CodeDS/UK/1409
Dates22/06/1901-11/10/1971
Person NameWittkower; Rudolf (22/06/1901-11/10/1971); Prof. Dr. phil.
SurnameWittkower
ForenamesRudolf
TitleProf. Dr. phil.
ActivityArt Historian. Scientific assistant at Bibliotheca Hertziana (1928-1932); lector at Ital. Kulturinstitut in Cologne (1932-1933) and University of Cologne; assistant at Warburg Institute London (1934-1956); reorganisation of Photographic Collection and Co-Editor of Journal of the Warburg Institute (from 1939); Lecturer at University of London (1945-1949); Durning Lawrence Professor at the University College of University of London (1949-1956); introduction of History of Art at Slade School; Chairman of the Department of History and Archaeology of Columbia University, New York; Professor at Columbia University (1969-1970); Kress Professor at National Gallery, Washington D.C.(1969-1970); Slade Professor in Cambridge (1970-1971).
RelationshipsSon of Henry Wittkower (broker, 1865-1942) and Gertrude Wittkower, née Ansbach (1876-1965); brother of Käte, Werner Josef, Elli; married Margot Wittkower, née Holzmann; father of Mario-Max.
HistoryStudied History of Art, Philosophy and Archaeology in Munich, Würzburg and Berlin; doctoral dissertation (1924); emigration to England (1933) and USA (1956).
SourceKleinbauer, W. Eugene. Research Guide to the History of Western Art. Sources of Information in the Humanities, no. 2. Chicago: American Library Association, 1982, pp. 71 mentioned, 81; Kleinbauer, W. Eugene. Modern Perspectives in Western Art History: An Anthology of 20th-Century Writings on the Visual Arts. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971, pp. 4, 46 mentioned, 51 mentioned, 63 cited, 70 cited, 103 cited; Bazin, Germain. Histoire de l'histoire d l'art; de Vasari à nos jours. Paris: Albin Michel, 1986, pp. 226, 435, 511; Metzler Kunsthistoriker Lexikon: zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999, pp. 480-3; Jennifer Montagu and Joseph Connors. "Rudolf Wittkower 1901-1971." Introduction to Art and Architecture in Italy: 1600-1750. 6th edition, volume 1, Painting in Italy. Pelican History of Art. pp. ix-xv; Masheck, Joseph. "Rudolf Wittkower." Encyclopedia of Aesthetics 4: 470-2; Southorn, Janet. Dictionary of Art 33: 285-6; Wendland, Ulrike. Biographisches Handbuch deutschsprachiger Kunsthistoriker im Exil: Leben und Werk der unter dem Nationalsozialismus verfolgten und vertriebenen Wissenschaftler. Munich: Saur, 1999, vol. 2, pp. 790-799.

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