| Ref No | WIA GC/24634 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 18/12/1928 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Rome, Palace Hotel |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary, styled 'Marieken' |
| Date | 18/12/1928 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | typescript, top and carbon copy |
| Contents | finds that Mary Warburg has spent too much money on the wedding gift for Mathilde Embden; her father, the medical doctor Heinrich Embden, has not done much for Warburg lately so that he does not merit a lavish Christmas present; however, she should buy a nice present for Wilhelm [Hertz?]; every employee of KBW is to receive a Christmas bonus, a monthly salary, Saxl excluded; Warburg has financed Elise Saxl's trip to Rome and back; Bing and Warburg agree that Hans Volmer merits an increase; asks her to give to their three children only those things they really want and would not buy for themselves; he will send her 'only' books and Italian 'Panforte'; detailed reply re Mary Warburg's comment on his work on Atlas; on the contradictions alive in 'Rome, the city of the laurel and the crown of thorns'; on the importance of perspective, the painted cupola; for the moment Bing and Warburg are working on the Carracci and therefore have to extend their stay in Rome; on the 'incredibly difficult Giordano Bruno studies', which are gripping, surprising, but proceed only slowly; sends Mary a guide to Ostia, calls it 'Rome's Cuxhaven'; sends Christmas greetings; wants to hear more about Max Adolph's painting style; wants to write to Bloch and Kerschbaumer; on his views on Kurt Hahn, as expressed in Warburg's letter to Erich Warburg [13/12/1928]; Hahn promotes a sort of 'open air Hellenism', not a proper classical grammar school education; the heritage of classical Greece is not safeguarded by people like Hahn; complains about Erich Warburg's view of Kurt Hahn; personal views have no place in KBW |
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| DS/UK/287 | Hertz; Wilhelm (17/07/1873-16/09/1939); Dr. iur. | 17/07/1873-16/09/1939 |
| DS/UK/416 | Embden; Heinrich (19/03/1871-03/04/1941); Dr. med. | 19/03/1871-03/04/1941 |
| DS/UK/646 | Warburg; Max Adolph (10/07/1902-22/10/1974); Dr. phil. | 10/07/1902-22/10/1974 |
| DS/UK/677 | Warburg; Erich Max (15/04/1900-09/07/1990) | 15/04/1900-09/07/1990 |
| DS/UK/713 | Saxl; Elise, née Bienenfeld | |
| DS/UK/716 | Saxl; Fritz (08/01/1890-22/03/1948); Prof. Dr. phil. | 08/01/1890-22/03/1948 |
| DS/UK/916 | Embden; Mathilde | |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1139 | Hahn; Kurt (05/06/1886-14/12/1974); Prof. Dr. | 05/06/1886-14/12/1974 |
| DS/UK/1490 | Bing; Gertrud (07/06/1892-03/07/1964); Prof. Dr. phil. | 07/06/1892-03/07/1964 |
| DS/UK/1690 | Volmer; Hans | |