Henri Stierlin (2 April 1928 – 10 September 2022)[1] was a Swiss journalist and writer of popular works on art and architectural history.
He achieved Bachelor of Arts (Law) whilst at Lausanne in 1954.
He also studied Theory of Art History, at Grenoble University in 1977–1978, writing a dissertation on the Symbolic Nature of the Persian Mosque.
Stierlin was a columnist in art-history, and editor at the Swiss newspaper Tribune de Geneve from 1955 to 1962, and a radio journalist at Radio Suisse in 1957 (cultural programs.)
he argued that the famous Nefertiti bust in Berlin is a fake.