Full Name Kurt Aufrichtig Years active 1955-1989 Nationality British Name Keith Andrews | Other names Edinburgh Role Art historian Occupation art historian | |
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Born 11 October 1920 ( 1920-10-11 ) Hamburg Died April 4, 1989, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Books Adam Elsheimer: Paintings, Drawings, Prints | ||
Keith Andrews FRSE FSA (Hamburg, 11 October 1920 - 4 April 1989 in Edinburgh, Scotland), born Kurt Aufrichtig, was a British art historian of German extraction.
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Life
Andrews' father was Breslau born Max Aufrichtig (1879–1950), a banker in Hamburg. His mother, Sabine Kalter (1889–1957), was a leading mezzo-soprano at the State Opera.
The family fled Nazi Germany in 1934 and settled in London.
Andrews was sent to the International Quaker School at Eerde in the Dutch province of North Brabant. He contracted Poliomyelitis at the age of 17 which, apart from preventing his attendance of a university, left him dependant on walking aids for the rest of his life. He took employment at Messrs. Seligman Brothers, an antiquarian bookseller in Cecil Court, and attended evening lectures at the Courtauld Institute, where he earned a diploma in 1953.
Career
Andrews' began as Curator of Liverpool City Libraries in 1955 before moving to Edinburgh in 1958 to begin his leadership of the Department of Prints and Drawings at National Gallery of Scotland.
His publications on the German Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610) are of particular importance.