Heinrich Richard Hamann (29 May 1879, in Seehausen – 9 January 1961, in Immenstadt im Allgäu) was a German art historian. He attended the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen in

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, and later studied

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, art history and philosophy at the

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. In 1902 he received his promotion with the dissertation-thesis ''Das Symbol'' as a student of

Wilhelm Dilthey Wilhelm Dilthey (; ; 19 November 1833 – 1 October 1911) was a German historian, psychologist, sociologist, and hermeneutic philosopher, who held Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Berlin. As a polymathi ...

. In 1911 he obtained his

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at Berlin, and subsequently became a professor of art history at Posen Academy. In 1913 he relocated to the

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, where he founded the Bildarchiv Foto Marburg (photo archives). From 1947 to 1957 he served as a guest professor at the University of Berlin. Since 2009 the "Richard-Hamann-Preis für Kunstgeschichte" has been awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in the history of art or the promotion of art history research.

Selected works

* ''Rembrandts Radirungen'' (1906) –

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's etchings. * ''Der Impressionismus in Leben und Kunst'' (1907) –

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in life and art. * ''Die Frührenaissance der italienischen Malerei'' (1909) – Italian painting of the early Renaissance. * ''Ästhetik'' (1911) – Aesthetics. * ''Kunst und Kultur der Gegenwart'' (1922) – Art and culture of the present. * ''Deutsche und französische Kunst im Mittelalter'' (1923) – German and French art of the Middle Ages. * ''Die Skulpturen des Zeustempels zu Olympia'' (with

Ernst Buschor Ernst Buschor ( Hürben, 2 June 1886 – Munich, 11 December 1961) was a German archaeologist and translator. Biography From 1905 he studied at the University of Munich as a pupil of classical archaeologist Adolf Furtwängler, earning his ...

, 1924) – The sculptures of the

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at Olympia. * ''Die deutsche Malerei vom 18. bis zum Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts'' (1925) – German painting from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. * ''Geschichte der Kunst von der altchristlichen Zeit bis zur Gegenwart'' (1933) – History of art from the early Christian era to the present. * ''Ägyptische Kunst; Wesen und Geschichte'' (1944) – Egyptian art; essence and history. * ''Naturalismus'' (with Jost Hermand, 1959) – Naturalism. * ''Impressionismus'' (with Jost Hermand, 1960) – Impressionism. * ''Geschichte der Kunst'' (6 volumes, 1964) – History of art.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamann, Richard 1879 births 1961 deaths People from Börde (district) Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin Academic staff of Royal Academy Posen Academic staff of the University of Marburg German art historians Members of the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin