Karl von Perfall (writer)

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Karl Theodor von Perfall

Karl Theodor Gabriel Christoph Freiherr von Perfall (born March 24, 1851 in Landsberg am Lech ; † August 31, 1924 in Düsseldorf ) was a German journalist, art critic and writer.

Life

Karl Freiherr von Perfall was the nephew of the Munich director of the same name , the brother of the local writer Anton von Perfall and the father of the painter Erich von Perfall .

After successfully studying law in Munich , Perfall devoted himself to art and literature. After longer stays in Dresden , Vienna , Geneva and Paris , he became editor-in-chief of the Düsseldorfer Zeitung in 1879 . From 1886 he wrote in the features section of the Kölnische Zeitung as a correspondent on the most important European art exhibitions.

From 1911 to 1924 he lived in his retirement home "Haus Gierenfeld" in Schönenberg in the Bröltal.

Under the pseudonym Karl Theodor von der Ammer he published in Munich's Bilderbogen, among others .

Both under this pseudonym and under his real name he published a large number of novels and some plays.

See also

Works (selection)

  • A contribution to the history of the royal theaters in Munich. Piloty & Löhle, Munich 1894.
  • The development of modern theater. Lecture given in the Dramatic Society Bonn. Schlosser, Godesberg near Bonn 1899.
  • The beautiful delusion. F. Fontane & Co., Berlin 1901
  • Knights and ladies. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1908.
  • Fatherhood. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1909
  • Stranger. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1914, 314 pp.
  • The fate of Agathe Rottenau. Novel. Ullstein, Berlin / Vienna 1916, 285 pp.
  • The way of the widower. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1916, 274 pp.
  • Turning time. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1917, 299 pp.
  • The clever pitter. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1918, 292 pp.
  • Wellermann's marriage trouble. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1919, 278 pp.
  • The school of feeling. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1920, 255 pp.
  • The playmate. Novel. Fleischel, Berlin 1921, 230 pp.

Web links

Wikisource: Karl von Perfall (writer)  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Schröder: The civil community Ruppichteroth 1808-2006. Ruppichteroth - Schönenberg - Winterscheid. 100 years town hall in Schönenberg. Ruppichteroth municipality, Ruppichteroth 2006, p. 117.
  2. ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition. Leipzig 1906, Volume 15, p. 580.
personal data
SURNAME Perfall, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ammer, Theodor von der (pseudonym); Perfall, Karl Theodor Gabriel Christoph Freiherr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and art critic
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Landsberg am Lech
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1924
Place of death Dusseldorf