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Emil Schaeffer
1874–1944
Austrian art historian, publicist, and dramatist Emil Schaeffer wrote with a deep interest in Renaissance art and literary culture. His books range from studies of Botticelli and Andrea del Sarto to work on Goethe and other cultural figures.
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Botticelli
by Emil Schaeffer
Andrea del Sarto
by Emil Schaeffer
About the author
Born in Bielitz in 1874, Emil Schaeffer built a career as an Austrian art historian, essayist, and dramatist. Reference works consistently describe him as a writer closely engaged with art history, especially Italian Renaissance subjects, and library records preserve a substantial body of his publications.
His known books include studies of Botticelli and Andrea del Sarto, as well as titles connected to Goethe and to broader questions of portraiture and cultural history. That mix suggests a writer who moved comfortably between visual art, biography, and literary interpretation.
Schaeffer died in July 1944 in Theresienstadt. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources I could verify, so no profile image is included.