Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach, Self-Portrait Before Easel, 1895, oil on canvas, 119 × 60,5 cm, Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California[1]

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (February 21, 1851, Hadamar, Duchy of Nassau – December 15, 1913, Capri) was a German painter and social reformer.

Life

Diefenbach was a pioneer of the naturist and the peace movements. His country commune, Himmelhof, in Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1897–1899) was one of the models for the reform settlement Monte Verità in Ascona.[2] His ideas included life in harmony with nature and rejection of monogamy, turning away from any religion (although he was a follower of theosophy), and a vegetarian diet.[3] When his commune went bankrupt, he moved to Capri and stayed there for the rest of his life.

As a painter, Diefenbach was an independent representative of Symbolism. There has been a museum of his works in Certosa di San Giacomo on Capri since 1974.[4]

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References

  1. "Symbolismus, Symbolismus Home". www.symbolismus.com. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
  2. Müller, Hermann (2011). Himmelhof. Urzelle der Alternativbewegung, 1897-1899. Recklinghausen: Umbruch-Verlag. p. 210. ISBN 978-3-937-72608-3.
  3. "The writers, artists and aristocrats who fell in love with Capri". Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (Hadamar 1851 - Capri, 1913). Capri.Net. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  4. in Campania: Certosa di San Giacomo – Museo Diefenbach. Retrieved 30 November 2013.

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