Full Name: Boehlau, Johannes
Gender: male
Date Born: 1861
Date Died: 1941
Place Born: Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Place Died: Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Home Country/ies: Germany
Subject Area(s): Ancient Greek (culture or style), Archaic (Greek culture or period), and Classical
Overview
Specialist in archaic (Greek and Germanic) art. Director of the Kgl. Museum Fridericianum (Kassel, 1902-1928) and was primary motivating force behind the reorganization of exhibits, the construction of the Hessiches Landesmuseum, and artistic and cultural life in Kassel until 1930.
Sources
Archäologenbildnisse: Porträts und Kurzbiographien von Klassichen Archäologen deutscher Sprache. Reinhard Lullies, ed. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1988: 146-147.
Archives
- Nachlass Boehlau, Johannes fonds, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. https://archives.dainst.org/index.php/nachlass-boehlau-johannes, DE-2322.
Contributors: Emily Crockett and Lee Sorensen