Holbein's art was prized from early in his career. The French poet and reformer Nicholas Bourbon dubbed him "the Apelles of our time," a typical contemporary accolade. Holbein has also been described as a great "one-off" of art history, since he founded no school. After his death, some of his work was lost, but much was collected, and by the 19th century, Holbein was recognised among the great portrait masters.
Recent exhibitions have also highlighted his versatility. He turned his fluid line to designs ranging from intricate jewellery to monumental frescoes. Holbein's art has sometimes been called realist, since he drew and painted with a rare precision.
His portraits were renowned in their time for their likeness; and it is through Holbein's eyes that many famous figures of his day, such as Erasmus and More, are now "seen". Holbein was never content, however, with outward appearance. He embedded layers of symbolism, allusion, and paradox in his art, to the lasting fascination of scholars.
In the view of art historian Ellis Waterhouse, his portraiture "remains unsurpassed for sureness and economy of statement, penetration into character, and a combined richness and purity of style".
Holbein was born in the free imperial city of Augsburg during the winter of — He was a son of the painter and draughtsman Hans Holbein the Elder, whose trade he and his older brother, Ambrosius, followed. Holbein the Elder ran a large and busy workshop in Augsburg, sometimes assisted by his brother Sigmund, also a painter. Hans Holbein the Younger Born: c. Wikipedia article References Wikipedia article. Wikipedia: en. Hans Holbein the Younger Famous works.
He spent two periods of his life in England and , portraying the nobility of the Tudor court. Holbein was born in Augsburg in southern Germany in the winter of He was taught by his father, Hans Holbein the Elder. He became a member of the Basel artists' guild in He travelled a great deal, and is recorded in Lucerne, northern Italy and France.
In these years he produced woodcuts and fresco designs as well as panel paintings. With the spread of the Reformation in Northern Europe the demand for religious images declined and artists sought alternative work. Holbein first travelled to England in with a recommendation to Thomas More from the scholar Erasmus. In he settled in England, dying of the plague in London in As well as portrait art , he also excelled at religious history painting , altarpieces, miniature portrait painting , and illustrations, as well as printmaking.
In addition, Holbein was also a prolific draughtsman, completing over drawings for woodcuts. His two series Alphabet of Death and Dance of Death , printed from wood blocks after his designs, exemplifies the perfection of Northern Renaissance wood-engraving. Holbein remains one of the outstanding Old Masters of the 16th century.
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid. Early Life and Training. Holbein was born into a family of artists living in Augsburg. He received his first training from his father, Hans Holbein the Elder , the well-known artist and etcher, and perhaps also from Hans Burgkmair the Elder - a former pupil of Martin Schongauer d.
About , at the age of 19, he left Augsburg and travelled to Basel, where he painted his first known work, a table-top, which is still largely medieval in composition Schweizerisches Landesmuseum, Zurich.
He may have worked for a short time in the studio of Hans Herbst, but his extraordinary talent led to early independence and he was soon moving among humanist circles. In he illustrated a copy of the Praise of Folly Basel, edition by the Dutch humanist and theologian Desiderius Erasmus, whose friend he later became.
Already he was showing signs of a freer, more detached view of the world, an outlook encouraged by the humanist spirit and enlightened atmosphere of the city. Humanists viewed the world scientifically, and placed importance on recognising the unique characteristics of individual human beings. The young Holbein was impressed by this outlook and, where possible, tried to capture the individual qualities of his subjects, in as much detail as possible.
Holbein in Basel In view of his precocious talent, it wasn't long before Holbein began to paint the wealthy merchant population of the city, executing a number of portraits including Portrait of Burgomaster Jakob Meyer , Kunstmuseum Basel and Dorothea Kannengiesser , Kunstmuseum Basel.
In he assisted his father with the decoration of the facade of the Hertenstein house, Lucerne destroyed , in an Italian Renaissance style. At this time he painted a Lamentation on the Death of Christ , known only through a copy. It is probable that, about this time, he went to Italy, for his later work indicates a knowledge of paintings by Andrea Mantegna in Mantua. Holbein's Religious Painting. In , after being elected a member of the Zum Himmel guild, he took over the studio of his deceased brother and married Elsbeth Schmid.
It was the start of a period of intense productivity lasting right up to his departure for England, in During this time he produced very nearly all the religious works which have survived, as well as a work of altarpiece art and numerous murals in houses belonging to the aristocracy of Basel and the Council Chamber of the Town Hall.
Sadly, all these murals have been destroyed but their sheer scope is an indication of Holbein's reputation. During the period Holbein and his assistants produced five scenes of the Passion, of which The Last Supper and The Flagellation are entirely by his hand , Kunstmuseum Basel.
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