„Ar putea fi artistul pe care îl așteptăm de 800 de ani“. Karl Ziegler (1866-1945 ), un artist uitat
„He might be the Artist we are looking forward his coming for Eight Hundred Years” Karl Ziegler (1866-1945), a forgotten Artist

Summary/Abstract: Karl Ziegler belonged to the group of Transylvanian artists who, by the end of the 19th century, studied abroad and contributed to over bridge the gap between local and European art. While all his colleagues attended the Drawing School in Budapest and the Royal Bavarian Art Academy, Ziegler, very appreciated by the Lutheran Bishop of Transylvania and the painter Georg Bleibtreu went to Berlin. In the Prussian capital city, the budding artist got acquainted with Historicism and Neoclassicism. From 1897 he became a portrait painter in great demand, while in 1904 he was appointed professor at the Karl Friedrich Museum in Posen/Poznan, where he was active until the end of WWI. In 1921 he was appointed professor at the Art Academy of Königsberg/Kaliningrad, a city he lived until his violent death. As long as members of his family were alive in Transylvania, the artist visited often his place of birth and contributed paintings to local exhibitions. Afterwards he fell into oblivion.

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