Ludwig Ferdinand Graf
Austrian, 1868–1932
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Ferdinand Ludwig Graf was an Austrian painter.
The son of the painter Ludwig Graf, He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with August Eisenmenger, Christian Griepenkerl and Leopold Carl Müller. He also attended the Académie Julian in Paris. In terms of style, he initially oriented himself towards Impressionism , but in later years cultivated an expressive and colorful style of painting influenced by Paul Cézanne. In 1901 he became a member of the Hagenbund, its president in 1909 and an honorary member in 1930.