E.h. Gombrich Collection

Sir Ernst GombrichGs standing in the world of art and-his popularity with experts and a vast general-readership remain unrivalled. Born in Vienna, he came-to London in 1936 to work at the Warburg Institute,-where he became director from 1959 until his-retirement in 1976. He won numerous honors,-including a knighthood, the Order of Merit, and the-Goethe, Hegel, and Erasmus prizes.