Andreas Rumpf

Andreas Rumpf (1890 to 1966) was a German classical archaeologist, born in Potsdam, who specialised in ancient Greek and Roman art, above all vase painting and Greek wall painting. He was the son of the painter Fritz Rumpf. He studied classical archaeology at the University of Leipzig under Franz Studniczka and took his doctorate with a dissertation on the wall paintings of Veii. He gained his habilitation at Leipzig in 1923 with a study of Chalcidian vases, and from 1928 to 1960 he was professor of classical archaeology at the University of Cologne. His publications include Chalkidische Vasen (1927), a catalogue of Etruscan sculptures (1928), a study of sea creatures on ancient sarcophagus reliefs (1939) and a Handbook of Archaeology volume on painting and drawing in classical antiquity (1953). He also edited a survey volume on Greek and Roman art.