Matthias Grünewald
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Matthias Grünewald (c.1470 – August 31, 1528), is a highly regarded figure from the German Renaissance. He painted primarily religious works, especially somber and awe-filled crucifixion scenes. The visionary character of his work, with its expressive colour and line, is in stark contrast to Albrecht Dürer's works.
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[edit] Biography
His real name was Mathis Gothart Neithart. A 17th-century writer, Joachim von Sandrart, mistakenly identified him by the name Grünewald; his real name was not discovered till the 1920s. He was born in Würzburg in the 1470s. He served as court painter and hydraulic engineer to two successive archbishops of Mainz, Uriel von Gemmingen and Albrecht von Brandenburg, in the German Rhineland from about 1510 to 1525. He left this post apparently because of Lutheran sympathies. Grünewald died in Halle in 1528.
The 20th century composer Paul Hindemith based his 1938 opera Mathis der Maler on the life of Grünewald.
He is commemorated as an artist by the Lutheran Church on April 6.
[edit] Works
The greatest of his works is the Isenheim Altarpiece, completed 1515, now in the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar. It contains the Crucifixion, the Temptation of St Anthony, and the Resurrection. Also notable is the Establishment of the Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome (1517-1519), Freiburg, Augustinermuseum.
[edit] See also
[edit] Gallery
 Isenheim Altarpiece |
 Isenheim Altarpiece |
 Isenheim Altarpiece: The Resurrection |
 Isenheim Altarpiece: predella |
[edit] External links and references
- Grünewald paintings at CGFA - http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/grunewal/index.html
- Cuttler, Charles D. (1968) Northern Painting from Pucelle to Bruegel. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. ISBN 0-03-072500-3
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| NAME | Grünewald, Matthias |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gothart-Nithart, Mathis;Gruenewald, Matthias |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German Renaissance painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1475 or 1480 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Würzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 31 August 1528 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Halle (Saale) |
