Background
He was the son of sculptor Johannes Pfuhl (1846-1914) and a son-in-law to art dealer Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823-1898).
archaeologist art historian university professor
He was the son of sculptor Johannes Pfuhl (1846-1914) and a son-in-law to art dealer Athanasios Rhousopoulos (1823-1898).
He studied under Reinhard Kekulé von Stradonitz and Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff at the University of Berlin, and later on, performed excavatory work at the necropolis at Thera as an assistant to Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen.
In 1905 he received his habilitation at the University of Göttingen, and in 1911, became a "full professor" at the University of Basel. At Basel he founded the Archäologische Seminar in 1912. He remained at Basel until his death in 1940, his successor being Karl Schefold.
In 1941 his personal art collection was auctioned in Lucerne.
German Archaeological Institute.