Hans Memling (also called Jan van Memmelyughe or Johannes Memmelinc) was a major painter between late Gothic and Renaissance, allocated to the Netherlands.
Born around 1433 in Seligenstadt near Aschaffenburg.
Died in 1494 in Bruges.
In 1467, Hans Memling, who was most likely a pupil of Rogier van der Weyden, became a Member of the Guild of St. Luke in Bruges. Although his early work was very influenced by Dirk Bouts and Rogier Van der Weyden, he surpassed them with his compositional and formal denser late work. Hans Memling created many large altarpieces. Although one of his earliest works, "The Last Judgment" altarpiece (completed in 1472, National Museum of Gdansk), was still dominated by the style of Rogier van der Weyden, it already showed Memling's detailed style. In addition to the exact reproduction of materiality, the introduction of framing architecture and great local coloring in the work of Hans Memling, especially the very individually characterized figures are to be mentioned. The artist is therefore set at the beginning of the Renaissance. Due to his reputation as a particularly gifted portraitist, he soon is considered the richest man in Bruges. |
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Oil Paintings