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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Albrecht Altdorfer The Departure of Saint Florian oil


The Departure of Saint Florian
Painting ID::  2291
The Departure of Saint Florian
1520 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
1520 Galleria_degli_Uffizi,_Florence
   
   
     

Albrecht Altdorfer The Martyrdom of Saint Florian oil


The Martyrdom of Saint Florian
Painting ID::  2292
The Martyrdom of Saint Florian
1520 Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
1520 Galleria_degli_Uffizi,_Florence
   
   
     

Albrecht Altdorfer The Birth of the Virgin oil


The Birth of the Virgin
Painting ID::  2294
The Birth of the Virgin
1525 Pinakothek, Munich
1525 Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     

Albrecht Altdorfer The Battle of Alexander oil


The Battle of Alexander
Painting ID::  2295
The Battle of Alexander
1529 158.4 x 120.3 cm Pinakothek, Munich
1529 158.4_x_120.3_cm_ Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     

Albrecht Altdorfer Christ Taking Leave of His Mother oil


Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
Painting ID::  2296
Christ Taking Leave of His Mother
1520
1520
   
   
     

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     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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