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Ludwig Loefftz, 1845-1910

Nationality: German
Date of Birth: 1845
Place of Birth: Darmstadt
Date of Death: 1910
Place of Death: Munich

Identity:

Ludwig von Löefftz or Löfftz was a painter and Director of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich.

Life:

His pupils included the American artist Theodore Wores, the German painter and draughtsman Franz von Stuck and the Swiss painter and printmaker Karl Stauffer-Bern. Another pupil, Frank Duveneck, whom JW knew in Venice, made a portrait of him Professor Ludwig von Löfftz (c. 1873; Cincinnati Art Museum, OH).

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, 1956-61; Grove Dictionary of Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed August 2004).