Hans Fries ( – ) was a Swiss painter before the

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. Fries was born in Fribourg, the son of a baker, and studied with the Bernese painter

Heinrich Bichler Heinrich Bichler (also ''Hans Bichler'', ''Heinrich Büchler'' or ''Hans Büchler''; 1466–1497) was a Swiss painter. Bichler was born in Bern, and later went on to be the instructor for the painter Hans Fries. In 1472 Bichler painted a portrait ...

. After a stay in Basel in the year 1487/88, he returned to his hometown. Here he held the official post of city painter in the first decade of the 16th Century and was in addition a councilman. During this time he designed and painted many altars. Around 1510 he moved to Berne where he lived until his death.

Selected works

* ''Christ carrying the Cross'', 1502, canvas, 81×164 cm, Berne Kunstmuseum (Art Museum) * Wing of a St. John altar, outside: ''St. John Drinks the Poison'', c. 1507, wood, 130×32 cm,

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, Swiss National Museum *Wing of a St. John altar, inside: ''Two Visions of St. John'', c. 1507, wood, 130×32 cm, Zürich, Swiss National Museum *''St. Barbara'' (Altar wing), 1503, wood, 98×67 cm, Fribourg, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire *''St. Christopher'' (Altar wing), 1503, wood, 98×67 cm, Fribourg, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. *''St. Margareta'' (Altar wing), c. 1505, wood, 97×30 cm, Fribourg, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. *''St. Nikolaus'' (Altar wing), c. 1505, wood, 97×30 cm, Fribourg, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. *''Allegory of the Cross'', c. 1515, wood, 148×98 cm, Fribourg, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. *from a John the Baptist Triptych, left wing outside: ''Sermon of John the Baptist before Herod'', 1514, Wood, 124×76 cm,

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, Kunstmuseum *from a John the Baptist Triptych, left wing inside: ''The Beheading of John the Baptist'', 1514, wood, 124×76 cm, Basel, Kunstmuseum *from a St. John Triptych, right wing inside: ''John the Evangelist in Boiling Oil'', 1514, wood, 125×75 cm, Basel, Kunstmuseum

References

* (1927) ''Die Kunst des Hans Fries'' Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte No. 245, J.H. Ed. Heitz, Strasbourg, pp. 1–22 * (ed.) (1969) "Fries, Hans (1465?-1523)" ''McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art'' McGraw-Hill, New York, * & (eds.) (2001), ''Hans Fries 1460-1523: Ein Maler an der Zeitenwende'', Hirmer, Munich.

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''Hans Fries. Ein Maler an der Zeitenwende''
in German {{DEFAULTSORT:Fries, Hans 1460s births 1520s deaths People from Fribourg Swiss-German people 15th-century Swiss painters 16th-century Swiss painters Swiss male painters

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