Botho Graef
Encyclopedia
Franz Botho Graef was a German
classical archaeologist
and art historian
. His father was painter Gustav Graef
, and his sister, Sabine Lepsius
, was also an artist of some note. Graef taught at the University of Jena from 1904 until 1917.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
classical archaeologist
Classical archaeology
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the great 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 in Latin and Greek texts...
and art historian
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
. His father was painter Gustav Graef
Gustav Graef
Gustav Graef was a German painter, primarily of portraits and historical subjects. He studied with Theodor Hildebrandt and Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His son Botho Graef became an art historian of some note, and his daughter was the painter Sabine...
, and his sister, Sabine Lepsius
Sabine Lepsius
Sabine Lepsius was a German painter, primarily of portraits. The daughter of painter Gustav Graef, she married artist Reinhold Lepsius in 1902. Her salon in Berlin's Westend was well known. Lepsius was the sister of art historian Botho Graef.-Literature:* Irmgard Wirth: Berliner Malerei im 19...
, was also an artist of some note. Graef taught at the University of Jena from 1904 until 1917.
Writings
- Hodlers und Hofmanns Wandbilder in der Universität Jena. Eugen Diederichs Verlag, Jena, 1910.
- Henry van de VeldeHenry van de VeldeHenry Clemens Van de Velde was a Belgian Flemish painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium...
In: Der Bücherwurm. Monatsschrift für Bücherfreunde. Verlag der Bücherwurm, Dachau, 1913. - Written with Ernst Langlotz: Die antiken Vasen von der Akropolis zu Athen, Bd. I-II, de Gruyter, Berlin, 1925-1933 (posthum).