Karoly Lotz: A collection of 31 paintings ( HD)

Károly Lotz: A collection of 31 paintings (HD) Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833 13 October 1904) was a GermanHungarian painter. Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany, the 7th and youngest surviving child of Wilhelm Christian Lotz and Antonia Höfflick (Höfflich). His father was a valet of Prince Gustav zu HessenHomburg at the time when the prince was representing Austria at the Congress of Vienna, which among other matters dealt with the House of HessenHomburg s rights of sovereignty over HessenDarmstadt. The sudden death of the young Baron von Sinclair, chargé d affaires, forced W. C. Lotz temporarily into the rôle. While in Hungary in 1815 he made the acquaintance of the 13yearold Antonie Hoefflich, whom he married three years later. She gave birth to 8 children, of whom Karl was the youngest. W. C. Lotz died in 1837 and Antonie moved the family to Pest (now one of the three constitu