Leo von König (1871 to 1944) was a sought-after portrait painter. Along with Max Liebermann and Lovis Corinth, he was one of the great painters of the Berlin Secession, famous for his unmistakable handwriting. At least in the first three decades of the 20th century. Whether nobles, industrialists, scientists, musicians, writers, fellow artists or athletes – people appreciated the dark, subdued, melancholy that spoke from his portraits.
The Buchheim Museum in Bernried is dedicating a retrospective to Leo von König – Bavaria
