Ludwig Löfftz

Ludwig Löfftz (1845-1910) was a German genre and landscape painter, born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of Kreling and Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Diez at the Academy in Munich, where he became professor in 1879, and of which he was director in 1891-99. His chief importance lay in his influence as a teacher.

Great technical skill and masterly treatment of the chiaroscuro produce the most harmonious effects in all of his paintings. The impressive "Pietà" (1883) won for him the gold medal at the International Exhibition in Munich and is now in the New Pinakothek, which also contains "Eurydice" (1898).

Works (a partial list)

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

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