Dictionary of Art Historians

Wiegand, Theodor

Full Name
Wiegand, Theodor
Gender
male
Date Born
1864
Date Died
1936
Place Born
Bendorf am Rhein, Germany
Place Died
Berlin, Germany
Home Country
Germany
Subject Area
Anatolian (culture or style)
Ancient Greek (culture or style)
Antique, the
archaeology
Classical
Early Western World
Greek sculpture styles
Near Eastern (Early Western World)
Pergamene (culture or style)
sculpture (visual works)
Overview

Specialist in ancient Greek art and sculpture, and active archaeologist in Asia Minor, particularly at the Pergamon site. Wiegand excavated sites in Asia Minor with Hubert Knackfuss. Director of the antiquity section of the Prussian Museum in Berlin, 1911-1931. His students include Gerda Bruns.

Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 154-155.