Dr. Wilfried Franzen
About
Wilfried Franzen studied art history at the universities of Trier, Reading and Bamberg. He graduated in 2000 with a PhD on pictorial narrative in 15th century panel painting at the Technical University of Berlin. From 2003 to 2004, he was a research assistant in the GWZO-project »Significance of the Jagiellonians for the Art and Culture of Central Europe (1450-1550)«. Subsequently, he worked as a freelance lecturer and editor. He has been a researcher at the GWZO since 2008.
As a member of the »Transfer and Publishing« department, Wilfried Franzen is responsible for the GWZO's publications and the Handbook on the History of Art in East Central Europe.
Work focus
- Cultural transfer in Central Europe
- Art production in utraquist Bohemia
- Panel painting in Krakow around 1450-1470