Urs Graf the Elder
Urs Graf the Elder (* around 1485 in Solothurn ; † before October 13, 1528 ) was a glass painter , copper engraver , draftsman for woodcuts and goldsmith .
Life
In addition to his work as a craftsman in Basel and Solothurn, Graf led an adventurous, wild life as a traveler . Graf's artistic work is of high quality within the framework of Renaissance art in Switzerland. Almost nothing has survived from his glass paintings . The hand drawings, copper engravings and drawings for the woodcut that have been preserved are mostly moral images, depictions of the camp life of the mercenaries and genre figures in a coarse, sensual approach. Noteworthy are his dynamic lines and a certain ironic distance in his graphics, which are reminiscent of Hans Holbein the Younger in the liveliness and freshness of the depiction . By 2011, around 160 sheets could be assigned to his graphic work.
Urs Graf the Elder was the father of Urs Graf the Younger .
Auctions
- 1825 in Nuremberg : Emperor Friedrich III. with a scepter in his hand, sits on the throne and hears the speech of a knight standing in front of him: several figures stand in an open door. (The reverse shows that this painting was taken from a manuscript.) , 1490
literature
- Christiane Andersson: prostitutes, warriors, fools: selected drawings by Urs Graf. GS-Verlag, Basel 1978, ISBN 3-7185-0015-9
- Margarete Pfister-Burkhalter: pen drawings / Urs Graf. Insel-Bücherei No. 664.Wiesbaden 1958
- Eduard His: Count, Urs . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 550.
- Hanspeter Landolt: Graf, Urs. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 726 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Emil Major: The portraits of Urs Graf and his wife . In: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Vol. 6, 1907, pp. 152–163. ( Digitized version )
- Christian Müller: Urs Graf: the drawings in the Kupferstichkabinett Basel. Schwabe-Verlag, Basel 2001.
Web links
- Literature by and about Urs Graf the Elder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christiane Andersson, 1998: Graf, Urs (Ursus) (the elder, I.). In: Sikart
- Martin Rohde: Graf, Urs (the elder). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Kunstmuseum Basel: Collection online
Individual evidence
- ^ Cabinet exhibition with an unknown Urs Graf drawing in the Martinus library
- ↑ DIRECTORY OF THE v.DERSCHAUISCHE Kunstkabinett zu NÜRNBERG .... Nuremberg, at the obligated auctionator Schmidmer., 1825., 250 p., Directory of the rare art collections., 1825., Google Books, online , p. 81, (23 ..)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Count, Urs the Elder |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Glass painter, engraver, woodcut draftsman and goldsmith |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1485 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solothurn |
| DATE OF DEATH | before October 13, 1528 |