Martin Schaffner

This article deals with the German artist. For the Swiss historian, see Martin Schaffner (historian) .

Martin Schaffner (* around 1478 ; † after 1546 in Ulm ) was a German painter and picture carver who is part of the Ulm School .

Portrait of Vain Hans Besserer I. von Schnürpflingen

High altar by Martin Schaffner (1521) in Ulm Minster

Anweiler Epitaph (detail): Jacob von Anwyl († 1532) and Walther von Anwyl († 1489)

Life

Schaffner's exact life dates, like his education, are not known. It is possible that he was a student of Bartholomäus Zeitblom . Schaffner can only be verified as a painter for Jörg Stocker in Ulm in 1499 . His signature can be found on the Ennetach altar created by Stocker . Schaffner later switched to another workshop in Ulm, eventually working with Hans Holbein the Elder in Augsburg . His own work is influenced by the style of the latter as well as by Albrecht Dürer and Hans Burgkmair . His pictures from 1510 onwards show a neat perspective design; the figures appear more plastic, its color is of gentle harmony. It is "modern art, oriented towards the Italian Renaissance, ... which led out of the traditional and provincial painting style of the people of Ulm".

A document from 1526 describes him as Ulm city painter. In the November 1530 vote in Ulm, he voted against the introduction of the Reformation and received only a few commissions from the reformed Ulm. The last works that can be safely attributed to him date from 1535. However, he must have lived at least 10 years longer, as he is named in a sample list from 1546.

Famous works (selection)

• Outpouring of the Holy Spirit (dated 1510, today Staatsgalerie Stuttgart )
• Resurrection of Christ (dated 1516, today Ulmer Museum )
• Christ in Limbo (dated 1519, originally from the Church of St. Michael zu den Wengen (Ulm) , then in the art collection of Konrad Dietrich Hassler , today the Ulmer Museum)
• Entombment of Christ (dated 1519, today State Gallery Stuttgart)
• Christ as the Man of Sorrows between Maria and Johannes (a so-called "Erbärmdebild", around 1519, oil on wood, possibly intended for the Ulmer Wengenkirche, today in the Ulmer Museum)
• Christ on the Cross (today State Gallery Stuttgart)
• Wing of the main altar in Ulm Minster with figures of saints and Christ's ancestors (1521)
• Organ doors with scenes from the life of Maria (1524, Alte Pinakothek in Munich )
• Christ and the Twelve Apostles (predella of an altar of unknown origin, around 1525, today Ulmer Museum)
• Saint Elisabeth of Thuringia (oil on panel, after 1524, today in the Conrad Sam Chapel of the Ulm Minster)
• Saint Anna Selbdritt (oil on panel, after 1524, today in the Conrad Sam Chapel of the Ulm Minster)
• Table top by Asymus Stedelin (1533) in Kassel
• Frescoes on Ulm City Hall (1540)

In addition, Martin Schaffner created some remarkable portraits and epitaphs:

• Epitaph of the Anwyl family (called Anweiler Epitaph , dated 1514, today State Gallery Stuttgart)
• Ludwig von Freyberg (today State Gallery Stuttgart)
• Sibylla von Freyberg born Gossenbrod (today State Gallery Stuttgart)

More pictures

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  Wall painting over the pulpit at Ulm City Hall

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  Portrait of the vanity better

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  Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew, Ulm, around 1520, oil on wood, Ulmer Museum

Honor

A primary and secondary school in the city of Ulm is named after Martin Schaffner, as is a street.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Barbara Maier-Lörcher: Masterpieces of Ulmer Art. Ostfildern 2004, ISBN 3-7995-8004-2 , p. 33.
2. ^ House of Bavarian History : Martin Schaffner , accessed on October 21, 2014.
3. ↑ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 215.
4. ↑ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 214.
5. ^ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 217.
6. ↑ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 216.
7. ^ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 218.
8. ↑ Erwin Treu (Ed.): Ulmer Museum, Catalog I: Sculpture and Painting from the 13th Century to 1600. Ulm 1981, p. 219.
9. ^ Siegfried Graf Pückler-Limpurg: Martin Schaffner (= Studies on German Art History. Issue 20). Strasbourg 1899, pp. 17-18

literature

• August Wintterlin:  Conductor, Martin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 549 f.
• Siegfried Graf Pückler-Limpurg : Martin Schaffner (= Studies on German Art History. Issue 20). Strasbourg 1899. on the Internet Archive
• Suzanne Lustenberger: Martin Schaffner - painter to Ulm. Exhibition catalog Ulmer Museum (= writings of the Ulmer Museum. New series Volume 2). Ulm 1969.
• Staatsgalerie Augsburg, Municipal Art Collection, Volume I. Old German Paintings. Catalog. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich 1988, pp. 103–110.
• Elisabeth Wiemann: Old German painting. State Gallery Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Galerieverein eV, Stuttgart 1989.
• Harriet Brinkmöller-Gandlau:  Martin Schaffner. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 8, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-053-0 , Sp. 1569-1571.
• Christof Metzger:  Conductor, Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , pp. 538-540 ( digitized version ).
• Manuel Teget-Welz: Martin Schaffner. Life and work of an Ulm painter between the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance . Dissertation . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-17-020556-7 .

Web links

Commons : Martin Schaffner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Martin Schaffner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ulm Museum