About Kurt Gerstenberg
Lived 1886 – 1968 (aged 82). Kurt Gerstenberg was a German art historian and university teacher.
Kurt Gerstenberg (23 July 1886, Chemnitz − 2 November 1968, Würzburg) was a German art historian, a doctoral student of Heinrich Wölfflin. Gerstenberg's 1913 work Deutsche Sondergotik (German Special Gothic) gave the name to Sondergotik, a style of Late Gothic architecture.
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Who was Kurt Gerstenberg?
German art historian (1886–1968)
When was Kurt Gerstenberg born?
Kurt Gerstenberg was born on 23 July 1886 in Chemnitz.
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Kurt Gerstenberg died on 2 November 1968 in Würzburg.
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Kurt Gerstenberg was an art historian and university teacher.
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Kurt Gerstenberg was German.
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