Margarete Bieber

Margarete Bieber
Born	31 July 1879 Schönau, Landkreis Schwetz, West Prussia, German Empire
Died	25 February 1978(1978-02-25) (aged 98) New Canaan, Connecticut
Nationality	German Empire, United States
Alma mater	University of Berlin, University of Bonn
Occupation(s)	Art historian, professor

Margarete Bieber (31 July 1879 – 25 February 1978) was a Jewish^[1] German-American art historian, classical archaeologist and professor. She became the second woman university professor in Germany in 1919 when she took a position at the University of Giessen. She studied the theatre of ancient Greece and Rome as well as the sculpture and clothing in ancient Rome and Greece.

Bieber left Germany after the Nazis seized power and she made her way to the United States where she taught at Barnard College, Columbia University and Princeton University. She published hundreds of works during her career and authored definitive works in four areas of study: the Greek and Roman theater, Hellenistic sculpture, ancient dress, and Roman copies of Greek art.^[2] She emphasised that Roman reproductions of Greek originals were essentially Roman works and carried the stamp of Roman civilization.^[2]