Fritz Eichler

Fritz Eichler ( born October 12, 1887 in Graz, † January 16, 1971 in Vienna ) was an Austrian classical archaeologist.

After Eichler PhD in Graz in 1910 and studying in Berlin, England, Italy, Greece and Asia Minor, he worked since 1913 at the antique collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Since 1933 he was the director, since 1935 director of the Antiquities Collection. Shortly before his retirement, he was 1951 - 1952 is also the first director of the Kunsthistorisches Museum. Early as 1931 he had qualified as 1937 he had become an associate professor; shortly after his retirement, he was appointed in 1953 Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Vienna, in the wake of Otto Walter and thus also the Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. Under his direction, the excavations were resumed in Ephesus and reactivated the Athens Branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute. The professorship held Eichler to 1961, the Directorate of the OEAI to 1969. His research were the ancient art history from handicrafts to sculpture and was closely connected with Ephesus.

Writings

  • Guide to the Collection of Classical Antiquities. , 1926.
  • The sculptures of Heraions of Argos. In: Annual Reviews of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 19/29, 1919, 15 ff
  • The reliefs of the Heroon of Gjölbaschi - Trysa. , 1950.
  • CVA Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum I: The Attic red-figured drinking vessels and pyxides. In 1951.
  • The bronze statue from Ephesus in improved recovery. In: JbKSWien 50, 1953, 15 ff
  • CVA Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum II: Attic red-figure storage vessels. In 1959.
  • Again, the Sphinx group of Ephesus. In: Annual Reviews of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 45, 1960, 5 ff
  • For Parthian of Ephesus. In: Supplements to Annual Reviews of the Austrian Archaeological Institute 2 (1971) 102 ff
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