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Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a German-Flemish painter who worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. Born in the Middle Rhine region, he probably spent his childhood in Mainz.
Memling’s work emphasized balanced, harmonious compositions and restrained, graceful figure types, a style that appealed to a broad range of patrons in Bruges in a period when the city was one of the major cultural and economic centers of Europe.
- Early Netherlandish
- Seligenstadt, Germany
Hans Memling (born c. 1430–40, Seligenstadt, near Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died August 11, 1494, Bruges [Belgium]) was a leading South Netherlandish painter of the Bruges school during the period of the city’s political and commercial decline.
- James E. Snyder
Hans Memling (also spelled Memlinc; c. 1430 – 11 August 1494) was a German painter who moved to Flanders and worked in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting. He was born in the Middle Rhine region, and probably spent his childhood in Mainz.
- Flemish
- Seligenstadt, Germany
Memling worked for an international clientele of burghers, churchmen, and aristocrats in the banking city of Bruges. His approximately 90 surviving paintings display a formal balance as well as a sensitivity to reflective surfaces, a sculptural approach to the human body, and clearly articulated light.
Hans Memling is recorded as a citizen in Bruges in 1465 and was the leading artist there for the rest of his life. His work is strongly influenced by Rogier van der Weyden. Memling became especially popular in the 19th century and his art is well represented in the National Gallery.
Hans Memling: Portraiture, Piety, and a Reunited Altarpiece. September 2, 2016 through January 8, 2017. Completed around 1470 in Bruges, Hans Memling's Triptych of Jan Crabbe was dismembered in the 18th century and has never before been reconstructed for an American audience.
