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Emil Schaeffer
1874–1944
Austrian art historian, publicist, and dramatist whose writing moved between Renaissance masters, literary figures, and the art world of his own time. He is also remembered as an early supporter of painter Max Beckmann, bringing a collector’s eye to everything he wrote.
2 Audiobooks
Botticelli
by Emil Schaeffer
Andrea del Sarto
by Emil Schaeffer
About the author
Born on September 30, 1874, in Bielitz in Austria-Hungary, he built a career as an art historian, publicist, and dramatist. Reference works consistently identify him with those three roles, and library records show a body of work centered on major artists and cultural figures.
His books reflect a wide-ranging curiosity. He wrote on artists including Botticelli and van Dyck, and he also published work on Goethe, showing an interest in both visual art and literary culture. That mix helps explain why his name appears across art-historical, bibliographic, and literary databases.
He also had a place in the modern art scene around Max Beckmann. The Beckmann catalogue notes that he was among the early people to recognize Beckmann’s talent and that he collected the painter’s work. He died in 1944.