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H. W. Janson

American art historian, museum director (1913-1982) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 68

Horst Woldemar Janson, was a Russian-born German-American professor of art history best known for his History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has since sold more than four million copies in fifteen languages. His academic specialization was the sculpture of Donatello.

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Awards

Rome Prize1960
Guggenheim Fellowship1948

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1982 · aged 68