Master of Wittingau
The Master of Trebon , Czech Mistr třeboňského Oltare was the most important representative of the Czech school of painting in the second half of the 14th century.
It is named after some panels from the Passion story from around 1380 , which were originally located as an altar in the Augustinian canons' monastery in Wittingau . Today they can be seen in the National Gallery in Prague . His painterly qualities lie in the new form of light painting, which was achieved through fine glazes . He no longer designs from the detail like the master of Hohenfurth , but from the context: the picture space and the picture are one. The forms do not develop side by side, but they penetrate and increase into a visionary experience.
The three remaining panels of the polyptych depict scenes from the Passion of Christ: "Christ on the Mount of Olives", the "Entombment" and the "Resurrection". They come from the weekday page of the retable, which can be seen from the fact that the painter used a red and not a gold-colored background.
The master of Wittingau is the innovator of the content and formal design in painting, but above all as a colorist the outstanding artist in Central Europe between 1350 and 1400. At the same time, he paves the way for the " soft style ".
Individual evidence
- ^ Bert Bilzer, Jürgen Eyssen, Otto Stelzer: The great book of art. Eduard-Kaiser-Verlag, special edition of the original edition by Georg-Westermann-Verlag from 1958, p. 235.
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- Bernd Nicolai, Gothic . In: Art Epochs, Volume 4. Stuttgart 2007.
- Victoria Salley, Gothic . In: Prestel Atlas Fine Arts. From the Stone Age to the 20th century. Edited by Stefanie Penck. Munich / Berlin / London / New York 2002.
- Robert Suckale , Gothic . In: Painting the World. An art history from Gothic to the present, edited by Ingo F. Walther. Cologne 1999.
- Fritz Winter, Das rororo Artist Lexicon 2 . Reinbek near Hamburg 1985.
- The great lexicon of painting , Westermann Verlag Braunschweig 1982.
- Hans H. Hofstätter, Late Middle Ages . In. Art in Pictures, Naturalis Verlag.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Master of Wittingau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century or 15th century |