Dictionary of Art Historians

Alscher, Ludger

Full Name
Alscher, Ludger
Gender
male
Date Born
1916
Date Died
1985
Place Born
Münster, Germany
Place Died
Berlin, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Antique, the
Classical
Overview

Specialist in classical Greek and Roman art. Alscher studied under Ernst Buschor at Munich, and was charged with reorganizing the Archaeological Institute at the University of Jena after World War II in 1945. In 1951, he moved to a professorship at the Humboldt University in (East) Berlin, where he was named an ordentliche (full) Professor in 1953. Published a four-volume history of the development of Greek sculpture, that was influenced by his training in the analysis of forms.

Selected Bibliography
Götter vor Gericht: das Fälschungsproblem des Bostoner "Throns" die klassisch-griechische Kunst und die Archäologen. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1963; Griechische Plastik. 4 vols. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1954-1963.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 319-320.