Hans Holbein the Elder. Hans Holbein the Elder was a German painter.
Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg, and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He belonged to a celebrated family of painters; his father was Michael Holbein; his brother was Sigmund Holbein.
He had two sons, both artists and printmakers: Ambrosius Holbein and Hans Holbein the Younger, who both had their first painting lessons from their father. The date of Holbein's birth is unknown.
His name appears in the Augsburg tax books in 1494, superseding that of his father. As early as 1493, Holbein had a following, and he worked that year at the abbey at Weingarten, creating the wings of an altarpiece representing Joachim's Offering, the Nativity of the Virgin Mary's Presentation in the Temple, and the Presentation of Christ.
Today they hang in separate panels in the cathedral of Augsburg. Holbein painted richly colored religious works. His later paintings show how he pioneered and led the transformation of German art from the International Gothic to the Renaissance style. In addition to the altar paintings that are his principal works, he was a woodcut artist, an illustrator of books, and a church window designer; he also made a number of portrait drawings that foreshadow the work of his famous son, Hans Holbein the Younger. Holbein first appears at Augsburg, partnered with his brother Sigismund. Augsburg, at the time of Maximilian I,
Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg, and died in Isenheim, Alsace. He belonged to a celebrated family of painters; his father was Michael Holbein; his brother was Sigmund Holbein.
He had two sons, both artists and printmakers: Ambrosius Holbein and Hans Holbein the Younger, who both had their first painting lessons from their father. The date of Holbein's birth is unknown.
His name appears in the Augsburg tax books in 1494, superseding that of his father. As early as 1493, Holbein had a following, and he worked that year at the abbey at Weingarten, creating the wings of an altarpiece representing Joachim's Offering, the Nativity of the Virgin Mary's Presentation in the Temple, and the Presentation of Christ.
Today they hang in separate panels in the cathedral of Augsburg. Holbein painted richly colored religious works. His later paintings show how he pioneered and led the transformation of German art from the International Gothic to the Renaissance style. In addition to the altar paintings that are his principal works, he was a woodcut artist, an illustrator of books, and a church window designer; he also made a number of portrait drawings that foreshadow the work of his famous son, Hans Holbein the Younger. Holbein first appears at Augsburg, partnered with his brother Sigismund. Augsburg, at the time of Maximilian I,
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