Pommer, Richard

Richard Pommer (1931-1992) was an architectural historian who focused on the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In 1967 he received the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award for his book, 18th Century Architecture in Piedmont . In the 1960s he switched his concentration to modern architecture, particularly that of Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. He was an expert on the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Pommer was the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts from 1988 to 1991. He graduated from Columbia University in 1953 (B.S.) and from NYU's IFA in 1957 (M.A.) and 1961 (Ph.D.). He also taught at Vassar College from 1966-1987.