Ludwig von Löfftz
Illustration — Ludwig von Löfftz • Illustration — The Ascension of Mary (1888) Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.
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Ludwig von Löfftz
![An old man is sitting at a table counting his money as a young couple look at one another over his head. Wood engraving by M. Klinkicht after L. Löfftz., [1880], by Ludwig von Löfftz](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0040019/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Born
- 1845.
- Died
- 1910.
- Nationality
- Grand Duchy of Hesse.
- Occupation
- painter, university teacher and teacher.
- Fields
- genre painting.
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Illustration — Ludwig von Löfftz • Illustration — The Ascension of Mary (1888) Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.
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Biography
He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, where he became professor in 1879, and of which he was director between 1891 and 1899. Löfftz's chief importance lay in his influence as a teacher. In 1884 he began teaching Anton Ažbe. Among his students were also Lovis Corinth and the American Albert Lorey Groll. Löfftz's works are not numerous, but are of great perfection. A lofty atmosphere pervades his interiors, treated in the spirit of the Flemish masters, while his religious subjects are imbued with deep feeling and solemn grandeur. Great technical skill and masterly treatment of the chiaroscuro produce the most harmonious effects in all of his paintings. The impressive "Pietà" (1883) won him the gold medal at the International Exhibition in Munich and is now in the Neue Pinakothek, which also contains Eurydice (1898).
Works
Works
Among his works are: • Cardinal Playing the Organ (1876) • Avarice and Love (1879) • Erasmus in his Study (Stuttgart) • An Old Woman (Frankfurt) • The Money Changers (1845)
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Life and career
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1845
Ludwig von Löfftz born at Darmstadt.
1910
Ludwig von Löfftz died at Munich.
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- 1.Personalnachrichten – Ludwig Von Löfftz †. In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel. Nr. 285, 9. Dezember 1910, S. 17 (boersenblatt-digital.de).
- 2.Kunsthandbuch für Deutschland. 1904.
- 3.2614 Löfftz, Ludwig. In: Matrikelbuch. Band 2: 1841–1884. (matrikel.adbk.de, daten.digitale-sammlungen.de).
- 4.Löfftz. Löfftz, Ludwig, Maler.
- 5.Loefftz, Ludwig von. 891. 892.
- 6.Otto Grautoff. Die Gemäldesammlungen Münchens – ein kunstgeschichtlicher Führer durch die Königliche ältere Pinakothek, des Königliche Maximilianeum, Die Sammlung des Freiherrn von Lotzbeck, die Schackgalerie, die Königliche neuere Pinakothek. 1907.
- 7.Verdienstorden vom Heil. Michael (Inländer, Großkreuze ec.). 1906.
- 8.Marimilians-Orden für Wissenschaft und Kunst. 1906.
- 9.Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. 1906.
- 10.Löfftzstraße. In: Münchner Straßenverzeichnis (stadtgeschichte-muenchen.de).
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