Hermann Knackfuss

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

Hermann Knackfuss (May 30, 1915)
Völker Europas, wahrt eure heiligsten Güter ("Peoples of Europe, guard your dearest goods," 1895)

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).[1]

Works

Knackfuss's paintings include:[1]

  • 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 writings include:[1]

  • Deutsche Kunstgeschichte (“German art history,” 1888)
  • Articles on Raphael, Rembrandt Rubens, Michelangelo, Dürer, Murillo, Holbein, Titian, Velazquez, Frans Hall, van Dyck, Menzel, Teniers and others, for the serial Kunstler-monographien (“Artist monographs”) published by Velhagen & Klasing.

Notes
  1. Rines 1920.
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References
  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Knackfuss, Hermann" . Encyclopedia Americana.

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