Karl von Lützow

Karl von Lützow (25 December 1832 – 22 April 1897) was a German art historian and critic.

From 1851 to 1856 he studied philology and archæology at the universities of Göttingen, where he became member of Burschenschaft Hannovera (fraternity),[1] and Munich, where he was a favored student of Friedrich Wilhelm Thiersch.

He was appointed docent of art history at the University of Munich in 1858, then edited in Vienna the Rezensionen und Mittheilungen über bildende Kunst.

In 1864 he became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where in 1866 he was also made librarian and director of the cabinet of engravings.

[3] His publications include: He founded the Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst (Leipzig, 1866, et seq.