Hans Multscher

Hans Multscher

Die Auferstehung Christi, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Born ca. 1400
Reichenhofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu)
Died 1467
Ulm
Residence Ulm
Nationality German
Known for bringing realism to German art, replacing International Gothic

Hans Multscher (ca. 1400–1467) was a German sculptor and painter.

Multscher was born in Reichenhofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu).

He made himself with new artistic styles from northern France and the Netherlands, and became a free citizen of the city of Ulm in 1427. There, he married Adelheid Kitzin the same year. He ran his own business as a painter and sculptor, together with his brother Heinrich Multscher.

Multscher died in Ulm.

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