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Lucas Cranach the Elder b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar. German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna (c. 1501 ?C 04) he painted some notable portraits and landscapes characteristic of the Danube school. From 1505 to 1550 he was court painter in Wittenberg, where he achieved great success and wealth painting portraits, mythological subjects, and altarpieces for Protestant and Catholic churches. He attracted so many young artists to Wittenberg that the town became an art centre. A friend of Martin Luther, Cranach became known as the chief pictorial propagandist of the Protestant cause in Germany. He produced numerous engravings and more than 100 woodcuts, notably for the first German edition of the New Testament (1522). After his death, his style was perpetuated by his son, Lucas the Younger (1515 C 86).
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Painting ID:: 25895 Dr.Johannes Cupinian (mk45)
1502/03
Oil on panel
59x45cm
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Painting ID:: 25896 Detaills of Ann Putsch,First wife of Dr.johannes (mk45)
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Painting ID:: 25897 Anna Putsch,First Wife of Dr.johannes (mk45)
Cupinian
1520/03
Oil on panel
59x45cm
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Painting ID:: 25898 Detaills of Ann Putsch,First wife of Dr.johannes (mk45)
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Painting ID:: 25899 Details of Dr.Johannes Cupinian (mk45)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar. German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna (c. 1501 ?C 04) he painted some notable portraits and landscapes characteristic of the Danube school. From 1505 to 1550 he was court painter in Wittenberg, where he achieved great success and wealth painting portraits, mythological subjects, and altarpieces for Protestant and Catholic churches. He attracted so many young artists to Wittenberg that the town became an art centre. A friend of Martin Luther, Cranach became known as the chief pictorial propagandist of the Protestant cause in Germany. He produced numerous engravings and more than 100 woodcuts, notably for the first German edition of the New Testament (1522). After his death, his style was perpetuated by his son, Lucas the Younger (1515 C 86).
. Related Artists to Lucas Cranach the Elder: | U.F. Beenfeldt | Frank O-Meara | Edward Atkinson Hornel | Antoine Vestier | Pavel Filonov |
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