Ludwig von Herterich

Ludwig von Herterich was a German painter who lived from 1856 to 1932 in the Kingdom of Bavaria. He worked as both a painter and a teacher, eventually serving as a university instructor. His academic role placed him in a position to guide emerging artists, including Käthe Kollwitz and Ștefan Luchian. Through his teaching, he influenced the development of these notable figures while maintaining his own practice as an artist. His career spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, marking him as a significant educator within the German artistic community of his time.