Ludwig Neureuther (1774 - 1832)

Ludwig Neureuther

Ludwig Neureuther was a German artist, painter and engraver.

Ludwig Neureuther's childhood was spent at the court of Duke Charles II August von Pfalz-Zweibrücken, who patronized the boy and helped him learn to draw. He later served the duke and followed him into exile after the revolutionary events in France.

Neureuther painted landscapes, and from 1801 to 1806, at the initiative of Josef von Hazzi, Neureuther recorded in great detail the various everyday clothes in different regions of Bavaria for his Statistical Explanations on the Duchy of Bavaria.

Ludwig Neureuther is the father of the painter Eugen Napoleon Neureuther (1806-1882) and the architect Gottfried von Neureuther (1811-1887).