Dictionary of Art Historians

Praschniker, Camillo

Full Name
Praschniker, Camillo
Gender
male
Date Born
1884
Date Died
1949
Place Born
Vienna, Austria
Place Died
Vienna, Austria
Home Country
Austria
Subject Area
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Antique, the
Classical
Greek sculpture styles
sculpture (visual works)
Overview

Specialist in ancient Greek art and sculpture. Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Vienna (1919-1923), then Professor at the German University of Prague (1923-1930) and Vienna (1930-1949). Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 1935-1938.

Selected Bibliography
Parthenonstudien, 1928;Bäderbezirk von Virunum, 1947.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 224-225.