Richard Ettinghausen

Richard Ettinghausen ( born February 5, 1906 in Frankfurt am Main, † April 2, 1979 in Princeton, New Jersey ) was a German art historian who specializes in Islamic art.

Ettinghausen in 1931 received his doctorate at the University of Frankfurt and then worked at the Islamic Department of the Berlin museums. He emigrated as a Jew in 1934 across the UK to the U.S., where he became a professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor ( 1938-1944 ). 1944 to 1966 he was curator at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington. Since 1966 he was Professor of Islamic Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, since 1969 to head of the Islamic department of the Metropolitan Museum. In 1975 he became a member of the Order Pour le Mérite.

Writings (selection )

  • Islamic Art, 1959
  • Arab paintings, 1962
  • Turkey and its art treasures, 1966
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