# Werner Spies

> German art historian (1937-)

**Wikidata**: [Q76000](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76000)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Spies)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/werner-spies

## Summary

Werner Spies was born on April 1, 1937, in Tübingen[1][2][3][4][5]. He is an art historian, journalist, writer, screenwriter, translator, and university teacher[4][6]. He received his education at the University of Bonn and was employed at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His professional fields encompass art history, art museum, museum management, and cultural education[7].Throughout his career, he has held the position of museum director[7]. His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Commander of the Legion of Honour, the Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg, the Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Commander of the National Order of Merit, and an Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, among others[8].


## References

1. Integrated Authority File
2. Who's Who in France
3. BnF authorities
4. Czech National Authority Database
5. [The Fine Art Archive](https://cs.isabart.org/person/85245)
6. [Source](https://www.goethe.de/resources/files/pdf290/liste_preistraegerinnen_goethe-medaille_1955-20222023.pdf)
7. Virtual International Authority File
8. CiNii Research
9. IMDb
10. Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
11. The Fine Art Archive
12. Munzinger Personen
13. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
14. [BnF authorities](http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11925340j)
15. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
16. Media Library for Dance and Theatre