HUGO FUCHS (1875–1954)
HUGO FUCHS (1875–1954) Professor of Anatomy
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ABRAHAM GOTTHELF KAESTNER (1719–1800)
ABRAHAM GOTTHELF KAESTNER (1719–1800), Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Director of the Observatory, Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Younger, 1770, oil on canvas, Art Collection of the University of Göttingen
DAVID HILBERT (1862–1943)
DAVID HILBERT (1862–1943)Professor of Mathematics, Eugen Spiro, 1928, oil on canvas, Mathematical Institute
IN THE BEST LIGHT
Pencil, ruler and compass: these were classic insignia of a scholar in the 18th century. Staged as just such an example of an 18th century scholar is Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719-1800) in his portrait from 1769. Pencil, ruler and compass—these were also the tools with which the Göttingen professor for mathematics and physics put figures …
DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER PAINTING
With the open book, which contains mathematical formulas, the portrait of Dorothea von Schlözer places Schlözer in the tradition of classical scholarship. However, not all of Schlözer’s contemporaries agreed with such a representation. DOROTHEA VON SCHLÖZER (1770–1825), One of the so-called “University Housekeepers”, Friedrich Carl Gröger, around 1794, oil on canvas, State and University Library of …
WHO IS HILBERT?
David Hilbert (1862-1943) looks up from his desk and stares at the viewers of his portrait directly in the eyes, as if his reading session had only just been briefly interrupted. It is noteworthy that Hilbert’s 1928 painting was executed as a classical oil painting and was thus created at a time when photography was …
Kästner quote
Make sure that there is a decent image of you left for posterity. This way, authors, they will continue to gaze upon you long after they have ceased to read you.