Ludwig von Hofmann studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden from 1883, at the Academy in Karlsruhe and at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1889. Along with Max Klinger and Max Lieberman, he belonged to the “Group of Eleven” in Berlin. He travelled a lot and received several honours, such as the small gold medal in 1896 in Berlin, where he became part of the Berlin Secession two years later. In 1905 he received a professorship at the Dresden Academy.