Thoman Burgkmair, or Thomas Burgkmair (died 1523) was a German painter.

Life

The father of

Hans Burgkmair Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German Painting, painter and woodcut printmaker. Background Hans Burgkmair was born in Augsburg, the son of painter Thomas Burgkmair. His own son, Hans the Younger, later became a painter as well. From ...

, and the father-in-law of

Hans Holbein the elder Hans Holbein the Elder ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Ältere; – 1524) was a German painter. Life Holbein was born in free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Issenheim, Alsace (now France). He belonged to a celebrated family o ...

, he is mentioned in the records of the

Painters' Guild The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ident ...

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 ' ...

in 1460, and in public documents there in 1479. In 1480 he painted a ''Christ with St. Ulric'' and a ''Virgin with St. Elizabeth of Thuringia'', both in the cathedral at Augsburg; the gallery of that city also possesses a picture by him of the ''Martyrdom of St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, and scenes from the Passion''. Burgkmair died at Augsburg in 1523.

Gallery

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Kreuzauffindung durch Kaiserin Helena (Ehemals Rückseite, Inv.-Nr. 5366) - 5323 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Finding of the cross by

Empress Helena Flavia Julia Helena ''Augusta'' (also known as Saint Helena and Helena of Constantinople, ; grc-gre, Ἑλένη, ''Helénē''; AD 246/248– c. 330) was an '' Augusta'' and Empress of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine th ...

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Außenseite, Die hll. Helena und Sebastian - 5367 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Saint Helena and

Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian (in Latin: ''Sebastianus''; Narbo, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire c. AD 255 – Rome, Italia, Roman Empire c. AD 288) was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Dioclet ...

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Kaiser Heraklius trägt das Kreuz (Ehemals Rückseite, Inv.-Nr. 5367) - 5322 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Emperor Heraclius carries the cross File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Außenseite, Die hll. Katharina und Barbara - 5366 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Saint Catherine and

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara ( grc, Ἁγία Βαρβάρα; cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Acc ...

File:Jakob Fugger und Sybille Artzt.JPG, Jakob Fugger and Sybille Artzt

References

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* Year of birth unknown 1523 deaths 15th-century German painters German male painters 16th-century German painters {{Germany-painter-stub