Ludwig des Coudres

Ludwig des Coudres (1820-1878) was a German historical, portrait, and genre painter.

He was born at Cassel in 1820, and pursued his first studies under J. von Schnorr, at the Academy of Munich. He travelled in Italy in 1844-5, and placed himself in 1848-9 under Karl Sohn at Düsseldorf, where for a time he settled, but in 1855 he was appointed professor in the School of Arts at Carlsruhe, in which city he died in 1878.

Notable works include;

• Francesca da Rimini. 1850.
• The Weeping Magdalen. 1852.
• The Lamentation before the Burial (Carlsruhe Gallery). 1855.
• The Adoration of the Shepherds (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1857
• The Holy Women before the Cross (in St. Nicholas, Hamburg). 1863.
• Iphigeneia (in possession of the Grand-Duke of Baden). 1865.
• Under the Red Cross. 1872.
• Psyche and Pan.
• Happy Existence — a child's picture.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "DES COUDRES, Ludwig" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.