Albrecht Altdorfer
German painter (1480–1538)
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He painted forests that swallowed his saints. Altdorfer turned landscape from backdrop into subject—sometimes the only subject—making him one of the first in Western art to let a scene stand alone without figures to justify it.
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Albrecht Altdorfer was born around 1480 and spent his career in Regensburg, working as painter, engraver, and architect. He became a central figure of the Danube School alongside Lucas Cranach the Elder and Wolf Huber, a movement that set biblical and historical scenes against landscapes rendered in expressive, almost feverish color. His engravings, small and intricate, earned him a place among the Nuremberg Little Masters. But his lasting distinction was his willingness to let landscape carry the weight: he made it a subject in its own right, not just a stage. He died on 12 February 1538, hav…
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