Ernst Kris
Ernst Kris · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst known for work on ego psychology and the psychology of art
1900, Vienna, Austria — 1957, New York City, United States
Austria · United Kingdom · United States
Ernst Kris is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychoanalyst known for work on ego psychology and the psychology of art
Kris was an art historian who became an influential psychoanalyst, a founder of ego psychology and a pioneer of the psychology of art and caricature, notably in 'Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art'. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, he fled the Nazis, working in London and then New York. He bridged the study of visual culture and the science of the mind.
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Psychoanalyst known for work on ego psychology and the psychology of art
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