Hermann Knackfuss

German painter and writer on art.
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IntroGerman painter and writer on art.
A.K.A.Hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuß Hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuss hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuss hermann knackfuss
A.K.A.Hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuß Hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuss hermann Joseph Wilhelm Knackfuss hermann knackfuss
PlacesGermany
wasPainter Writer
Work fieldArts Literature
Gender
Male
Birth11 August 1848
Death17 May 1915Kassel (aged 66 years)
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Biography

Hermann Knackfuss (German: Hermann Knackfuß) (August 11, 1848, Wissen, Rhenish Prussia – May 17, 1915) was a German painter and writer on art.

Biography

He studied in the Düsseldorf Academy (1865–69). He went through the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), and then continued art study under Eduard Bendemann, later under Eduard von Gebhardt. He won the state prize (1874) which paid for his studies at Rome (1875–78). He taught anatomy in the Cassel Academy (1880) and history of art (1890).

Works

Knackfuss's paintings include:

  • Battle of Mühldorf (belonging to the Kaiser)
  • Battle of Turin, in Berlin Zeughaus
  • Mural decorations for the officers' casino of the Potsdam Treppenhaus
  • Entry of the Kaiser and Kaiserin into Jerusalem (1902)
  • Holy Family altar picture in the Fulda Cathedral (1893)
  • Mural decorations in the Wohlau (Silesia) gymnasium

His wringings include:

  • Deutsche Kunstgeschichte (“German art history,” 1888)
  • Articles on Raphael, Rembrandt Rubens, Michelangelo, Dürer, Murillo, Holbein, Titian, Velazquez, Frans Hall, van Dyck, Menzel, and others, for the serial Kunstlermonographien (“Artist monographs”)

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