Background
He was born as third of five children in Lexington, Missouri. His father August Georges Krien had married Amelia Meyer and he was dry goods merchant.
He was born as third of five children in Lexington, Missouri. His father August Georges Krien had married Amelia Meyer and he was dry goods merchant.
George graduated in 1887 from William Jewell College. He traveled and studied in various cities in Europe. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Strassburg.
He was employed at Johns Hopkins (1892-1894) and at Leland Stanford (1894-1898). He resided in New York after 1901. In 1907 he became staff lecturer at the Woman"s Art School of Cooper Union.
Columbia appointed him extensGeoorgeion lecturer on art in 1912.
He wrote: The English Rising in 1450 (1892). He edited and translated Muther"s History of Painting (two volumes, 1909) and revised Fergusson"s History of Architecture (two volumes, 1910).