Friedrich Schlie

Friedrich Schlie (12 December 1839, Brüel, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 21 July 1902, Bad Kissingen) was a German art historian and archaeologist.

As the son of a Kantor and teacher, Schlie was taught by private tuition until his graduation examination in Rostock in 1863.

Next he worked for 2 years as an auxiliary secretary at the Prussian Archaeological Institute in Rome.

From 1869 he worked as a teacher at the several secondary schools in Mecklenburg before in 1877 becoming director of the Schweriner Kunstmuseum.

A 1902 marble bust of Schlie by Ludwig Brunow is to be found in the Staatl.