| Code | DS/UK/1855 |
| Dates | 1869-1951 |
| Person Name | Scheffler; Karl (1869-1951) |
| Surname | Scheffler |
| Forenames | Karl |
| Activity | Art critic and early German historian of modern art; publisher of «Kunst und Künstler» with Bruno Cassirer Verlag (1906-); editor at Berlin «Tag» newspaper (1905-1910) and «Vossische Zeitung» (1912-1919); worked on great variety of subjects, e.g. art critic, architecture, urban development and applied arts; author of artists' monographies. |
| History | Realschule; attended Kunstgewerbeschule of Berlin (1888), mastered tapestry design. |
| Source | Metzler Kunsthistoriker Lexikon: zweihundert Porträts deutschsprachiger Autoren aus vier Jahrhunderten. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999, pp. 343-6; Heise, Carl Georg, and Langner, Johannes. Karl Scheffler: eine Auswahl seiner Essays aus Kunst und Leben 1905-1950. Hamburg: Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, 1969, pp. 5-8. 'Scheffler, Karl', URL: <http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/schefflerk.htm> [accessed 07/09/2011]. |
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