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Albrecht Altdorfer
German
1480-1538
Albrecht Altdorfer Galleries
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. 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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The Departure of Saint Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID:: 2291
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The_Departure_of_Saint_Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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The Martyrdom of Saint Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID:: 2292
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The_Martyrdom_of_Saint_Florian
1520
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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The Birth of the Virgin
1525
Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID:: 2294
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The_Birth_of_the_Virgin
1525
Pinakothek, Munich
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The Battle of Alexander
1529
158.4 x 120.3 cm
Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID:: 2295
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The_Battle_of_Alexander
1529
158.4 x 120.3 cm
Pinakothek, Munich
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Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
1520
Painting ID:: 2296
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Christ_Taking_Leave_of_His_Mother
1520
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Albrecht_Altdorfer
German
1480-1538
Albrecht Altdorfer Galleries
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. 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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