E.h. Gombrich Collection

Sir Ernst Gombrich???s 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.