Philipp Schweinfurth

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Philipp Schweinfurth (born August 29, 1887 in Riga , † June 26, 1954 in Istanbul ) was a German-Baltic art historian .

He studied from 1907 to 1910 at the University of Heidelberg , where he received his doctorate in 1910. From 1911 to 1914 he worked as a volunteer at the Alte Pinakothek and at the Völkerkunde Museum in Munich. From 1914 to 1919 he taught at the Technical University of Riga , from 1919 to 1926 at the Latvian University of Riga , where he also completed his habilitation. Since 1927 he was a private lecturer for Byzantine-Eastern European art at the University of Breslau , since 1932 associate professor there, since 1932 associate professor, since 1939 extraordinary professor at the University of Berlin . From 1950 to 1954 he taught as a professor of Byzantine art history at Istanbul University .

Fonts (selection)

  • On the concept of the painterly in sculpture , Strasbourg 1910 (= dissertation)
  • History of Russian painting in the Middle Ages , Haag 1930 (= habilitation)
  • Basics of Byzantine-Eastern European art history , Berlin 1947
  • Byzantine monumental wall painting , Mainz 1947
  • The Byzantine form. Their essence and their effect . 1st edition Berlin 1940; 2nd extended edition Mainz 1954
  • The life of Francis in the frescoes of the Upper Church of Assisi , Mainz, Berlin 1965
  • The frescoes by Boyana. A masterpiece of monumental art of the 13th century , Mainz, Berlin 1965 [An abridged first edition appeared in 1943]

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personal data
SURNAME Schweinfurth, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic art historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1954
Place of death Istanbul