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Ludwig von Herterich[1] (13 October 1856, Ansbach - 25 December 1932, Etzenhausen, today in Dachau) was a German painter and art teacher. He is best known as a painter of portraits and history paintings and is a representative of the Munich School.
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![]() Ludwig Herterich: Johanna Stegen, the Heroine of Lüneburg (scene from the Napoleonic Wars), 1887 | |
Born | Ludwig Herterich 1856 |
Died | 1932 (aged 75–76) New York City, U.S. |
Nationality | German |
Known for | History painting, portraits, art education |
Movement | Munich School |
Awards | Order of Maximilian, 1908 |
He was the son of a sculptor and art restorer, Franz Herterich, and the younger brother of painter Johann Caspar Herterich. He taught at the Kunstschule Stuttgart and then from 1898 as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich. His pupils included Karl Caspar, Maria Caspar-Filser, Leo Delitz , Adolf Erbslöh, David Karfunkle, Käthe Kollwitz, Hermann Mühlen (1886-1964), Walter Püttner , Julius Seyler, Maria Slavona, and Anton Zilzer. For his services to art, he was awarded the Order of Maximilian in 1908 and made a life peer.
Herterich was heavily involved along with others in producing the pictorial art for Schloss Wolfsbrunn in the Ore Mountains.[2]
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