Kurt Pfister

Born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein in 1895 as Konrad Pfister, he later became known as Kurt Pfister. He was a German writer, art historian, musicologist, and civil servant whose career crossed several fields rather than staying in just one.

After the First World War, he worked as an independent scholar in Munich. He wrote dramas and an opera, but he was especially productive as an author of accessible books on art, music, and cultural history. His subjects ranged widely, from Rembrandt, Dürer, and van Gogh to medieval culture and historical biography, and several of his books appeared in multiple editions.

In 1945, he became cultural adviser to the Bavarian minister-president in Munich and took part in reorganizing broadcasting in Bavaria after the war. He died in Munich on May 26, 1951.