Gerald Reitlinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gerald Reitlinger

British art historian

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1900

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1978

Profession: writer, historian, art historian, art collector, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Gerald Roberts Reitlinger (born 1900 in London, United Kingdom – died 1978 in St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom) was an art historian, especially of Asian ceramics, and a scholar of historical changes in taste in art and their reflection in art prices.
After World War II he wrote three large books about Nazi Germany.
He was also a painter and collector, mainly of pottery.
Reitlinger's major works were The Final Solution (1953), The SS: Alibi of a Nation (1956), and between 1961–1970 he published The Economics of Taste in three volumes.