Dictionary of Art Historians

Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig

Full Name
Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig
Gender
male
Date Born
1900
Date Died
1976
Place Born
Hanover, Germany
Place Died
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
Ancient European
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Antique, the
Classical
Early Western World
Greek (modern)
Mediterranean (Early Western World)
prehistoric
sculpture (visual works)
Overview

Specialist in ancient Greek and prehistoric art, particularly sculpture and art of the Parthenon period (fifth century B.C.). Professor of Art History at the University of Giessen (1934-1936) and the University of Freiburg i.B. (1936-1968). Wrote his dissertation and promotionsschrift on the Parthenon friezes.

Selected Bibliography
for complete bibliography of W.H. Schuchardt, see "Alkamenes" 126.BWPr (1977) 61 ff. "Zu Leben und Werk: H.v. Steuben" Gnomon 48, 1976, 827 ff.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 278-279.