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Hermann Knackfuss (August 11, 1848, Wissen, Rhenish Prussia - May 17, 1915) was a German painter and writer on art. He studied in the Düsseldorf Academy (1865-69). He went through the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71), and then continued art study under Eduard Bendemann, later under Eduard von Gebhardt. He won the state prize (1874) which paid for his studies at Rome (1875-78). He taught anatomy in the Cassel Academy (1880) and history of art (1890).