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German Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1480-1538 Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480 near Regensburg ?C 12 February 1538 in Regensburg) was a German painter, printmaker and architect of the Renaissance era, the leader of the Danube School in southern Germany, and a near-contemporary of Albrecht D??rer. He is best known as a significant pioneer of landscape in art. 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. [1] 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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ALTDORFER, Albrecht The Battle of Alexander (detail)   bbb oil painting artist


ALTDORFER, Albrecht The Battle of Alexander (detail)   bbb oil painting artist

The Battle of Alexander (detail) bbb
Painting ID::  4703
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1529 Lime panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich

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ALTDORFER, Albrecht Lovers ddff oil painting artist


ALTDORFER, Albrecht Lovers ddff oil painting artist

Lovers ddff
Painting ID::  4704
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c. 1530 Fresco, 36 x 40 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

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ALTDORFER, Albrecht Loth and his Daughters jj oil painting artist


ALTDORFER, Albrecht Loth and his Daughters jj oil painting artist

Loth and his Daughters jj
Painting ID::  4705
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1537 Oil on limewood, 107,5 x 189 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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ALTDORFER, Albrecht Saint George in the Forest  ggg oil painting artist


ALTDORFER, Albrecht Saint George in the Forest  ggg oil painting artist

Saint George in the Forest ggg
Painting ID::  4706
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1510 Parchment on lime panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich

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ALTDORFER, Albrecht Rest on the Flight into Egypt oil painting artist


ALTDORFER, Albrecht Rest on the Flight into Egypt oil painting artist

Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Painting ID::  4707
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1510 Oil on panel, 57 x 38 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin

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