- Friedrich Schlie
Friedrich Schlie (
12 December 1839 ,Brüel -21 July 1902,Bad Kissingen ) was a German art historian and archaeologist.Life
As the son of a Kantor and teacher, Schlie was taught by private tuition until his graduation examination in
Rostock in 1863. He then studiedphilology andart history at theUniversity of Rostock andUniversity of Munich , graduating in 1867. Next he worked for 2 years as an auxiliary secretary at thePrussian Archaeological Institute inRome . From 1869 he worked as a teacher at the several secondary schools inMecklenburg before in 1877 becoming director of the Schweriner Kunstmuseums.Friedrich Schlie received several honours, being made a Hofrat in 1882, Professor in 1891 and Geheimen Hofrat in 1899. He was a corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute in Rome and Berlin, as well as a permanent member of the committee of the international art historical congress. He also worked for the Society of
Mecklenburg ische History and Antiquity. In the years 1898 to 1902, he published his comprehensive five volume work "Kunst- und Geschichtsdenkmäler des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Schwerin" (Art and Art History of the Great-Dukedom of Mecklenburg-Schwerin"). He was also a friend and promoter of the famous archeologistHeinrich Schliemann .A 1902 marble bust of Schlies by
Ludwig Brunow is to be found in the Staatl. Museums Schwerin.ources
*Hans-Günter Buchholz: "Die Archäologenfreundschaft zwischen Heinrich Schliemann und Friedrich Schlie. Der Briefwechsel zweier bedeutender Archäologen", Mitteilungen aus dem Heinrich-Schliemann-Museum Ankershagen 3 (1995)
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