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Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

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German symbolist artist, founder of naturism (1851-1913)

ArtistsLived 1851 to 1913 · aged 62
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Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach was a German painter and social reformer. Regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements", he championed Lebensreform, Freikörperkultur, and pacifism. His rural commune Himmelhof inspired his student Gustav Gräser to found the Monte Verità settlement.

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Diefenbach in front of his house in Capri. Photo date before 1913Diefenbach in front of his house in Capri. Photo date before 1913Diefenbach and Hugo Höppener (Fidus), at Höllriegelskreuth near Munich, in 1887Diefenbach and Hugo Höppener (Fidus), at Höllriegelskreuth near Munich, in 1887Self portrait as Christ,1892Self portrait as Christ,1892

Artists born in the 1850s 6

Nikolay Kasatkin50.0Teodor Axentowicz49.8Cristóbal Rojas50.0Ludwik Stasiak49.8Franz Roubaud50.1Władysław Ślewiński49.7

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Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach was a German painter and social reformer. Regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements", he championed Lebensreform, Freikörperkultur, and pacifism. His rural commune Himmelhof inspired his student Gustav Gräser to found the Monte Verità settlement. As a painter, Diefenbach worked within Symbolism.

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deceased
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Lived 1851 to 1913 · aged 62
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