Hans Burgkmair the Elder
Paintings
St John altar, middle panel : John on Patmos
Portrait of Hans Schellenberger
Drawings
Illustrations Part 1
"The king of Cochin ," left half
"The king of Cochin " , right half
"Series the follies of love ," Part 1 : Samson and Delilah
"Series the follies of love ," Sheet 2: Bathsheba in her bath
"Series the follies of love ," Sheet 3: Solomon's idolatry
"Series the follies of love ," Sheet 4: Aristotle and Phyllis
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 1: Saturn
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 2: Jupiter
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 3: Mars
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 4: sun
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 5 : Venus
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 6 : Mercury
"Series the planet pictures " Sheet 7 : Moon
" Death portrait of the winning poet Conrad Celtis ," first state
Face of Jesus in an ornament frame
Three pagan heroes : Hector, Alexander and Caesar
Three pagan heroines : Lucretia, Veturia and Virginia
Three heroes of Christendom : Charlemagne, King Arthur , Godfrey of Bouillon
Three heroines of Christianity : St. Helena , Bridget of Sweden and Elizabeth of Thuringia
Three Jewish Heroes: Joshua , David and Judas Maccabeus
Three Jewish Heroines : Esther , Judith and Jael
Natives with camel and elephant
Sequence of the " vices " , page 1 : pride
Sequence of the " vices " , page 2 : avarice
Sequence of the " vices " , page 3 : unchastity
Sequence of the " vices ," Sheet 4: anger
Sequence of the " vices " , sheet 5 : Gluttony
Sequence of the " vices " , sheet 6 : Envy
Sequence of the " vices " , sheet 7 : Inertia
Sequence of the "virtues" , page 1 : Faith
Sequence of the "virtues" , page 2 : Love
Sequence of the "virtues" , Part 3 : Hope
Sequence of the "virtues" , Part 4 : Justice
Sequence of the "virtues" , sheet 5 : Caution
Sequence of the "virtues" , sheet 6 : Temperance
Sequence of the "virtues" , sheet 7 : Strength
St. Peter and St. Paul with the Sudarium
Judith in the camp of Holofernes
Hans Burgkmair the Elder, Illustrations Part 2
Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker.
Life
Burgkmair was born in Augsburg, the son of painter Thomas Burgkmair and his son, Hans the Younger, became one too.[1] From 1488, he was a pupil of Martin Schongauer in Colmar, who died during his two years there, before Burgkmair completed the normal period of training. He may have visited Italy at this time, and certainly did so in 1507, which greatly influenced his style. From 1491, he was working in Augsburg, where he became a master and opened his own workshop in 1498.
Hollstein ascribes 834 woodcuts to him, mostly for book illustrations, with slightly over a hundred being "single-leaf", that is prints not for books. The best of them show a talent for striking compositions, and a blend, not always fully successful, of Italian Renaissance forms and underlying German style.
From about 1508, he spent much of his time working on the woodcut projects of Maximilian I until the Emperor's death in 1519.[1] He was responsible for nearly half of the 135 prints in the Trumphs of Maximilian, which are large and full of character. He also did most of the illustrations for Weiss Kunig and much of Theurdank. He worked closely with the leading blockcutter Jost de Negker, who became in effect his publisher.[2]
Burgkmair's 1522 colored woodcut of the Coat of arms of the Swabian League, with a flag of St. George. Two putti support a red cross in a white field;
Notes
Gietmann 1908.
Landau & Parshall, 212
"Emperor Maximilian on Horseback". Artbma.org.
"Lovers Surprised by Death".[not in citation given]
The Renaissance Print, David Landau & Peter Parshall, Yale, 1996, ISBN 0-300-06883-2
"Hans (the Younger) Burgkmair". Artnet.de.
Chisholm 1911.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Burgkmair, Hans". Encyclopædia Britannica 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gietmann, Gerhard (1908). "Hans Burckmair". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia 3. Robert Appleton Company.the motto: What God has joined let man not separate.
He was an important innovator of the chiaroscuro woodcut, and seems to have been the first to use a tone block, in a print of 1508.[3] His Lovers Surprised by Death (1510) is the first chiaroscuro print to use three blocks,[4] and also the first print that was designed to be printed only in colour, as the line block by itself would not make a satisfactory image. Other chiaroscuro prints from around this date by Baldung and Cranach had line blocks that could be and were printed by themselves.[5] He produced one etching, Venus and Mercury (c1520),[6] etched on a steel plate, but never tried engraving, despite his training with Schongauer.
Burgkmair was also a successful painter, mainly of religious scenes and portraits of Augsburg citizens and members of the Emperor's court. Many examples of his work are in the galleries of Munich, Vienna and elsewhere, carefully and solidly finished.[7] His portraits suit modern taste better than his religious works.
Burgkmair died at Augsburg in 1531.
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