AOL Web Search

Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. His first name is also given as Mathis and his surname as Gothart or Neithardt.

The Isenheim Altarpiece is an altarpiece sculpted and painted by, respectively, the Germans Nikolaus of Haguenau and Matthias Grünewald in 1512–1516. It is on display at the Unterlinden Museum at Colmar, Alsace, in France. It is Grünewald's largest work and is regarded as his masterpiece.

Matthias Grünewald, Isenheim Altarpiece, c. 1512–16, oil and tempera on limewood panels, 376 x 668 cm (Unterlinden Museum, Colmar, France) Hybrid demons Grünewald saves his most esoteric visions for the fully open position of the altar, in the two inner panels that flank the central sculptures.

Grünewald, Matthias. Matthias Grünewald, c.1475-1528, whose real name was Mathis Gothart, called Nithart or Neithardt, was a major figure in a generation of great northern German Renaissance painters that also included Albrecht Dürer, Lucas Cranach, and Albrecht Altdorfer .

1470 - Aug 31, 1528. Matthias Grünewald was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. His first name is also given as Mathis and his surname as Gothart or Neithardt.

The personality of Matthias Grünewald, whoever he was, is recorded by the Isenheim altarpiece. Despite his obscurity, this work was enough to inspire an opera about his life: Paul Hindemith's ...

Matthias Grünewald, orig. Mathis Gothardt Neithardt or Mathis Gothart Nithart, (born c. 1480 , Würzburg, bishopric of Würzburg —died August 1528 , Halle, archbishopric of Magdeburg), German painter. Details of his early life are vague. By c. 1509 he was court painter to the archbishop of Mainz and had established a successful career ...

Isenheim Altarpiece, panels painted in oils on a sculpted altarpiece created by German artist Matthias Grünewald about 1512 to 1515. Little is known of Grünewald’s life, but he is famous for his undisputed masterpiece, the large folding altar painted for the Monastery of St. Anthony hospital chapel at Isenheim in Alsace , then part of Germany .