Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach
Diefenbach around 1885 with his son Helios (born 1880), taken by German photographer Georg Pettendorfer
Born(1851-02-21)21 February 1851
Hadamar, Duchy of Nassau
Died15 December 1913(1913-12-15) (aged 62)
Capri, Province of Naples, Kingdom of Italy
OccupationsArtist and social reformer
Known forReform movement
MovementLebensreform (life-reform), Freikörperkultur (FKK, naturism) and peace movement

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach (21 February 1851 – 15 December 1913) was a German painter and social reformer. Regarded as the "forefather of alternative movements", he championed Lebensreform (lit. 'life-reform'), Freikörperkultur (a kind of naturism), and pacifism. His rural commune Himmelhof (in Ober Sankt Veit near Vienna, 1897–1899) inspired his student Gustav Gräser to found the Monte Verità settlement (near Ascona). As a painter, Diefenbach worked within Symbolism.

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