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Born June 30, 1853 • Freiburg im Breisgau • Germany
Died October 10, 1907 (aged 54) • Athens • Greece
Subjects Of Study Greek pottery • sculpture
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Karl Humann
German archaeologist
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Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell
American archaeologist and missionary
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Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
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Johann Heinrich von Dannecker
German sculptor
Schliemann, Heinrich
Heinrich Schliemann
German archaeologist
Winckelmann, Johann
Johann Winckelmann
German art historian
German artist Max Ernst stands indoors in a casual jacket with one hand on his hip, looking toward the camera, circa 1955 in France.
Max Ernst
German artist
Erfurth, Hugo: Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
German artist
Ney, Elisabet: sculpture of Stephen F. Austin
Elisabet Ney
American sculptor
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Anselm Kiefer
German painter
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Memory, etching on wove paper by Max Klinger, 1894; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 27.62 × 15.24 cm.
Max Klinger
German artist
Barlach, Ernst: Self-Portrait III
Ernst Barlach
German sculptor
Heckel, Erich: Portrait of a Man
Erich Heckel
German artist
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Hugo Winckler
German archaeologist
“The Great Elector,” over-life-size bronze statue by Andreas Schlüter, 1703; in the forecourt of Schloss Charlottenburg, Berlin
Andreas Schlüter
German sculptor
Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
German Egyptologist
Marcks, Gerhard: Passage over the Styx
Gerhard Marcks
German artist
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Wilhelm Lehmbruck
German artist
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Robert Koldewey
German architect and archaeologist