Andreas Rumpf (3 December 1890 – 22 June 1966) was a German

classical archaeologist Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth-century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about i ...

born in

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. He was a specialist of ancient Greek and Roman art, in particular,

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and Greek

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. He was the son of painter Fritz Rumpf (1856–1927).Dictionary of Art Historians
biographical information. He studied classical archaeology at the

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under

Franz Studniczka Franz Studniczka (14 August 1860 – 4 December 1929) was a German professor of classical archaeology born in Jasło, Galicia. He studied classical archaeology in Vienna as a pupil of Otto Benndorf (1838–1907). In 1887 he received his habil ...

(1860-1929), earning his doctorate with a dissertation on the

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s in

Veii Veii (also Veius; it, Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and north-northwest of Rome, Italy. It now lies in Isola Farnese, in the comune of Rome. Many other sites associated with and in the ...

, titled "''Die Wandmalereien in Veji''." In 1923 he received his habilitation at

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with a thesis on

Chalkidiki Chalkidiki (; el, Χαλκιδική , also spelled Halkidiki, is a peninsula and regional unit of Greece, part of the region of Central Macedonia, in the geographic region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. The autonomous Mount Athos region co ...

vases. From 1928 to 1960 he was a professor of classical archaeology at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

. He was editor of the "''Griechische und römische Kunst''" (1932, part of the ''Einleitung in der Altertumswissenschaft'' series).

Selected publications

* ''Chalkidische Vasen'' (Chalkidiki vases) (Berlin 1927). * ''Katalog der etruskischen Skulpturen'' (Catalog of

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) (1928). * ''Antike Sarkophagreliefs: die Meerwesen'' (1939). * ''Malerei und Zeichnung der klassischen Antike'' (Paintings and drawings of classical antiquity), "Handbuch der Archäologie" IV 1 (

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1953). * ''Archäologie. 1 Einleitung. Historischer Überblick'' (Archaeology, 1. Introduction, historical overview), two volumes (Berlin 1953). * ''Archäologie. 2 Die Archäologensprache. Die antiken Reproduktionen'' (Archaeology, 2. The archaeologists' language, the antique reproductions) (

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1956). * ''Stilphasen der spätantiken Kunst'' (Köln 1957).WorldCat Search
published works

References

* ''This article incorporates translated text of an equivalent article at the

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External links

* Archaeologists from Brandenburg People from Potsdam Academic staff of the University of Cologne 1890 births 1966 deaths {{Germany-archaeologist-stub