Hans Clemer

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Hans Clemer , known as the Master of Elva (* before 1480 in Aix-en-Provence , † after 1512 in Piedmont), was a painter of French origin who was mainly active in Piedmont and there in and around Saluzzo . His work is assigned to the Flemish-Burgundian school. His main work, however, is the cycle of frescoes in the church of S. Maria Assunta von Elva in the Mairatal .

Until the 1980s it was used under the emergency name Meister von Elva . Mario Perotti identified Clemer as the master of Elva.

Works

Already with the Madonna della Misericordia in the Casa Cavassa in Saluzzo, the master showed, in addition to Provencal composition models, an accentuation of light and its transparency, with gold playing a special role here, but at the same time the brilliance and lightness that is typical for Clemer. He was also familiar with the works of contemporary masters such as Giovanni Martino Spanzotti . He inserts Margarethe von Foix , the wife of the Margrave of Saluzzo, Ludovico II , together with the first-born Michele Antonio in such a way that they mingle modestly with the other people portrayed.

The polyptych in the cathedral of Saluzzo was created on the occasion of the admission of the margrave to the order of Michael by Charles VIII of France . The work was accordingly created after 1494, probably between 1498 and 1500. The saints Chiaffredo and Costanzo, members of the Thebaic Legion and patron saints of the margraviate, appear in the courtly costume of the Lombard Renaissance , from which Clemer was also stylistically inspired, as well as from the Tuscan. While the Fatiche di Ercole , also made in grisaille technique, adorn the balcony of the primo piano of the Casa Cavassa and contributed to Clemer's fame, it was the works in Elva that made him famous.

The highlight is the Storie della Madonna e dell'infanzia di Cristo , which culminate in the grandiose Crocifissione , and where the peculiarities of the portrayed are depicted so precisely in the faces and the mastery of perspective achieves great perfection. But Clemer also turned to landscape and architecture. The crucifixion is ruled by Jesus and the two thieves, the people around represent the spectrum from pious women to violent criminals as bearers of positive and negative attitudes and values. Jesus embraces both good and evil in his arms, but his head is bent toward good.

Clemer frescoed the courtyard of the Casa della Chiesa in Saluzzo with the Storie di David . As in all of his works, he devoted his greatest attention to the faces.

literature

  • Adele Rovereto: Hans Clemer. Il Maestro di Elva. L'avventura di un fiammingo in terra piemontese , in: Pagine del Piemonte 7 (1999)
  • Giovanni Galante-Garrone, Elena Ragusa (eds.): Hans Clemer. Il maestro d'Elva , Editrice Artistica Piemontese, 2002.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Walter Pippke, Ida Leinberger: Piedmont and the Aosta Valley: Art, culture and history in the arc of the Western Alps , DuMont, S. 248th
personal data
SURNAME Clemer, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clemer, Johannes; Master of Elva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH before 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Aix-en-Provence
DATE OF DEATH after 1512
Place of death Piedmont