Otto Benesch
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Otto Benesch was an Austria
n art historian. He is considered as a member of the Vienna School of Art History
.
He was taught by Max Dvořák
. In 1942 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship
.
He is the son of Heinrich Benesch, an important patron of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele
.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n art historian. He is considered as a member of the Vienna School of Art History
Vienna School of Art History
The Vienna School of Art History is a collective term used to describe the development of fundamental art-historical methods at the University of Vienna...
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He was taught by Max Dvořák
Max Dvorák
Max Dvořák was a Czech-born Austrian art historian...
. In 1942 he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
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He is the son of Heinrich Benesch, an important patron of the Austrian artist Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele
Egon Schiele was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced...
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Literary works
- The art of Northern RenaissanceNorthern RenaissanceThe Northern Renaissance is the term used to describe the Renaissance in northern Europe, or more broadly in Europe outside Italy. Before 1450 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe...
, 1946 - The drawings of Rembrandt, 6 Vols., 1954-1957