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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:: 25900
Details of Dr.Johannes Cupinian (mk45)
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Painting ID:: 25901
Details of Dr.Johannes Cupinian (mk45)
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Painting ID:: 25902
Detaills of Ann Putsch,First wife of Dr.johannes (mk45)
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Painting ID:: 26741
Self-Portrait
mk52
1550
Oil on wood
64x49cm
Uffizi,Florence
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Painting ID:: 29062
Venus and Cupid
mk65
Oil on canvas
transferred from panel
84x40"
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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: | Lesser Ury | William Pitt | Frank Mahony | Edmond Aman-Jean | Henri Decaisne |
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