[2] Friedrich Ludwig was the ninth oldest child in his family; he had sixteen siblings.
[4] In 1926 Ludwig was accepted at the prestigious Académie Julian in Paris;[5] it is known for educating Cézanne, Gauguin, Émile Bernard, Maurice Denis, Pierre Bonnard, Eduard Vuillard, Maillol, and Achille Laugé.
[4] Although the exhibition was successful, he rejected an offer to remain in Switzerland; instead he traveled to Bellinzona, the Adria, Paris, over Wieslet and back to Bad Reichenhall, where he settled down in 1940.
[6] After the surrender of the Third Reich in 1945, the Americans granted Ludwig permission to resume painting; he moved to Berchtesgaden, Bavaria.
[4] On 27 December 1954, Ludwig married Christel Sprengel, and in 1955 his son Michael was born.
[4] On 31 July 1968, he was admitted to the mental hospital Gabersee in close proximity to Wasserburg, Inn.
Ludwig, who was mentally ill, claimed to have burned all of his works causing him to almost be forgotten.
[5] However, in 1984, Sigurd Marien, a lawyer and an art collector, purchased a baroque closet that contained some of Ludwig's paintings.
[5] In 1999, the Friedrich Ludwig Museum, in his hometown of Wieslet, was founded under the direction of Dr.