Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich
(1909-2001), Art historianSitter in 9 portraits
Austrian-born art historian. After studying at university in Vienna, he emigrated to London in 1936, when he joined the staff of the Warburg Institute. He was the Director and Professor of History of the Classical Tradition there from 1959 to 1976. His book The Story of Art (1950) became one of the most widely-read and influential general introductions to art history; his later works include Art and Illusion (1960), a study of the psychology of pictorial representation, Norm and Form (1966) and The Sense of Order (1979). He was knighted in 1972 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1988.
by Milein Cosman
ink, early 1970s
NPG 7093
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by R.B. Kitaj
pastel and charcoal, 1986
NPG 5892
by Lucy Anne Dickens
C-type colour print, March 2001
NPG P948(18)
by Paul Joyce
bromide print on card mount, July 1975
NPG x13408
by Mary Robert
bromide fibre print, circa 1988
NPG x47288
by Carolyn Djanogly
bromide fibre print, 3 May 1997
NPG x87750
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