Albrecht Dürer

Albrecht Dürer (Known as "The Leonardo of the North / Master of Printmaking")

Northern Renaissance Painter, Master Engraver, Printmaker, Theorist

Born 21 May 1471

Nuremberg (Franconia), Germany

Passed Away 6 April 1528 Nuremberg, Germany

Lifespan 56 years old

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"What beauty is, I know not, though it adhereth to many things. As I grow older, I realize that simplicity is the highest goal of art."

Archival Overview

Foremost genius of the Northern Renaissance who revolutionized woodcut and copper engraving into autonomous fine art forms, unified German gothic detail with Italian classical perspective, and pioneered artistic self-portraiture.

Biographical Record

Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) of Nuremberg was a supreme polymath: painter, master engraver, mathematician, and art theorist. Traveling twice to Italy, he absorbed Renaissance perspective and humanism, translating them into the Northern European cultural sphere.

Dürer raised printmaking to an independent art form through his breathtaking Apocalypse woodcuts (1498) and his famous trio of 'Master Engravings' (*Meisterstiche*): Knight, Death and the Devil, Saint Jerome in his Study, and Melencolia I. His iconic 1500 Self-Portrait in a Fur-Collared Robe dared to depict the artist in the Christological pose, boldly asserting the divine dignity of human creative genius.

Key Life Milestones

1498 CE

Publication of the Apocalypse Woodcut Cycle

Published fifteen monumental woodcuts illustrating the Book of Revelation, establishing international printmaking fame.

1514 CE

Engraving of Melencolia I

Created the enigmatic masterpiece engraving Melencolia I, the foundational icon of Renaissance intellectual angst.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

St. Johannis Cemetery (Grave 649, Nuremberg)
Nuremberg, Germany

                         GPS: 49.4567, 11.0600                    

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