German painter meixner biography

German expressionist artist (1884-1966)

Ludwig Meidner (18 April 1884 – 14 May 1966) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker born in Bernstadt, Silesia.^[1] Meidner is best known for his painted, drawn, and printed portraits and landscapes, but is especially noted for his "apocalyptic" series of work featuring his stylized visions of a pending transformation of Germany before World War I.^[2]

Overview

Ludwig Meidner was apprenticed to a stonemason, but his apprenticeship was not completed.

He studied at the Royal School of Art in Breslau and, from 1906 to 1907 he studied painting^[3] at the Académie Julian^[4] and Cormon Academies in Paris where he met and became friends with Amedeo Modigliani.

He returned to Berlin to work as a fashion illustrator and produced views of Berlin.

In 1912 he began a series of paintings that marked a radical departure in style and would make his reputation."Apocalyptic Landscapes