Kris, Ernst, 1900-1957

Psychoanalyst, educator, and art historian.

From the description of Ernst Kris papers, 1893-1999 (bulk 1940-1956). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984470

Biographical Note

• 1900, Apr. 26: Born, Vienna, Austria
• 1922: Ph.D., art history, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• 1922 - 1938 : Associate curator, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
• 1924: Entered analysis with Helene Deutsch
• 1927: Married Marianne Rie (died 1980)
• 1927 - 1938 : Member, Institute of Psychoanalysis, Vienna, Austria
• 1929: Published Meister und Meisterwerke der Steinscheidekunst in der Italienischen Renaissance. Vienna: Anton Schroll & Co.
• 1930 - 1938 : Member of faculty and training analyst, Institute of Psychoanalysis, Vienna, Austria
• 1932 - 1938 : Joint editor, Imago, Zeitschrift für psychoanalytische Psychologie
• 1933: Published article on Austrian sculptor, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, “Ein geisteskranker Bildhauer” (“A Psychotic Sculptor of the Eighteenth Century”)
• 1937: Awarded Croix de Chevalier, Légion d'honneur (France)
• 1938: Emigrated from Austria to London, England
• 1938 - 1940 : Lecturer and psychologist, Institute of Psycho-analysis, London, England
• 1939 - 1940 : Senior research officer conducting analysis of German radio propaganda, British Broadcasting Corp. Monitoring Service
• 1940: Immigrated to the United States and settled in New York, N.Y. Visiting professor, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y.
• 1941: Visiting professor, College of the City of New York, New York, N.Y.
• 1941 - 1944 : Codirector, Research Project on Totalitarian Communication, New York, N.Y.
• 1943: Lecturer, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, New York, N.Y.
• 1944: Appointed managing editor, Psychoanalytic Study of the Child Published with Hans Speier, et al., German Radio Propaganda. London: Oxford University Press
• 1946: Became a naturalized citizen of the United States
• 1950: Organized longitudinal study of child development with Milton J. E. Senn, Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1952: Published Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art. New York: International Universities Press
• 1954: Edited with Princess Marie Bonaparte and Anna Freud Origins of Psychoanalysis: Letters to Wilhelm Fliess, Drafts and Notes, 1887-1902, introduction by Kris. New York: Basic Books, Inc.
• 1957, Feb. 27: Died, New York, N.Y.
• 1975: Posthumous publication of Selected Papers of Ernst Kris. New Haven: Yale University Press

From the guide to the Ernst Kris Papers, 1893-1999, (bulk 1940-1956), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)