Ludwig Schongauer

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Ludwig Schongauer (* before 1450, probably in Colmar ; † 1494 in Colmar) was a German painter and engraver of the late Gothic period .

Life

Little is known about his life. His father Caspard was a goldsmith from Augsburg who settled in Colmar in 1440. His older brother is the famous painter and graphic artist Martin Schongauer . Ludwig received his training in Colmar and went on a hike. In 1479 he was granted citizenship in Ulm , which shows that people thought a lot of him and wanted to keep him in the city. He married into a family of painters in Ulm . In 1486 he bought his citizenship in Augsburg and ran a workshop there. After the death of his brother Martins in 1491, he took over his workshop, acquired Colmar citizenship in 1493, but died in 1494.

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Christ before Pilate in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The copper engraving is secured by a monogram that is copied from that of his better-known brother Martin. All other works were ascribed to him through style comparison. The attributions are controversial in research because the works are stylistically different.

Panel painting

A total of four panels from a Marien Altar, around 1475, Ulm Museum :

  • The meeting at the Golden Gate , around 1475
  • The birth of Mary , around 1475

Five panels of a Marian altar, around 1480:

  • visitation
  • Adoration (Karlsruhe, loan from Darmstadt),
  • Circumcision (Colmar),
  • Annunciation (private),
  • Birth (Philadelphia)

Wing of a Passion Altar from Salem, before 1490:

  • Christ before Pilate
  • Resurrection (NY Linsky Collection),
  • Carrying the Cross
  • Flagellation (private).

Graphics

  • Between 1491 and 1494: Descent from the Cross , copper engraving, (Vienna, Albertina)
  • Preparation for the Crucifixion , Feder, Basel , Kupferstichkabinett (SpätMA. P. 245)

If the attributions are correct, Ludwig Schongauer has to be ascribed an important role in the development of art: he conveyed the achievements of the Upper Rhine Art Circle to Ulm and then to Augsburg, including:

  • the animation of the depicted scenes through gestures and emotional expression,
  • the realistic reproduction of the environment in images of the landscape or middle-class living environment.

These suggestions were probably taken up and processed intensively in Ulm and Augsburg.

literature

  • Hubert Janitschek:  Schongauer, Ludwig . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 34, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1892, p. 734 f.
  • Moraht-Fromm, Anna: Ludwig Schongauer and the others…. , in: Late Middle Ages on the Upper Rhine, painters and workshops, pp. 31–40

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inventory No. 1953.8898 and 1981.9110 Ulmer Museum . Catalogs of the Ulmer Museum, Catalog I, Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600, Ulm 1981, p. 104.105

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personal data
SURNAME Schongauer, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH before 1450
PLACE OF BIRTH unsure: Colmar
DATE OF DEATH 1494
Place of death Colmar