Schuchhardt, Walter-Herwig

Date born: 1900

Place Born: Hannover, Germany

Date died: 1976

Place died: Freiburg, Germany

Specialist in ancient Greek and prehistoric art, particularly sculpture and art of the Parthenon period (fifth century B.C.). Professor of Art History at the University of Giessen (1934-1936) and the University of Freiburg i.B. (1936-1968). Wrote his dissertation and promotionsschrift on the Parthenon friezes.

Home Country: Germany

Sources: Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 278-279.

Bibliography: for complete bibliography of W.H. Schuchardt, see "Alkamenes" 126.BWPr (1977) 61 ff.

"Zu Leben und Werk: H.v. Steuben"  Gnomon 48, 1976, 827 ff.