Gustav Glück (6 April 1871,

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– 18 November 1952,

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art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

, the author of several major books on Dutch art. Glück became an Assistant at the Vienna

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in 1900, Curator and ''de facto'' Director in 1911, and Director in name in 1916. He resigned the directorship of the Vienna Gallery in 1931, moved from Vienna to

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in 1938, and moved to Santa Monica in 1942. As a

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, his students published a two-volume annotated collection of his periodical articles in 1933.Ellis K. Waterhouse, 'Dr. Gluck's Festschrift', ''The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs'', Vol. 63, No. 364 (Jul., 1933), p. 45, reviewing ''Gesammelte Aufsätze. I-Rubens, Van Dyck und Ihr Kreis. II-Aus Drei Jahrhunderten Europäischer Malerei'', 2 vols.

Literary works

* ''Die Kunst der

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in Deutschland, in Niederlanden, Frankreich'', 1933 * '' Bruegels Gemälde'', 1934 * ''Die Landschaften von D. D.

Rubens Sir Peter Paul Rubens ( ; ; 28 June 1577 – 30 May 1640) was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens' highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of clas ...

'', 1942

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