!!!Meister des Albrechtsaltars auch Albrechtsmeister

Meister des Albrechtsaltars (also: Albrechtsmeister), painter, worked in the second quarter of the 15th century at court in Vienna. Main representative of the energetic, realistic style of Viennese painting in the mid-15th century; named after the former high altar at the White Carmelite church in Vienna's first district (Am Hof); the altar is now kept at Klosterneuburg monastery. It contains remarkably modern elements  and was donated before 1437 by O. Oberndorffer, land adminstrator of Albrecht II, 
d. 1439. Other important works are a Lady altar from around 1438, 
parts of which are kept in Vienna, Berlin and Budapest, and the 
epitaph of Johannes Geus, cathedral canon in Vienna (d. 1440; the 
epitaph is kept in the Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in Vienna). The 
artist's works are remarkable for their detailed landscapes and 
atmospheric nature scenes. His panel of the Golden Gate (Tafel der 
Goldenen Pforte; Oesterreichische Galerie Belvedere) is the first 
picture of medieval Vienna.

!Literature
F. Roehrig (ed.), Der Albrechtsaltar und sein Meister, 
1981; K. Haller, Zur Rolle des Albrechtsmeisters in der europ. Kunst 
der 1. Haelfte des 15. Jh. Unter bes. Beruecksichtigung des 
Kleinen Albrechtsaltars, master´s thesis, Graz 1989; NDB.



%%language
[Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Meister_des_Albrechtsaltars|class='wikipage austrian']
%%

[{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}]
[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]