Master of the Pulkau Altar

Shrine and panel paintings of the Pulkau winged altar

The painter who painted the high altar of the Pulkau branch church in Pulkau in Lower Austria around 1515 is known as the master of the Pulkau Altar . The name of this artist is no longer known.

plant

The master of the Pulkauer Altar is a representative of the painting style summarized under the term Danube School . His altarpieces are an important work in this direction.

The Pulkau winged altar depicts the passion of Christ as the main motif of the master of the Pulkau altar .

Master of panel paintings

The Pulkau Altar is a rich composition of painting and carving, and the architecture of the approximately 10 meter high shrine is also remarkable. To differentiate between the various artists who created the total work of art, a distinction is sometimes made between a master of Pulkau altar sculptures and the master of Pulkau panel paintings .

Controversial motifs of the predelle wings

The two predelle wings of the altar have been kept open since the end of the 20th century. Representations of a local, anti-Semitic legend are therefore not publicly available at the request of the population.

History master

The equation of the master of the Pulkau panel paintings with the historia master remains controversial in art history.

literature

M. Stadlober: The high altar of the Holy Blood Church in Pulkau . Graz 1982 (phil. Diss.)
A. Reich: Pulkau. Its churches and its history . Pulkau 1963

Web links

Commons : Wing Altar Pulkau - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Pulkau, Our Churches Church on the Precious Blood of Christ at www.pulkau.gv.at (accessed June 2010)
Entry on Pulkau - Filialkirche Hl. Blut, winged altar in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Entry on Master von Pulkau in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )

Individual evidence

↑ on this assignment see BH Wiesflecker: Austria in the Age of Maximilian I. Munich 1999, p. 63

↑ C. Limentani Virdis, M. Pietrogiovanna: winged altars. Painted polyptychs of the Gothic and Renaissance periods . Munich 2002, p. 342ff.

↑ s. MB Merback: Fount of mercy, city of blood: cultic anti-Judaism and the Pulkau Passion Altarpiece . In: The art bulletin, 87.2005,4, pp. 589–642 (English)

↑ s. also M. Stadlober, Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Graz, current_forschung, online article accessed June 2010 [1] ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.uni-graz.at

personal data
SURNAME	Master of the Pulkau Altar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Master of the Pulkau panel paintings
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	medieval painter in Lower Austria
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1500
DATE OF DEATH	after 1520

[1] this assignment see BH Wiesflecker: Austria in the Age of Maximilian I. Munich 1999, p. 63

[2] C. Limentani Virdis, M. Pietrogiovanna: winged altars. Painted polyptychs of the Gothic and Renaissance periods . Munich 2002, p. 342ff.

[3] s. MB Merback: Fount of mercy, city of blood: cultic anti-Judaism and the Pulkau Passion Altarpiece . In: The art bulletin, 87.2005,4, pp. 589–642 (English)