaching assignments at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
2005: Doctorate advisor at the Eindhoven University of Technology
2009: Retirement (continued activities in teaching and research)
2011: Doctorate advisor at the Central European University, Budapest
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