Hans Holbein, whose work represents a link between the late Gothic and Renaissance, was one of the most important German painters and printmakers of the early Renaissance.
Born end of 1497 in Augsburg.
Died on November 29, 1543 in London.
Before working in the workshop of Hans Herb Planters in Basle, Hans Holbein, was taught by his father, Hans Holbein the Elder. In 1529, after a two-year stay in France, he moved to England and worked as a portrait painter to King Henry VIII, who sent him, among other things, on trips, to make portraits of marriageable princesses. In his paintings, which are characterized in his early work of the late Gothic works of Matthias Grünewald, the tendency towards the Italian High Renaissance becomes steadily clearer. Thus, Hans Holbein is to be mentioned as the first artist between late Gothic and early Renaissance. In addition to the significant woodcut work "The Dance of Death", the painter and graphic artist made also fashion and consumer goods as well as illustrations, wall decorations and frescoes. His psychologically penetrated portraits mainly show noble and the very high-class people depicted in a great naturalism. |
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Oil Paintings