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Hans Baldung (1484 or 1485 – September 1545), called Hans Baldung Grien, (being an early nickname, because of his predilection for the colour green), was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism.
Hans Baldung was a painter and graphic artist, one of the most outstanding figures in northern Renaissance art. He served as an assistant to Albrecht Dürer, whose influence is apparent in his early works, although the demonic energy of his later style is closer to that of Matthias Grünewald.
Hans Baldung Grien was Dürer's most inventive and talented disciple, who nonetheless achieved a distinctive style. Baldung's oeuvre consists of approximately 90 paintings and altarpieces, about 350 drawings and 180 woodcuts and book illustrations. [Hand, John Oliver, with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield.
A masterpiece of German chiaroscuro, this woodcut is one of Hans Baldung Grien's best known prints, produced soon after his move to Strasbourg from Nuremberg, where he had worked as a journeyman with Albrecht Dürer from about 1503 to 1507.
Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) German. ca. 1511. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 607. A painter and printmaker of great originality, Baldung was trained in Albrecht Dürer’s Nuremberg studio before he established his own workshop in Strasbourg in 1509.
Hans Baldung, who was called Grien, was one of the leading German painters of the early 16th century. He is known for his portraits and secular cabinet pictures as well as for his altarpieces. He was probably trained by Dürer, and was also an accomplished draughtsman and printmaker.
Jan 18, 2024 · Surrounded by physicians, lawyers, and scholars, Hans Baldung Grien was one of the first German artists from a learned family. He first studied in Strasbourg or Swabia around 1499.
Hans Baldung, called Hans Baldung Grien, was an artist in painting and printmaking, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht...
See all 17 artworks ›. The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1505/07. Hans Baldung Grien. The Bewitched Groom, c. 1544. Hans Baldung Grien. A Groom Bridling a Horse, early 1540s. Hans Baldung Grien. Man of Sorrows before the Column, 1517. Hans Baldung Grien.
German painter, printmaker, and designer. The nickname ‘Grien’ (green) perhaps referred to his liking for the colour. He probably trained with Dürer in Nuremberg, but his brilliant colour, expressive use of distortion, and taste for the gruesome (he was fascinated by witchcraft) bring him closer in spirit to his other great German ...
