Franz Roh (1890 - 1965), German historian, photographer, and art critic. 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... Generally speaking, a historian is a person who studies history. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. ... A critic (derived from the ancient Greek word krites meaning a judge) is a person who offers a value judgement or an interpretation. ...

Roh was born in Apolda (Thuringia), Germany. He studied at universities in Leipzig, Berlin, and Basel. In 1920, he received his Ph.D. in Munich for a work on Dutch paintings of the 17th century. The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Berlin (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,387,404 inhabitants (as of September 2004); down from 4. ... Basel (English traditionally: Basle [ba:l], German: Basel [ba:z@l], French Bâle [ba:l], Italian Basilea [bazilE:a]) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München pronunciation) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ... The word Dutch when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...

In his 1925 book Nach Expressionismus: Magischer Realismus: Probleme der neusten europäischen Malerei ("After expressionism: problems of the newest European painting") he coined the term magic realism. On White II by Wassily Kandinsky, 1923. ... Magic realism (or magical realism) is a literary genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realist setting. ...

During the Nazi regime, he was isolated and briefly put in jail, a time he used to write the book Das Verkannte Künstler: Geschichte und Theorie des kulturellen Mißverstehens ("The unrecognized genius: history and theory of cultural misunderstanding"). After the war, in 1946, he married art historian Juliane Bartsch. The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ...

Roh died in Munich.