Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (February 21, 1851, Hadamar, Duchy of Nassau – December 15, 1913, Capri) was a German painter and social reformer.

Diefenbach was a pioneer of nudism and the peace movement. His country commune, Himmelhof, in Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna (1897–1899) was one of the models for the reform settlement Monte Verità in Ascona. His ideas included life in harmony with nature and rejection of monogamy, turning away from any religion (although he was a follower of theosophy), and a vegetarian diet. When his commune went bankrupt, he moved to Capri and stayed there for the rest of his life.

As a painter, Diefenbach was an independent representative of Symbolism. There has been a museum of his works in Certosa di San Giacomo on Capri since 1974.

Frage an die Sterne (Asking the Stars), 1898

Du sollst nicht töten (Thou shalt not kill), 1903

Coastal Road near Sorrento-Amalfi, 1911

Il Tramonto (Sunset), by 1913

Sterbender Hirsch (Dying Deer), before 1913

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