Ludwig von Herterich

Ludwig von Herterich studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Käthe Kollwitz, Julius Seyler and Șneer Kogan are recorded as having studied under Ludwig von Herterich. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is history painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Work by Ludwig von Herterich is recorded in the collections of Belvedere, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Hungarian National Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art.

• Name — Ludwig von Herterich • Birth Name — Ludwig Herterich • Born — 1856 • Birthplace — Etzenhausen, Dachau, Kingdom of Bavaria • Died — 1932 • Place of death — New York City, U.S. • Known for — History painting, portraits, art education • Movement — Munich School • Awards — Order of Maximilian, 1908

He was the son of a sculptor and art restorer, Franz Herterich, and the younger brother of painter Johann Caspar Herterich. He taught at the Kunstschule Stuttgart and then from 1898 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His pupils included Karl Caspar, Maria Caspar-Filser, Leo Delitz, Adolf Erbslöh, David Karfunkle, Käthe Kollwitz, Hermann Mühlen (1886–1964), Walter Püttner, Julius Seyler, Maria Slavona, and Anton Zilzer. For his services to art, he was awarded the Order of Maximilian in 1908 and made a life peer. Herterich was heavily involved along with others in producing the pictorial art for Schloss Wolfsbrunn in the Ore Mountains.