13 Facts About Ludwig Meidner

Ludwig Meidner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker born in Bernstadt, Silesia.

Ludwig Meidner was apprenticed to a stonemason, but his apprenticeship was not completed.

Ludwig Meidner studied at the Royal School of Art in Breslau and, from 1906 to 1907 he studied painting at the Academie Julian and Cormon Academies in Paris where he met and became friends with Amedeo Modigliani.

Ludwig Meidner returned to Berlin to work as a fashion illustrator and produced views of Berlin.

Ludwig Meidner stayed in England, unrecognised, hovering on the brink of poverty until 1953 when he returned to Germany.

Ludwig Meidner died on 14 May 1966 in Darmstadt, aged 82.

Ludwig Meidner created numerous portraits throughout his life as a painter.

Ludwig Meidner's portraits are known to be distorted with flowing movements that create unusual perspectives in the paintings.

Ludwig Meidner's prints are made mostly through the processes of hard ground etchings, lithographs, and dry point.

Ludwig Meidner continued making portraits in printmaking, such as a lithograph Theodor Dauber and an etching of Johannes Becher, that are reminiscent of his painted portrait style.

Ludwig Meidner created an eight piece collection of lithographs known as "Krieg".

Ludwig Meidner created a large majority of his poetry during his time at war in WWI, since he did not have much time or supplies needed to paint, draw, or make prints.

However, Ludwig Meidner's writing never grew in popularity as much as his art did with the expressionist.