Ludwig Schongauer (c. 1440–1494) was a German
painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
and
engraver.
Schongauer was born in
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ' ...
into an
Alsatian family of artists, later settling in
Colmar
Colmar (, ; Alsatian: ' ; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: ') is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is ...
.
His father Caspard was a
goldsmith
A goldsmith is a Metalworking, metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals. Nowadays they mainly specialize in jewelry-making but historically, goldsmiths have also made cutlery, silverware, platter (dishware), pl ...
, and he had three brothers. Two of his brothers Georg and Paul became goldsmiths themselves, while his third brother was the painter
Martin Schongauer
Martin Schongauer (c. 1450–53, Colmar – 2 February 1491, Breisach), also known as Martin Schön ("Martin beautiful") or Hübsch Martin ("pretty Martin") by his contemporaries, was an Alsatian engraver and painter. He was the most important ...
. Both Martin and Ludwig are thought to have been pupils of the painter
Caspar Isenmann
Caspar (or Kaspar) Isenmann (french: Gaspard Isenmann) was a Gothic painter from Alsace. As the municipal painter of his hometown Colmar and the creator of a major altarpiece for the prestigious St Martin's Church, he was an important represen ...
.
Selected Known Works
* ''Wing of an altarpiece: The Arrest of Christ''
* ''Christ before Pilate; The Resurrection''
References
External links
Wing of an altarpiece: The Arrest of ChristChrist before Pilate; The Resurrection
1440 births
1494 deaths
15th-century German painters
German male painters
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