Michael wolgemut paintings
Michael wolgemut paintings
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Wolgemut was a German painter who is of particular importance to the field of printmaking. He initially trained with his father, the painter Valentin Wolgemut, then continued his studies in Nuremberg with Hans Pleydenwurff.
On the latter’s death Wolgemut married his widow and took on Pleydenwurff ’s son Hans as an assistant. Around 1470–71 Wolgemut was in Munich working with Mälesskircher.
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He returned to Nuremberg the following year where he remained active, particularly in the production of altarpieces, until around 1480, from which date he focused primarily on printing and printmaking. Wolgemut’s work conforms to some extent to the Nuremberg style with a preference for line over colour and a use of restrained gestures in the figures.
His early works are clearly influenced by Van der Weyden, Dieric Bouts and Aelbert van Ouwater, while his later output increasingly looks to Martin Schongauer’s graphic oeuvre.
Wolgemut’s paintings include the altarpiece for the Marienkirche in Zwic