Wilhelm of Cologne
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Wilhelm von Köln , also Meister Wilhelm , is a painter in Cologne mentioned in municipal documents from 1370 to 1390 , who is regarded as the head of the older Lower Rhine or Cologne painting school , but no works can be proven with certainty. His name is a collective term for a number of altarpieces from the end of the 14th century, the main characteristics of which are fervent piety and delicate grace, especially in the characteristics of the female figures, but whose shape follows the Gothic style prevailing at the time. Pictures of this kind can be found in the museum and in various churches, including in Cologne, Munich , Nuremberg , Frankfurt am Main and Berlin.
A plaque about him is in the Walhalla in Donaustauf .
literature
- Robert Suckale, On the Chronology of Cologne Painting in the Second Half of the 14th Century, in: Thomas Schilp, Barbara Welzel (eds.), Dortmund and Conrad von Soest in Late Medieval Europe, Verlag für Regionalgeschichte 2004, ISBN 978-3895345333 , pp 45– 72
- Ludwig Scheibler and Carl Aldenhoven : History of the Cologne School of Painting , in: Publications of the Society for Rhenish History , Vol. 13, Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf, 1902
- Jakob Schnorrenberg: Wilhelm von Herle . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 224-226.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wilhelm of Cologne |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilhelm von Herle; Master Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1370 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1390 |