Alois Riegl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alois Riegl

Austrian art historian

Date of Birth: 14-Jan-1858

Place of Birth: Linz, Upper Austria, Austria

Date of Death: 17-Jun-1905

Profession: writer, professor, pedagogue, art historian, philosopher

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Alois Riegl (14 January 1858, Linz – 17 June 1905, Vienna) was an Austrian art historian, and is considered a member of the Vienna School of Art History.
He was one of the major figures in the establishment of art history as a self-sufficient academic discipline, and one of the most influential practitioners of formalism.