Ortwin Gamber

Ortwin Gamber (21 March 1925 – 2008) was an Austrian art historian who served as director of the weapons collection at the Kunsthistorisches Museum from 1976 to 1986.

[1] Studying under Karl Maria Swoboda (de), he obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in 1950, with the thesis Der Plattenharnisch im 15.

[2] He also studied from 1948 to 1950 at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (de), passing the Staatsexamen with the thesis Die Innsbrucker Plattnerei von 1450 bis zum Tode Kaiser Maximilians I ("The Innsbruck Armoury from 1450 Until the Death of Emperor Maximilian I"); during his studies, from 1945 until 1950, he also volunteered at the weapons collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

[1] He was variously promoted over the succeeding quarter-century, and from 1976 until 1986 served as the director of the weapons collection there.

[1] The same year he was made an honorary member of the Arms and Armour Society (de).