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Rudolf Arnheim

German psychologist (1904-2007) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 102

Rudolf Arnheim was a German-born writer, art and film theorist, and perceptual psychologist. He learned Gestalt psychology from studying under Max Wertheimer and Wolfgang Köhler at the University of Berlin and applied it to art.

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2007Died9 June 20071999Helmut Käutner PrizeAward1978Rome PrizeAward1941Guggenheim FellowshipAward1904Born15 July 1904

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Awards

Helmut Käutner Prize1999
Rome Prize1978
Guggenheim Fellowship1941
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 2007 · aged 102

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