Ernst Gall

Ernst Emil Max Gall (17 February 1888 – 5 August 1958) was a German art historian and historic preservationist.

Born in Danzig, Gall attended the Fürst-Otto-Gymnasium in Wernigerode and from 1907 initially studied two semesters of law at the Grenoble Alpes University and the Sorbonne.

After participating in the First World War in France, Gall got a job at the Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt [de] in Halle.

After working briefly as an advisor on art and monument conservation issues at the American headquarters in Berlin, he became head of the museum department of the Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes from 1946 until his retirement in 1953.

After the death of Otto Schmitt, he continued the Reallexikon zur Deutschen Kunstgeschichte [de] as managing editor from 1951.