Wolf Huber
Wolf Huber (* around 1485 in Feldkirch , Vorarlberg ; † June 3, 1553 in Passau ) was an Austro-German painter, draftsman and master builder of the Renaissance .
Little is known about his life. Active in Passau since around 1510, he became court painter for the bishopric in 1540 and city architect in 1541. His real first name was Wolfgang.
Huber, who, along with Albrecht Altdorfer, is considered the most important master of the Danube School , is valued today primarily for his light-handed, as well as written landscape drawings. He developed the "ensouled" landscape from intimate, delicate depictions of nature to demonic visions. In Huber's painting, the landscape takes precedence over the scenic.
Major works
- Anne Altar (1515-21; Feldkirch, St. Nicholas Church, and Bregenz, Landesmuseum)
- Christ's Farewell to Mary (1519; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)
- Marienaltar (around 1525-30; Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, and Munich, Bavarian National Museum)
- Exaltation of the Cross (after 1525; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)
- Passion altar (around 1530; Munich, Alte Pinakothek, and St. Florian near Linz, Augustinian Canon Monastery)
- Allegory of Redemption (after 1543; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)
- Portrait of Jacob Ziegler (1544–49; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum)
literature
- Introduction by Hans Wühr : A. Altdorfer - W. Huber: Landscapes , Woldemar Klein, Berlin 1938.
- Franz Winzinger : Wolf Huber, the complete works . Two volumes. 1979.
- Franz Winzinger: Huber, Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , pp. 700 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Wolf Huber. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 1103-1105.
Web links
Commons : Wolf Huber - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Wolf Huber in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Huber, wolf |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Huber, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German painter, draftsman and builder of the Renaissance |
DATE OF BIRTH | around 1485 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Feldkirch , Vorarlberg |
DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1553 |
Place of death | Passau |