Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
Symbolist painter and naturist reformer
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach was a German painter and social reformer. Diefenbach was born at Hadamar, then part of the Duchy of Nassau. He was a pioneer of the naturist and the peace movements. His country commune, Himmelhof, in Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1897–1899) was one of the models for the reform settlement Monte Verità in Ascona. His ideas included life in harmony with nature and rejection of monogamy, turning away from any religion (although he was a follower of theosophy), and a vegetarian diet. When his commune went bankrupt, he moved to Capri and stayed there until his death in 1913 As a painter, Diefenbach was an independent representative of Symbolism. There has been a museum of his works in Certosa di San Giacomo on Capri since 1974.
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Master student
- Konstantin Johannes Franz Cretius Master
- Rudolf Jordan Master
Artworks by this artist (39 total)
- Sterbender Hirsch
- Stürmische Meeresbucht 1912
- Sunset on the coast of Capri 1900
- Ecce Homo
- Erscheinung c1890
- Seagull in Reeds
- The Prior’s Chapel (Crucifix among the Ruins)@Religion
- Sphinx mit Undine 1902
- Ephebe 1911
- Vater verzeih Ihnen 1887
- Solitude
- Martyr And Crucified, Son Helios
- Sturm an der Küste (Sorrent)@Landscape
- A Girl On The Shore 1892
- A girl with a flower
- Bildnis Richard Wagner
- Girl Holding A Snake – Innocence 1900
- Kopf einer Gemse 1895
- Seagulls in a stormy bay
- Christ On The Cross 1891