Richard Hamann

Heinrich Richard Hamann (29 May 1879, in Seehausen – 9 January 1961, in Immenstadt im Allgäu) was a German art historian.

He attended the Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen in Magdeburg, and later studied Germanistics, art history and philosophy at the University of Berlin.

[1] In 1902 he received his promotion with the dissertation-thesis Das Symbol as a student of Wilhelm Dilthey.

In 1911 he obtained his habilitation at Berlin, and subsequently became a professor of art history at Posen Academy.

[2][3] Since 2009 the "Richard-Hamann-Preis für Kunstgeschichte" has been awarded for outstanding scientific achievements in the history of art or the promotion of art history research.