Sir Ernst Gombrich OM CBE FBA
(1909-2001)
art historian, Fellow of the British Academy (from 1960), Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (from 1966), Knight Bachelor (from 1972), and Order of Merit recipient (from 1988)
Died aged c. 92
Wikidata WikipediaSir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich OM CBE FBA (/ˈɡɒmbrɪk/; German: [ˈgɔmbʁɪç]; 30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian who, after settling in England in 1936, became a naturalised British citizen in 1947 and spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom. Gombrich was the author of many works of cultural history and art history, most notably The Story of Art, a book widely regarded as one of the most accessible introductions to the visual arts, and Art and Illusion, a major work in the psychology of perception that influenced thinkers as diverse as Carlo Ginzburg, Nelson Goodman, Umberto Eco, and Thomas Kuhn.
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E. H. Gombrich 1909 - 2001 Art Historian lived here 1952 - 2001
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