Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann

Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann (1894–1960) was a German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor. He was known for archaeology work in Samothrace, Greece and the related publications. He was a professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1935, until his death in 1960. Lehmann was the founder and director of the Archaeological Research Fund at New York University

Early life and education Lehmann was born September 27, 1894, in Rostock, Germany, in a Lutheran household. He was the son of artist Henriette "Henni" Lehmann (1862–1937) and lawyer Karl Lehmann (1858–1918), his sister was Etruscan scholar Eva Fiesel. His family was of Jewish ancestry.

Lehmann studied in Tübingen, Göttingen, and Munich. and his doctoral advisor was Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. He was one of the professors involved with the establishment of the Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance in 1946.

Death and legacy At the time of his death in 1960, Lehmann was editing the Samothrace publications for the Bollingen Foundation in Switzerland. Otto Brendel, Bluma L. Trell, Theresa Goell, among others.

Personal life Lehmann married Elwine Hartleben in 1920, the marriage ended in divorce in 1944. He used a double last name of Lehmann-Hartleben while married to his first wife.

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