LEYDEN, Rudolf von. Berlin 8.8.1908 — Vienna 25.3.1983. German Geologist. Son of Victor von Leyden, a lawyer. As a geologist travelled in India and became interested in art, especially in playing cards. Fleeing Nazis as a Marxist he settled in Bombay (1940-53) socializing with Indian artists and making modern Indian…
SCHRADER, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich. Wolmirstedt, Prussia (now Sachsen-Anhalt) 19.11.1865 — Berlin 28.8.1922. German Oriental Scholar, Art Historian and Journalist. Educated in Magdeburg, studies at Halle (also art history). Ph.D. 1889 Halle under Pischel. In 1889-91 librarian of D.M.G. In 1891 moved to Constantinople and worked there as college teacher of…
SCHOTSMAN-WOLFERS, Janine. Brussels 1924 — 17.3.1991. Belgian Art Historian. Daughter of Marcel Wolfers and Claire Petrucci da Siena. She was the Head of India and S.E. Asia department of Royal Museums of Art History in Brussels. Married with Jean-Pierre Schotsman (1922–2007). Publications: A few articles about Indian art and specimens…
STCHOUKINE, Ivan (Ivan Vasil’evič [Sergeevič?] Ščukin). 1886 — Beirut ?.10.1975. Russian Art Historian in France. Son of textile merchant and art collector Vasilij Ščukin (in one source Sergej, 1854–1936). After revolution settled in Paris, now studies under Pelliot, Foucher, et al. After doctorate in 1929 concentrated on Islamic art, visited…
SCHULEMANN, Werner. Neisse/Schlesien (now Nysa in Poland) 4.5.1888 — Bonn 20.6.1975. German Pharmacologist interested in Lamaism. Son of merchant Franz Sch. and Helene Meyer, brother of —> Günther Sch. Studies at Freiburg and Breslau. Dr.phil. Breslau 1913 (in chemistry) and Dr.med. 1914 Freiburg. Served as surgeon in WW I, then…
STRZYGOWSKI, Josef. Biala, Austrian Silesia (now Bielsko-Biała in Poland) 7.3.1862 — Vienna 2.1.1941. Austrian Art Historian. Professor in Vienna. Son of a cloth manufacturer, and his wife Edle Trass von Friedenfelt, of minor nobility. In 1880 took apprenticeship in a weaving plant, but later abandoned this career. From 1882 studies…
STÖNNER, Albert Heinrich. Bremen 30.5.1872 — 13.12.1931. German Indologist. Educated in Bremen. Studied first two years chemistry at Marburg and one year at Halle, then 5 years Indology at Berlin (Geldner, Weber, Sieg) and in 1901 at Halle (Pischel). Ph.D. 1901 Halle. From 1901 worked in Berlin Museum, concentrating on…
STERN, Philippe Gérard Isaïe Simon. Paris 11.4.1895 — Paris 4.4.1979. French Art Historian specialized in Indian and South-East Asian (Khmer & Champa) Art. Son of Lazare René Stern and Cécile Marie Charlotte May. Studies in Paris under Finot et al. In 1921-29 attachée, then Conservateur-adjoint and 1954-65 Conservateur-en-chef of Musée Guimet…
STACHE-ROSEN, Valentina (née Rosen). Copenhagen 28.4.1925 — München-Grafing 20.10.1980. German Indologist. Daughter of Georg Rosen (1895–1961), a diplomat, and Agnes Klipfel (1905–1944), granddaughter of —> Fr. Rosen (1856–1935). In 1933-37 living in Beijing (then Peiping), then at school in Berlin, from 1942 in Arbeitsdienst. In 1944 started studies at Göttingen:…
SOPER, Alexander Coburn, III. Chicago 18.2.1904 — Rosemont, PA 12/13.1.1993. U.S. Art Historian. Son of Alexander Coburn Soper Jr. (1872–1930) and Bertha G. Dunlop (1876–1952). Graduated B.A. 1925 from Hamilton College and studied architecture at Princeton (M.A. 1929). In 1935-38 living in Japan studying local art and architecture. Ph.D. 1944…