Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)

Albrecht Durer, famous German engraving artist, painter, sculptor and architect, born at Nurenberg (1471 - 1528). He combines in his art a bafflingly rich imagination, a mastery of color like no other, and a drawing excellence that was for his age simply without equal.

His genius is manifested mostly in his engravings in wood and copper. Albrecht Durer is an excellent portrait painter, but also liked to explore terrible subjects (The Passions of Christ, The Apocalypse, etc.).

His masterpieces are precious documents describing the history of his times. We note from his engravings "The Knight, Death and the Devil", "Melencolia", the "Great Passions" series, and "The Apocalypse"series.

Albrecht Durer was majorly influenced by the Venetian painter Giovanni Bellini.

Albrecht Durer "Melencolia" (1514) British Museum	Albrecht Durer "St Jerome in his Study" (1514) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe	Albrecht Durer "St Christopher" (1511) British Museum, London	Albrecht Durer "Study of a Drapery" (1508) Musée du Louvre, Paris
Albrecht Durer "The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse" (1489)	Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait at 26" (1498) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "The Nativity" (1514) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Adam and Eve" (1507) Museo del Prado, Madrid
Albrecht Durer "The Madonna and Child with a Music-making Angel" (1519) Royal Collection, Windsor	Albrecht Durer "St Christopher Facing to the Left" (1521) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Albrecht Durer "The Knight, Death and the Devil" (1513)	Albrecht Durer "Adam and Eve" (1504)
Albrecht Durer "The Last Supper" (1523) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Study of an Apostle's Hands (Praying Hands)" (1508) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe" (1500) Alte Pinakothek, Munich	Albrecht Durer "Adoration of the Magi (detail)" (1504) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Albrecht Durer "Christ Among the Doctors (detail)" (1506) Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "Portrait of the Artist's Mother" (1514) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Albrecht Durer "Young Couple Threatened by Death; or, the Promenade" (1498) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe	Albrecht Durer "Nuremberg and Venetian Women" (1496-1497) Stadelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
Albrecht Durer "Self-Portrait as the Man of Sorrows" (1522) Kunsthalle, Bremen	Albrecht Durer "Studies on the Proportions of the Female Body" (1528) Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg	Albrecht Durer "Lot Fleeing with his Daughters from Sodom" (1498) National Gallery of Art, Washington	Albrecht Durer "The Rhinoceros" (1515) British Museum, London
Albrecht Durer "St. Michael Fighting the Dragon" (1498)	Albrecht Durer "Portrait of a Young Man" (1521) British Museum, London	Albrecht Durer "Resurrection" (1512) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Albrecht Durer "The Prodigal Son" (1496) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
Albrecht Durer "The Large Passion: 9. Last Supper" (1510) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "The Large Passion: 6. The Crucifixion" (1498) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "The Little Owl" (1506) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Christ on the Cross with Three Angels" (1523-1525) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Albrecht Durer "The Temptation of the Idler; or The Dream of the Doctor" (1498) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Albrecht Durer "Self-portrait at 22" (1493) Musée du Louvre, Paris	Albrecht Durer "The Large Passion: 11. Christ in Limbo" (1510) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna	Albrecht Durer "Satyr Family" (1505) Art Institute, Chicago
Albrecht Durer "Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn" (1516) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	Albrecht Durer "Emperor Charlemagne" (1512) Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg	Albrecht Durer "Eve (detail)" (1507) Museo del Prado, Madrid	Albrecht Durer "Adam and Eve" (1504) The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York

The Guardian	Re-release of Metropolis proves that silents are still golden The Guardian - 3 Sep 2010 at 6:06pm I remember the mid-80s revival, with Giorgio Moroder's horrible soundtrack – a Flock Of Seagulls wig glued on to a Dürer nude. ...
The Guardian	What Ever Happened to Moderism? by Gabriel Josipovici The Guardian - 3 Sep 2010 at 6:06pm A typical paragraph will zap us from Dürer to Mann to Flaubert to Dostoevsky in order to make a point about Kierkegaard. It can disorient at times, ...
">'Hacktivity Conference', Budapest, Dürer Garden, 18 -19 September XpatLoop.com - 26 Aug 2010 at 9:21pm The Hacktivity 2010 conference will be held in the Dürer Garden on September 18 and 19, 2010. This year's keynote speaker will be no other than Bruce ...
Irish Times	On bricks and water Irish Times - 3 Sep 2010 at 6:58pm Visitors unfamiliar with the work of Albrecht Dürer are unlikely to get the message that it's actually a meditation on melancholia. ...