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Born June 30, 1853 • Freiburg im Breisgau • Germany
Died October 10, 1907 (aged 54) • Athens • Greece
Subjects Of Study Greek pottery • sculpture
Karl Humann
German archaeologist
Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell
American archaeologist and missionary
Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
German sculptor
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Ney, Elisabet: sculpture of Stephen F. Austin
Elisabet Ney
American sculptor
Anselm Kiefer
German painter
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
Max Klinger
German artist
Barlach, Ernst: Self-Portrait III
Ernst Barlach
German sculptor
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
Hugo Winckler
German archaeologist
“The Great Elector,” over-life-size bronze statue by Andreas Schlüter, 1703; in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
Andreas Schlüter
German sculptor
Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
German Egyptologist
Marcks, Gerhard: Passage over the Styx
Gerhard Marcks
German artist
Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German artist
Robert Koldewey
German architect and archaeologist