Leo von Klenze

An architect, painter, and writer, Leo von Klenze (b. 1784, Schladen, Germany - d. 1864, Munich) is most noted for his work as court architect to Ludwig I, king of Bavaria. He designed streets, squares, and numerous monumental buildings that set the scale and tone of Munich, the Bavarian capital. His other European commissions ranged from Athens, where he was the first to ...