Dictionary of Art Historians

Herrmann, Paul

Full Name
Herrmann, Paul
Gender
male
Date Born
14 December 1859
Date Died
30 August 1935
Place Born
Halle (Saale), Germany
Place Died
Dresden, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Antique, the
Classical
Overview

Specialist in ancient Greek and Roman painting. Professor at the Technische Hochschule Dresden 1909-1925, and Director of the sculpture collection of the Albertinum Museum, Dresden, 1915-1925. He founded the Denkmäler der Malerei des Altertums and was its first editor. He was succeeded in the Denkmäler by Reinhard Herbig.

Selected Bibliography
ed., Denkmäler der griechischen und römischen Malerei, first series; Denkmäler der Malerei des Altertums
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 134-135.