Born:
May 21, 1471; Nuremberg, Germany
Died:
April 6, 1528; Nuremberg, Germany
Nationality:
German
Art Movement:
Northern Renaissance
Field:
painting, printmaking, engraving
Influenced by:
Michael Wolgemut, Martin Schongauer, Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Lorenzo di Credi,
Andrea Mantegna, Nikolaus Gerhaert, Giovanni Bellini
Influenced on:
Raphael, Titian, Parmigianino
Teachers:
Michael Wolgemut, Martin Schongauer
Albrecht Dürer was a German painter and printmaker who was born on May 21, 1471 and died on April 6, 1528. He was one of the leading Renaissance painters.
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| Albrecht Dürer's House in Nuremberg |
Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence throughout Europe in his twenties for his high-quality woodcut prints.
He communicated with the
major Italian artists at the time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and
Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by Maximilian I, Holy Roman
Emperor.
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| Portrait of Maximilian I, Albrecht Dürer |
Dürer's vast work includes engravings, prints, altarpieces, portraits, self-portraits, watercolors and books.
His famous engravings include the three master prints:
Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and
Melencolia I (1514). He was recorded as one of the first European landscape artists
by his watercolors, and his woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that
medium.
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| Knight, Death and the Devil, engraving, Albrecht Dürer (1513) |
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| Saint Jerome in His Study, engraving, Albrecht Dürer(1514) |
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| Melencolia I, engraving, Albrecht Dürer (1514) |
Dürer has secured his reputation as one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance by introducing classical motifs into Northern art, through his affluent knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists.
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| Monument of Albrecht Dürer, Robert Härtel, Wrocław (1882) |
This fame was further reinforced by his theoretical treatises, including principles of mathematics, perspective, and ideal proportions.
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| Albrecht Durer's grave in Nuremberg |
Famous Works (Albrecht Dürer)
Paintings
Drawings and Engravings
Watercolors
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you.
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