Full Name: Krischen, Friedrich
Gender: male
Date Born: 1881
Date Died: 1949
Place Born: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place Died: Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Home Country/ies: Germany
Subject Area(s): architecture (object genre) and sculpture (visual works)
Overview
Originally trained and active as an architect, Krischen was nonetheless a student of Theodor Wiegand and Robert Koldewey, and after active work in excavation campaigns prior to World War I, became a professor of archaeology and art history at the Technical University of Aachen (1919-1924) and the Technical University of Danzig (1924-1945). An accomplished illustrator, Krischen was also well known for his artistic recreations of ancient life (Ein Festtag am Hofe des Königs Minos, 1921).
Selected Bibliography
Ein Festtag am Hofe des Königs Minos, 1921.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 212-213.