Albrecht Altdorfer Danube Landscape
The sprawling landscape paintings of albrecht altdorfer have led to him being considered as the original landscape painter or at least from a modern european perspective.
Albrecht altdorfer danube landscape. Altdorfer was the leader of the danube school and one of the first artists in the history of european painting to create a pure landscape painting. His love of scenery and nature is evident in many of his works from his early st. This landscape painting summarises the style of albrecht altdorfer perfectly with the composition depicting his local nature environment in bavaria and keeping human involvement to a minimum. The only sign of humanity is the tiny cityscape which is carefully blended into the background so as not to take too much of the focus away from the.
1480 february 12 1538 was a german painter engraver and architect of the renaissance working in regensburg. Oil on panel 30x22 cm. In the alte pinakothek munich. 1480 12 february 1538 was a german painter engraver and architect of the renaissance working in regensburg bavaria along with lucas cranach the elder and wolf huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the danube school setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours.
Albrecht altdorfer german ca 1480 1538 ca. Albrecht altdorfer produced the very first pure landscapes in the history of european art. 11 8x8 7 in alte pinakothek munich. Two of them one in munich 30 5 22 2 cm and one in london 41 2 35 5 cm were painted in oils on parchment glued on wood.
Only five surviving landscape paintings are generally accepted to have been painted by altdorfer. Along with lucas cranach the elder and wolf huber he is regarded to be the main representative of the so called danube school setting biblical and historical subjects against landscape backgrounds of expressive colours. 1512 1515 national gallery of art washington d c. Danube school german donauschule a tradition of landscape painting that developed in the region of the danube river valley in the early years of the 16th century.
Albrecht altdorfer the rest on the flight into egypt at a fountain ca. The element that was unique with altdorfer s landscape paintings as opposed to other members of the danube school was the way in which he created a tone and mood for perhaps the first time perhaps an early movement towards the expressionist artists of the 20th century.