Author Biography
Christian Tumpel (2002-2009) was a Professor of the History of Art in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He devoted his life to researching Rembrandt, starting in 1968 with his doctoral dissertation about Rembrandt's historical paintings, which earned him a fellowship at the Warburg Institute in London the following year. In 1971 he was awarded the Prize of the Dutch Royal Academy of Science for his studies of Rembrandt, an honour the academy bestows only every twenty years. He was a prodigious contributor to the catalogues of international exhibitions, most notably to the anniversary exhibition 'Rembrandt' at the Rembrandt House in Amsterdam. He presented papers at conferences in Washington, Sacramento, Detroit, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Berlin and Hamburg and was involved in the curatorial preparation of major exhibitions of Dutch art and 19th century sculpture in Amsterdam, Haarlem, Nijmegen, Jerusalem, Munster and Berlin. His essays and books on Dutch art and on Rembrandt have been translated into many languages.
