Altarpiece by Burgkmair.

Hans Burgkmair the elder (born 1473 in Augsburg, Germany; died 1531 in Augsburg) was a German painter and printmaker in woodcut. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2091, 758 KB) Description: Title: de: Johannesaltar, linker Flügel: Hl. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3200x2091, 758 KB) Description: Title: de: Johannesaltar, linker Flügel: Hl. ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. ... Events January 26 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake-- thousands die October 1 - Battle of Kappel - The forces of Zürich are defeated by the Catholic cantons. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Printmaking is a process for producing a work of art in ink; the work (called a print) is created indirectly, through the transfer of ink from the surface upon which the work was originally drawn or otherwise composed. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer. ...

His father was a painter and his son, Hans the Younger, became one too. From 1488 he was a pupil of Martin Schongauer in Colmar , who died during his two years there, before Burgkmair completed the normal period of training. He may have visited Italy at this time, and certainly did so in 1507, which greatly influenced his style. From 1491 he was working in Augsburg, where he became a master and opened his own workshop in 1498. c. ... Location within France coat of arms of Colmar Colmar is a town and commune in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. ...

Hollstein ascribes 834 woodcuts to him, mostly for book illustrations, with slightly over a hundred being "single-leaf", that is prints not for books. The best of them show a talent for striking compositions, and a blend, not always fully successful, of Italian Renaissance forms and underlying German style. From about 1508 he spent much of his time working on the woodcut projects of Maximilian I until the Emperor's death in 1519. He was responsible for nearly half of the 135 prints in the Trumphs of Maximilian, which are large and full of character.[1] He also did most of the illustrations for Weiss Kunig and much of Theurdank. Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer. ... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ...

He was an important innovator of the chiaroscuro woodcut, and seems to have been the first to use a tone block, in a print of 1508.[2] His Lovers Surprised by Death (1510) is the first chiaroscuro print to use three blocks.[3] and also the first print that was designed to be printed only in colour, as the line block by itself would not make a satisfactory image. Other chiaroscuro prints from around this date by Baldung and Cranach had line blocks that could be and were printed by themselves.^[1] He produced one etching, Venus and Mercury (c1520), etched on a steel plate,[4] but never tried engraving, despite his training with Schongauer. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586) This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. ...

Burgkmair was also a successful painter, mainly of religious scenes and portraits of Augsburg citizens and members of the Emperor's court. Many examples of his work are in the galleries of Munich, Vienna and elsewhere, carefully and solidly finished. His portraits suit modern taste better than his religious works. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 UN complex in Vienna, with the non-affiliated Austria Center Vienna in front - picture taken from Danube Tower in nearby Danube Park. ...

References

1. ^ The Renaissance Print, David Landau & Peter Parshall, Yale, 1996, ISBN 0300068832