Franz Studniczka

Who was Franz Studniczka?

Franz Studniczka was a German professor of classical archaeology born in Jasło, Galicia.

He studied classical archaeology in Vienna as a pupil of Otto Benndorf. In 1887 he received his habilitation in Vienna, and in 1889 became a professor at the University of Freiburg. In 1896 he was appointed professor of classical archaeology at the University of Leipzig, succeeding Johannes Overbeck, who died the previous November. At Leipzig, he was a member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences.

Studniczka was a leading authority on ancient Greek and Roman art/antiquities. At the Museum of Antiquities at Leipzig, he was responsible for expansion of its collection of casts of antique sculptures. It eventually became one of the largest and most impressive collection of casts in Germany. Also, he is credited for masterful restoration of the Artemis-Iphigenie-Gruppe.