Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer, one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.
When Greece won its independence, Ludwig I’s son Otto became the country’s first king. Von Klenze was invited to Athens to submit plans of city reconstruction in the style of Ancient Greece.
Russian Emperor Nicholas I commissioned von Klenze in 1838 to design a building for the New Hermitage, a public museum that housed the Romanov collection of antiquities, paintings, coins and medals, cameos, prints and drawings, and books.
Prior to this, von Klenze had also designed and arranged museum galleries in Munich, including the Glyptothek, Ludwig I’s museum for antique sculpture, and the Alte Pinakothek, a painting gallery for the pictures of the Wittelsbach collection.
Klenze studied ancient architecture during his travels to Italy and Greece. He also participated in excavations of ancient buildings in Athens and submitted proposals for the restoration of the Acropolis.
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Leo von Klenze was a German neoclassicist architect, painter and writer, one of the most prominent representatives of Greek revival style.
When Greece won its independence, Ludwig I’s son Otto became the country’s first king. Von Klenze was invited to Athens to submit plans of city reconstruction in the style of Ancient Greece.
Russian Emperor Nicholas I commissioned von Klenze in 1838 to design a building for the New Hermitage, a public museum that housed the Romanov collection of antiquities, paintings, coins and medals, cameos, prints and drawings, and books.
Prior to this, von Klenze had also designed and arranged museum galleries in Munich, including the Glyptothek, Ludwig I’s museum for antique sculpture, and the Alte Pinakothek, a painting gallery for the pictures of the Wittelsbach collection.
Klenze studied ancient architecture during his travels to Italy and Greece. He also participated in excavations of ancient buildings in Athens and submitted proposals for the restoration of the Acropolis.