KLENZE, LEO VON

born Feb. 24, 1784, Bockenem, Hanover died Jan. 27, 1864, Munich German architect who was one of the most important figures associated with Neoclassicism in Germany. Trained in Berlin by Friedrich Gilly, Klenze's career after 1816 was centred in Munich, where he was the court architect to Maximilian I and Ludwig I, kings of Bavaria. He was especially enamoured of ancient Greek and Hellenistic architecture, and many of his buildings are masterpieces of the Greek Revival stylee.g., the Glyptothek (181630, Munich), the Propylaeon (184663, Munich), the Walhalla temple (183142, near Regensberg, Ger.), and the new Hermitage Museum (183949, St. Petersburg, Russia). Stylistically eclectic like many 19th-century architects, he also worked in the Renaissance stylee.g., the Knigsbau (182635) and Festaalbau (1833) of the royal palace in Munichand designed the Neo-Byzantine Allerheiligen or Hofkirche (1827) in Munich.