Ludwig von Löfftz

Assumption of Mary , 1888

At the farmhouse , 1892

Ludwig von Löfftz (born June 21, 1845 in Darmstadt , † December 3, 1910 in Munich ) was a German painter .

Life

Löfftz learned the upholstery trade from 1862 and worked in this trade for six years before he was able to attend the art school in his hometown under Rudolf Hofmann , which he exchanged for the Nuremberg Academy of Art in 1870 and the Munich Art Academy in 1871 .

Here he found a teacher in Wilhelm Diez , under whose direction he made such progress that as early as 1873 he was able to send the genre painting The Walk to the Vienna World Exhibition . In 1874 he was appointed assistant teacher at the art academy, later appointed professor, and when Diez resigned from the management of the painting class, von Löfftz took over.

Student (selection)

plant

Of his works, which follow the Dutch and German masters of the 16th and 17th centuries in form and content, the following should be mentioned:

1875: Coming home from the hunt , Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
1876: The cardinal playing the organ
1879: Avarice and love , the portrayal of a curmudgeon who is surrounded by lovers, reminiscent of Holbein and Quintin Massys
1882: Erasmus of Rotterdam
1883: the noble, deeply moving Pietà , for which he received the first medal at the Munich exhibition
1892: Peasant woman in her Sunday best , Städel Museum , Frankfurt
1898: Orpheus and Euridike , Neue Pinakothek , Munich

The purity and correctness of the drawing, masterful handling of the light and dark and a detailed characteristic combined with deep feeling are the advantages of his art.

literature

Löfftz, Ludwig von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 26 : Olivier – Pieris . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1932, p. 215 .

Web links

Commons : Ludwig von Löfftz - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Ludwig von Löfftz and his 102 students In: Academy of Fine Arts Munich
Löfftz, Ludwig von. Hessian biography. (As of April 16, 2018). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Individual evidence

↑ Avarice and love , wood engraving after the painting by L. v. Löfftz, 1881. billerantik.de; accessed on March 21, 2016

personal data
SURNAME	Löfftz, Ludwig von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Löfftz, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 21, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH	December 3, 1910
Place of death	Munich

[1] Avarice and love , wood engraving after the painting by L. v. Löfftz, 1881. billerantik.de; accessed on March 21, 2016