Ludwig von Hofmann

In 1889, he attended the Académie Julian in Paris, where he came under the influence of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and Paul-Albert Besnard.

From 1894 to 1900, he travelled extensively and spent a great deal of his time at his villa in Fiesole.

He was also a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund In 1903, he was appointed a professor at the Weimar Saxon Grand Ducal Art School, where he became a member of the avant-garde literary and artistic group centered around Harry Graf Kessler.

He also provided illustrations for a new translation of the Odyssey by Leopold Ziegler [citation needed] and works by Gerhart Hauptmann (Ivo's father).

His remaining works were almost confiscated by the Russians after the war, but his widow managed to save them.