Michel Wohlgemuth
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Michel Wohlgemuth, or Wohlgemut (1434-1519) was a German painter and engraver, the chief master of the older Franconian school. Born at Nuremberg, he was a pupil of Hans Pleydenwurff, but may also have studied in Flanders or at least formed his style after Flemish models. He first appears on record in 1473 as having married Hans Pleydenwurff's widow, in whose house he established a studio which was frequented by Albrecht Dürer, among others, and exercised a far-reaching influence. From it issued a large number of carved altarpieces with painted wings, executed for the greater part rather mechanically with the aid of journeymen. All his paintings are reproduced in the publication Die Gemälde von Dürer und Wohlgemuth, 117 plates with text by Riehl and Thode (Nuremberg, 1889-95).
[edit] Publications
- Thode, Die Malerschule von Nürnberg (Frankfort, 1891)
- F. J. Stadler, Michel Wohlgemut und der Nürnberger Holzschmitt (Strassburg, 1913)
- H. Dickinson, German Masters of Art (New York, 1914)
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