Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder
Ludwig Lindenschmit (the Elder) (September 4, 1809 – February 14, 1893) was a German history painter, prehistorian and art instructor who was a native of Mainz. He was a younger brother to history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmit (1806–1848), and father to prehistorian Ludwig Lindenschmit (the Younger) (1850–1922). • Illustration — Rescue from the burning castle (1880, oil on panel) He studied art in Vienna and Munich, and beginning in 1831, was a high school art teacher in his hometown of Mainz. Here, he taught classes in art until the 1870s, and as his career progressed, his interest in prehistoric Germanic antiquities grew.
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Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder
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- Name
- Ludwig Lindenschmit
- Born
- 4 September 1809
- Birthplace
- Mayence, Mont-Tonnerre, First French Empire
- Died
- 14 February 1893
- Place of death
- Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts
- Spouse
- Luise
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Hesse.
- Occupation
- painter, archaeologist, anthropologist, prehistorian and art educator.
- Fields
- history.
- Honours
- Cothenius Medal and honorary doctorate of the University of Basel.
- Languages
- German.
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Ludwig Lindenschmit (the Elder) (September 4, 1809 – February 14, 1893) was a German history painter, prehistorian and art instructor who was a native of Mainz. He was a younger brother to history painter Wilhelm Lindenschmit (1806–1848), and father to prehistorian Ludwig Lindenschmit (the Younger) (1850–1922). • Illustration — Rescue from the burning castle (1880, oil on panel) He studied art in Vienna and Munich, and beginning in 1831, was a high school art teacher in his hometown of Mainz. Here, he taught classes in art until the 1870s, and as his career progressed, his interest in prehistoric Germanic antiquities grew.
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In 1848 he published Das Germanische Totenlager von Selzen, an important treatise on Germanic sepulchral mounds. In 1851, he became head of the Romano-Germanic Central Museum in Mainz. Lindenschmit was an outspoken critic of the "three-age system" developed by archaeologist Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788–1865).
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Key facts
• Name — Ludwig Lindenschmit • Honorific Suffix — the Elder • Born — 4 September 1809 • Birthplace — Mayence, Mont-Tonnerre, First French Empire • Died — 14 February 1893 • Place of death — Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire • Education — Royal Academy of Fine Arts • Spouse — Luise • Children — 6 • Father — Johann Lindenschmit • Relatives — * Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Elder (brother) • Wilhelm Lindenschmit the Younger (nephew)
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Ludwig Lindenschmit I, Ludwig, I Lindenschmit, Ludwig von Lindenschmit, ludwig lindenschmidt and Ludwig Lindenschmit. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Johann Lindenschmit.
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Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder is recorded with the occupation anthropologist. Classed in the genre history painting. Recorded as having received Cothenius Medal and honorary doctorate of the University of Basel.
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1809
Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder was born on 4 September 1809.
1893
Ludwig Lindenschmit the Elder died on 14 February 1893.
Selected publications
• Das Germanische Totenlager von Selzen (1848). • Die Altertümer unserer heidnischen Vorzeit (1858–90). • Die Altertümer der merovingischen Zeit (1880–89). • Tracht und Bewaffnung des römischen Heeres während der Kaiserzeit (1882).
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