Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

. Photo date before 1913 , at Höllriegelskreuth near Munich, in 1887 '',1892 Born in Hadamar in Hesse, then part of the Duchy of Nassau, Diefenbach called him Fidus, which became Höppener's pseudonym. The German magazine Die Schönheit (The Beauty) from 1901 published works by Fidus, who became an icon of the Freikörperkultur (naturism) movement. But in the end, Diefenbach was completely penniless because the heavily indebted association embezzled funds from a loan that was insured with Diefenbach's works. ==Gallery of selected works==

File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Selbstbildnis 1895.jpg|Self Portrait, 1895, oil on canvas, 119 × 60,5 cm, Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Frage an die Sterne 1898.jpg|Frage an die Sterne (Asking the Stars), 1898, another version was created in 1901, Diefenbach's daughter Stella was the model for this painting from her photographic studio pose File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach - Frage an die Sterne, 1901.jpg|Frage an die Sterne (Asking the Stars), 1901 File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Christus am Kreuz 1891.jpg|Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Christus am Kreuz (Christ on the Cross), 1891, oil on canvs, 112,5 x 78,5 cm, The Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California File:Wilhelm Diefenbach Der Rettung entgegen.jpg|Der Rettung entgegen (Towards Rescue) ca. 1900, oil on canvas, 100 × 151 cm, Jack Daulton Collection, Los Altos Hills, California File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Abschied 1892.jpg|Abschied (Farewell), oil on canvas, 223 x 152 cm, Vienna 1892 File:Diefenbach Capri.jpg|Du sollst nicht töten (You Shall Not Kill), 1903 File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach - Toteninsel.jpg|Toteninsel (Dead Island), homage by Diefenbach to Arnold Böcklin, ca. 1905. On the building on the right is the monogram AB as a sign of this homage File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Vater verzeih Ihnen 1887.jpg|Vater verzeih Ihnen (Father, forgive them!, For they know not what they do), 1887 File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach - Il Tramonto.jpg|Il Tramonto (The Sundown)", before 1913 File:Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Sterbender Hirsch.jpg|Sterbender Hirsch (Dying Deer), oil on canvas, 98.5 x 150 cm, before 1913 File:Diefenbach per-aspera-ad-astra 13.jpg|Selected silhouette wall frieze illustration, from Diefenbach's Per aspera ad astra or music children, 1892 File:Diefenbach per-aspera-ad-astra 11.jpg|Selected silhouette wall frieze illustration, from Diefenbach's Per aspera ad astra or music children, 1892 File:Diefenbach per-aspera-ad-astra 12.jpg|Selected silhouette wall frieze illustration, from Diefenbach's Per aspera ad astra or music children, 1892 ==Selected works published==

• Eine Beitrag zur Geschichte der zeitgenössischen Kunstpflege (A contribution to the history of contemporary art cultivation), Vienna 1895 ==See also==