Ludwig Löfftz

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Ludwig Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.

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. His chief importance lay in his influence as a teacher.

His 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

Among his works are:

Cardinal Playing the Organ (1876), a likeness of Franz Liszt
Avarice and Love (1879), suggestive of Quentin Matsys
Erasmus in his Study (Stuttgart Museum)
An Old Woman (Frankfurt)

Notes

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "Löfftz, Ludwig". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Lofftz, Ludwig". Encyclopedia Americana.

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Name	Löfftz, Ludwig
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Short description	German painter
Date of birth	21 June 1845
Place of birth	Darmstadt
Date of death	3 December 1910
Place of death

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