Andreas Rumpf was a German classical archaeologist born in Potsdam

Potsdam

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He studied classical archaeology at the University of Leipzig

University of Leipzig

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 under Franz Studniczka

Franz Studniczka

Franz Studniczka was a German professor of classical archaeology born in Jasło, Galicia.He studied classical archaeology in Vienna as a pupil of Otto Benndorf . In 1887 he received his habilitation in Vienna, and in 1889 became a professor at the University of Freiburg...

 (1860-1929), earning his doctorate with a dissertation on the mural

Mural

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s in Veii

Veii

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 titled Die Wandmalereien in Veji. In 1923 he received his habilitation at Leipzig

Leipzig

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 with a thesis on Chalkidiki vases. From 1928 to 1960 he was a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

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Selected publications

• Chalkidische Vasen (Chalkidiki Vases) (Berlin 1927)
• Malerei und Zeichnung der klassischen Antike (Paintings and Drawings of Classical Antiquity), Handbuch der Archäologie IV 1 (München 1953)
• Archäologie. 1 Einleitung. Historischer Überblick (Archaeology. 1. Introduction, Historical Overview), two volumes (Berlin 1953)
• Archäologie. 2 Die Archäologensprache. Die antiken Reproduktionen (Archaeology, 2. The Archaeologists' Language, The Antique Reproductions) (Berlin 1956)
• Stilphasen der spätantiken Kunst (Köln 1957)