H. W. Janson

Horst Woldemar Janson (October 4, 1913 – September 30, 1982), was a Russian Empire-born German-American professor of art history best known for his History of Art, which was first published in 1962 and has since sold more than four million copies in fifteen languages. His academic specialism was the sculpture of Donatello.

H. W. Janson
Born(1913-10-04)October 4, 1913
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 30, 1982(1982-09-30) (aged 68)
NationalityRussian, American (since 1943)
Alma mater
  • University of Munich
  • University of Hamburg
SpouseDora Jane Heineberg
Scientific career
Institutions
  • Harvard University
  • Worcester Art Museum
  • University of Iowa School of Art and Art History
  • Radcliffe College
Academic advisorsErwin Panofsky
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