Ludwig Thiersch (1825 - 1909)

Ludwig Thiersch

Ludwig Thiersch was a German and Greek painter of the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He is known as a painter who specialized in historical, mythological and religious subjects, as well as an iconographer.

Thiersch began his career as a painter by creating paintings of Hindu mythology. In 1852 he traveled to Athens, where he became interested in Byzantine art. One of his most famous works in iconography was the decoration of the iconostasis in the Greek church of St. Etienne in Paris. The master also worked in Vienna and St. Petersburg, creating frescoes and icons.