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Treu, Georg

    Full Name: Treu, Georg

    Gender: male

    Date Born: 1843

    Date Died: 1921

    Place Born: St. Petersburg, Russia

    Place Died: Dresden, Saxony, Germany

    Home Country/ies: Germany

    Subject Area(s): ancient, Ancient Greek (culture or style), and archaeology


    Overview

    Led later excavation expeditions to Olympia (1878-1881) for Ernst Curtius, and subsequently was Director of the museum in Berlin devoted to the results.


    Selected Bibliography

    Bildwerke von Olympia in Stein und Thon, 3 vols. 1894-1897.


    Sources

    Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 83-84.




    Citation

    "Treu, Georg." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/treug/.


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