ALTDORFER, Albrecht

German Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1480-1538 Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 near Regensburg ?C 12 February 1538 in Regensburg) was a German painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era, the leader of the Danube School in southern Germany, and a near-contemporary of Albrecht D??rer. He is best known as a significant pioneer of landscape in art. He most often painted religious scenes, but is mainly famous as the first frequent painter of pure landscape, and also compositions dominated by their landscape. Taking and developing the landscape style of Lucas Cranach the Elder, he shows the hilly landscape of the Danube valley with thick forests of drooping and crumbling firs and larches hung with moss, and often dramatic colouring from a rising or setting sun. His Landscape with footbridge (National Gallery, London) of 1518-20 is claimed to be the first pure landscape in oil. [1] He also made many fine finished drawings, mostly landscapes, in pen and watercolour. His best religious scenes are intense, sometimes verging on the expressionistic, and often depict moments of intimacy between Christ and his mother, or others. His most famous religious artwork is the The Legend of St. Sebastian and the Passion of Christ that decorated the altar in the St. Florian monastery in Linz, Austria. He often distorts perspective to subtle effect. His donor figures are often painted completely out of scale with the main scene, as in paintings of the previous centuries. He also painted some portraits; overall his painted oeuvre was not large.
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ALTDORFER, Albrecht Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail) kk oil


Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail) kk
Painting ID::  4708 		Rest on the Flight into Egypt (detail) kk
1510 Oil on panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
1510 Oil_on_panel Staatliche_Museen,_Berlin
   
   
     
ALTDORFER, Albrecht Nativity hh oil


Nativity hh
Painting ID::  4709 		Nativity hh
c. 1513 Wood, 36 x 25,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
c._1513 Wood,_36_x_25,5_cm Staatliche_Museen,_Berlin
   
   
     
ALTDORFER, Albrecht Communion of the Apostles oil


Communion of the Apostles
Painting ID::  4710 		Communion of the Apostles
1516-18 Oil on wood, 42 x 32,5 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     
ALTDORFER, Albrecht Schone Maria oil


Schone Maria
Painting ID::  4711 		Schone Maria
Wood Stiftskirche St. Johann, Regensburg
Wood Stiftskirche_St._Johann,_Regensburg
   
   
     
ALTDORFER, Albrecht Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John oil


Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John
Painting ID::  4712 		Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John
Panel Staatliche Museen, Kassel
Panel Staatliche_Museen,_Kassel
   
   
     
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     German Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1480-1538 Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 near Regensburg ?C 12 February 1538 in Regensburg) was a German painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era, the leader of the Danube School in southern Germany, and a near-contemporary of Albrecht D??rer. He is best known as a significant pioneer of landscape in art. He most often painted religious scenes, but is mainly famous as the first frequent painter of pure landscape, and also compositions dominated by their landscape. Taking and developing the landscape style of Lucas Cranach the Elder, he shows the hilly landscape of the Danube valley with thick forests of drooping and crumbling firs and larches hung with moss, and often dramatic colouring from a rising or setting sun. His Landscape with footbridge (National Gallery, London) of 1518-20 is claimed to be the first pure landscape in oil. [1] He also made many fine finished drawings, mostly landscapes, in pen and watercolour. His best religious scenes are intense, sometimes verging on the expressionistic, and often depict moments of intimacy between Christ and his mother, or others. His most famous religious artwork is the The Legend of St. Sebastian and the Passion of Christ that decorated the altar in the St. Florian monastery in Linz, Austria. He often distorts perspective to subtle effect. His donor figures are often painted completely out of scale with the main scene, as in paintings of the previous centuries. He also painted some portraits; overall his painted oeuvre was not large.

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