Author : E.H. Gombrich

E.H. Gombrich was an art historian and art theorist. He was born in Vienna in 1909 into a wealthy Jewish family. In his early years, he studied art history and classical archaeology at the University of Vienna. During the Second World War, Gombrich was in charge of intercepting and translating German radio broadcasts into English for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). After the war, Gombrich resumed his work at the Warburg Institute until his retirement. During that time, he frequently communicated with Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, Harvard University, and other higher education institutions. His works included The Story of Art, and Art and Illusion: A Study in the Psychology of Pictorial Representation.