H. W. Janson

Author

1913 – 1982

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Who was H. W. Janson?

Horst Waldemar Janson, who published as H. W. Janson, was a Russian-American scholar of art history best known for his History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has sold more than two million copies in fifteen languages.

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Born
Oct 4, 1913
Saint Petersburg
Also known as
  • Horst Waldemar Janson
Nationality
  • Russia
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Harvard University
  • University of Hamburg
  • Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Employment
  • New York University
Died
Sep 30, 1982

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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