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Franz Landsberger
Franz Landsberger (1883-1964) was a German-American art historian. Born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, he studied art history, philosophy and literature at the universities of Berlin,...view moreFranz Landsberger (1883-1964) was a German-American art historian. Born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, he studied art history, philosophy and literature at the universities of Berlin, Geneva, Munich and Breslau. He received his Ph.D. from Breslau in 1907 and settled there in 1912. He then taught as an associate professor at the University of Wroclaw until 1933. During this time, he published a number of books that showcased his expertise in numerous areas of art, including Wilhelm Tischbein (1908), St. Galler Folchart Psalter (1912), Impressionism and Expressionism (6th ed., 1921), and Vom Wesen der Plastik (1924).
In 1935, after his permission to teach was withdrawn from him by the National Socialists, Landsberger was appointed as Director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin. He was particularly affiliated with Max Liebermann, whom he honored with an exhibition in 1936 and the publication of a selection of Liebermann’s letters in 1937. Landsberger was taken to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in 1938, but had a lucky escape to England after a few weeks, thanks to an invitation to teach at Oxford. He then moved from England to the United States, where he was appointed by the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1939. His book 1946 book, History of Jewish Art, and other articles on this specialist topic established him as an authority in this field.
FELIX N . GERSON (1862-1945) was an American author and journalist. Born in Philadelphia, he studied civil engineering before changing career and becoming the managing editor of the Chicago Israelite in 1891, and the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia from 1892. He also served as staff writer on the Public Ledger and contributed prose and verse to magazines and newspapers. Gerson served as secretary and treasurer of the Jewish Exponent Publishing Company, and was a member of the Publication Committee of the Jewish Publication Society of America, and the Dickens Fellowship.view less