Albrecht Duerer - Ideal for generations (1471 - 1528)

Duerer was born in 1471 on 21th of May as a son of a goldsmith. He studied painting in Nuernberg with Michael Wolgemut. After his apprenticeship he traveled to the Upper-Rhine to get to know the much vaunted painter Martin Schongauer. But Schongauer died before Duerer could get in contact with him. In 1494 he travelled to Italy and got new impulse for his artworks. Over this period of time he influenced the German painting strongly. After his return to Germany in 1495 he set up his own studio. From 1505 and 1507 he travelled again to Italy. Only few years later he became such known that he obtained a numerous orders from the Austrian Emperor Maximilian I. In 1528 on the 6th of April Duerer died in his hometown Nuernberg.

The works of Duerer are very detailed and his drawings have a high degree of fineness. His art designs were not only accepted as artwork but also as ideal for following generations of artist in Germany, France and Italy as well.

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