Albrecht Durer Recognized Paintings
Albrecht Durer was considered one of the most important painters of German history. He also was the most famous artist of Reformation Germany. Therefore, his paintings are located in the main museums of the country, especially in Berlin and his natal city Nuremberg. Durer had an interesting live traveling around Europe to learn new paint techniques. If you love art, you ought to read Mirko Defoe’s articles about this topic.
Few German painters have achieved the same notoriety of Albrecht Durer. This talented painter was born in 1471 in Nuremberg. During his lifetime he created many paintings, drawings and prints. Albrecht had as first art’s teacher to his father, Albrecht Durer, the Elder. He trained to his son for several years. After that, Albrecht (the son) was apprenticed in the workshop of Nuremberg artist Michael Wolgemut, a famous local painter. After that experience he begins to travel. Cologne, Rome, Venice and Florence were some of the cities that he visited to gain more experience and created more paintings. Italy was the country where he stayed long time.
Albrecht Durer’s life presented different stages. Each one of these stages had relation with his progression in art’s world. In 1494, Durer’s art demonstrates his tremendous facility with line and his keen observation of detail. In his first works we can appreciate these features without any problem; above all these features are evident in his self-portraits. A large number of Durer’s paintings are portraits. When Durer was in Venice, he met the famous master Giovanni Bellini among others artists. Perhaps, Albrecht Durer is not so famous like Rembrandt or Da Vinci but the quality of Durer’s work, his exceptional production, and his influence on his contemporaries all underscore the significance of his position in the history of art.
The following works are part of Durer’s wide art collection: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498), The Seven Sorrows of the Virgin (c.1496-1497), The Jabach Altarpiece (c.1503-1504), The Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508), Lamentation for Christ (c.1500-1503), The Adoration of the Holy Trinity (1511), Knight, Death and the Devil (1513), St. Jerome in His Study (1514), The Large Turf (1503), etc.
The religious subject was very recurrent at Durer’s paintings. If you have the chance to go to Germany, don’t forget to visit its splendid museums to see Gemälde.
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