Author. He became notable as an Austrian-German archaeologist and Classical art historian, for the numerous texts he published on ancient art. These texts have survived the test of time and are still being used by art students. After studying at the University of Vienna, he participated in excavations in Croatia from 1910 to 1913. Then he traveled to Greece, North Africa, and Egypt for studies. In 1913 he received his doctorate from the University of Vienna with the subject of his thesis being Greek vase painting. After serving in World War I as part of the Austrian military team that protected art, he was employed in Munich, Germany. He married Marie Luise von Holzing-Berstett, an award-winning writer, and the couple traveled together on his expeditions to Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Hungary, Turkey and North Africa. From 1923, he conducted research at the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, Italy while cataloging ancient Greek art at the Vatican. In 1929 he wrote an influential review of the new edition of "The Late Roman Art Industry" by Alois Riegl, one of the founders of art history as a discipline. In 1932 he was appointed Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Konigsberg in East Prussia and this followed with the University of Marburg from 1937 to 1940 and University of Frankfurt from 1940 to 1956. In 1944 he published "The Mediterranean Foundation of Ancient Art" and a two-volume text, "The Foundation of Ancient Art." In 1953 he was appointed the first post-war director of the German Archaeological Institute in Rome, and in 1958 published "Ludwig Curtius: Scientific Work." Published posthumously in 1961, his last piece was "The Creative in Roman Art." As an art historian, he was a major supporter of structure analysis rather than the concept of style when determining the age of an ancient art piece and published several essays on the subject while he was a professor. After his death, Helga Freifrau von Heintze, a professional colleague who he had mentored, edited his unpublished research. From this was published: In 1961 a three-volume text "Roman Art," in 1963 "Architect of the Empire," in 1965 "Smaller Works and Structures," "Mediterranean Art," and a three-volume text "Selected Writings." In the 1961 text "Roman Art," his wife wrote his detailed biography, which can be found in Volume 1, page 228 to 239.