Stella Kramrisch | |
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 Stella Kramrisch at the Himalayan Art installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1978. | |
| Born | May 29, 1896 Nikolsburg, Austria |
| Died | August 31, 1993 (aged 97) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Leading specialist on Indian art for most of the 20th century |
| Spouse | Laszlo Nemenyi |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan, Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Art history |
| Institutions | Kala Bhavana |
| Thesis | The Essence of Early Buddhist Sculpture in India (1919) |
| Academic advisors | Max Dvořák |
Stella Kramrisch (May 29, 1896 – August 31, 1993) was an American pioneering art historian and curator who was the leading specialist on Indian art for most of the 20th century. Her scholarship remains a benchmark to this day. She researched and taught Indian art history for more than six decades on three continents. After writing her dissertation on the essence of early-buddhist sculpture in India, she was invited to teach at Kala Bhavana in Shantiniketan (1922–24) and went on to teach at Calcutta University from 1924 to 1950. In Europe, Kramrisch worked at the Courtauld Institute, London (1937–1940). From 1950, she was professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of South Asia Regional Studies, where she had been recruited by W. Norman Brown, in addition to being a prominent curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1]
- ^ Stoller Miller, Barbara (1983). Exploring India's Sacred Art. Selected Writings of Stella Kramrisch. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 3–33. ISBN 0812211340.