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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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The Battle of Alexander (detail) bbb
1529
Lime panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID:: 4703
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The_Battle_of_Alexander_(detail)___bbb
1529
Lime panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Lovers ddff
c. 1530
Fresco, 36 x 40 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID:: 4704
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Lovers_ddff
c. 1530
Fresco, 36 x 40 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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Loth and his Daughters jj
1537
Oil on limewood, 107,5 x 189 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID:: 4705
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Loth_and_his_Daughters_jj
1537
Oil on limewood, 107,5 x 189 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
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Saint George in the Forest ggg
1510
Parchment on lime panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID:: 4706
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Saint_George_in_the_Forest__ggg
1510
Parchment on lime panel
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt
1510
Oil on panel, 57 x 38 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID:: 4707
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Rest_on_the_Flight_into_Egypt
1510
Oil on panel, 57 x 38 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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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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