Keith Andrews

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, 11 October 1920 – 4 April 1989 in

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), born Kurt Aufrichtig, was a British art historian and museum

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of German extraction.

Life

Andrews' father was Breslau born Max Aufrichtig (1879–1950), a banker in Hamburg. His mother,

Sabine Kalter Sabine Kalter (28 March 1889 in Jarosław – 1 September 1957 in London) was a British mezzo-soprano singer, mostly operatic. She made her professional opera debut at the Vienna Volksoper in 1911. From 1915–34 she was a leading artist at ...

(1889–1957), was a leading

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at the State Opera. The family fled

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in 1934 and settled in London. Andrews was sent to the International

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School at

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in the Dutch province of

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. He contracted

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at the age of 17 which, apart from preventing his attendance of a university, left him dependent on walking aids for the rest of his life. He took employment at Messrs. Seligman Brothers, an

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, and attended evening lectures at the

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, where he earned a diploma in 1953.

Career

Andrews' began as Art Librarian and Curator of Liverpool City Libraries in 1955, remaining there until 1958, before moving to

in 1958 to begin his leadership of the Department of Prints and Drawings at

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. His publications on the German

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(1578–1610) are of particular importance.

Selected publications

* ''The Nazarenes. A Brotherhood of German Painters in Rome'', London 1964. * ''The Elsheimers inventory and other documents'', in:

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114, 1972, S. 595–600. * ''A Pseudo-Elsheimer-group:

Adriaen van Stalbemt Adriaen or Adriaan van Stalbemt or Adriaen van Stalbempt (12 June 1580 – 21 September 1662) was a Flemish painter and printmaker who is known for his landscapes with religious, mythological and allegorical scenes.Hans Devisscher. "Stalbemt, Adri ...

as figure painter'', in: The Burlington Magazine 115, 1973, S. 301–306. * ''Elsheimer and Dürer: an attempt towards a clarification of Elsheimer's early work'', in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst, 24, 1973, S. 159–174. * ''Adam Elsheimer. Paintings-Drawings-Prints'', Oxford 1977. Revidierte deutsche Ausgabe: ''Adam Elsheimer. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Radierungen'', München 1985.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Keith German art historians 1920 births 1989 deaths British art historians