Huber, Wolf Wolfgang#
Huber, Wolf (Wolfgang), b. probably Feldkirch (Vorarlberg), around 1480-1485, d. Passau (Germany), June 3, 1553, painter and draughtsman. Important representative of the Danube School, school of painting, around 1510 known to have stayed in the Salzkammergut and in the Danube area, where he devoted himself to landscape painting. In 1515 at the latest H. settled down at Passau (court painter to the bishop). His pictorial masterpiece is the St. Anna altar (1515-1521) in the parish church of Feldkirch, with 8 panel paintings. He is considered to be the painter of various portraits; the greatest importance is, however, attributed to his drawings.
Literature#
E. Heinzle, W. H., 1953; G. Tschallener, Der geistesgeschichtl. und theolog. Hintergrund des Annenaltars von W. H., doctoral thesis, Innsbruck 1990; NDB.