Walter Friedländer

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Walter Ferdinand Friedlaender (March 10, 1873, Glogau - September 8, 1966, New York) was a German art historian.

He was taught art history by Heinrich Wölfflin, Georg Swarzenski, and others. Among his first students was Erwin Panofsky.

He taught at the Freiburg University (1914-1933; cf.[1]), and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University (1935-).

[edit] Literary works

• Caravaggio Studies, 1955
• Mannerism and Anti-mannerism in Italian Painting, New York, 1957/1965 (Maniérisme et anti-maniérisme dans la peinture italienne, traduit en français 1991)

[edit] External links

• Dictionary of Art Historians: "Walter Friedlaender" (English)

[edit] See also

• Friedländer

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