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Artist a Day: ALBRECHT DURER

Artist a day! ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)  Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. His name is often spelled in English as Durer or Duerer.

Engraving on paper, 11.3 x 10.2 cm, 1500

Young Woman Attacked by Death

Durer's Works

Artist a day! ALBRECHT DÜRER (1471-1528)  Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his fame and influence across Europe in his early twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints.

Woodcut on paper, 39.4 x 28.4 cm, 1498

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Durer's Works

He was an artist and innovative genius, a master of drawing and color. He was one of the first artists to depict nature the way it looks. We know him for his landscapes, paintings of plants and animals.

Watercolor on paper, 29 x 42 cm, 1489

Saint John's Church

Durer's Works

"What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.  " "If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.  "

Famous Quotes by  Albrecht Durer

Oil on wood panel, 30 x 19 cm, 1493

Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Durer's Works

Woodcut, 39.3 x 28.5 cm, 1497

The Knight and the Landsknecht

Durer's Works

Oil on wood panel, 99 x 87 cm, 1508

Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand

Durer's Works

Watercolor on paper, 34 x 26 cm, 1494

Linden Tree on a Bastion

Durer's Works

Engraving, 32.5 x 22.2 cm, 1498

Hercules (The Effects of Jealousy)

Durer's Works

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