Famous German painters

Hans Holbein 1465 into Augsburg 1524 into Augsburg

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Hans Holbein the Elder was a German painter of the Ranaissance and the senior of a famous family of painters. Holbein learned the craft of painting in Augsburg. In this city he finally kept his main residence until 1514/1517. His assignments take him to Ulm, Frankfurt am Main and Alsace. In 1517 he left the city of Augsburg due to his shattered financial situation. He settled in Isenheim in Alsace. He died there in what is now Colmar (France) in 1524.

The work of Hans Holbein includes altar and devotional paintings, portraits and glass paintings. The sketchbooks that have been preserved show him to be a first-class draughtsman.

Streets in several cities are named after Hans Holbein and his son. This includes e.g. the Holbeinstraße at the Frankfurt Städel and the Holbeinsteg, a bridge over the Main. He is also the namesake of many schools such as the Holbein Gymnasium in Augsburg and the Realschule in Frankfurt`s Sachsenhausen district.

Known works of art:

Altar of the Dominican Church in Frankfurt am Main (1500-01)
High altar of the Cistercian monastery of Kaisheim (1502-04)
Lindau Passion, Lindau (Lake Constance)(1480)
Sebastian Altar Munich (Alte Pinakothek) (1516)
Weingarten Altar, Augsburg, High Cathedral Church of Our Lady
Paul`s Basilica, Augsburg, State Gallery of Old German Masters