| Code | DS/UK/716 |
| Dates | 08/01/1890-22/03/1948 |
| Person Name | Saxl; Fritz (08/01/1890-22/03/1948); Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Surname | Saxl |
| Forenames | Fritz |
| Title | Prof. Dr. phil. |
| Activity | Art Historian; librarian of the KBW (1913-1914, 1920-); 1st Director of the Warburg Institute (1929-1948); Professor at the Courtauld Institute London; organised the transformation of the Bibliothek Warburg from private library to research institute (1921) and the transferral to London (1933). |
| Relationships | Son of Ignaz and Wilhelmina Saxl; married (1913) to Elise Saxl; father of Hedwig Saxl and Peter Saxl. |
| History | Studied History of Art at Vienna (PhD 1912); First lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian army (1914-1918) seeing action in Italy; teacher for the Austrian army (1918-19); emigrated with the Warburg Institute from Germany to Great Britain (1933). |
| Source | Gertrud Bing, Fritz Saxl (1890-1948): A Biographical Memoir: reprinted in th fiftieth anniversary year of his death, London 1998; "Saxl [Friedrich] Fritz" in Dictionary of art historians; URL: <http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org/saxlf.htm> [accessed on 14/02/2011]. |
Show related catalogue records.