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Hans Suess, known as Hans von Kulmbach, was a German artist. He was born around 1480 in Kulmbach, Franconia and died prior to 3 December 1522 in Nuremberg.John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan
Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
New York, Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Page 414 Hans von Kulmbach was the artist who created the Kraków St John's Altar.
Kulmbach probably arrived in Nuremberg around 1505. He received instruction by Jacopo de' Barbari, who for a time worked in Nuremberg. Von Kulmbach then apprenticed with Albrecht Dürer and after Dürer retired from painting altarpieces in 1510 Kulmbach took over most of his commissions. Kulmbach had his own workshop in Nuremberg and at times worked in Kraków. He also created artworks for emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I and for Margrave Casimir Hohenzollern von Brandenburg-Kulmbach. His best works were stained-glass windows in churches, such as the Maximilian stained-glass, Margrave stained-glass at St. Sebaldus Church, St. Sebald in Nuremberg, the Welser stained-glass at the Frauenkirche and the Nikolaus altar at Lorenzkirche. In 1511 he finished the St. Mary's altar at Skałka in Kraków. The Catherine and St. John's altar also in Kraków, are among his best works.
File:Suess Conversion of Empress.JPG, The conversion of Empress Valeria Maximilla, Faustina
File:Hans Süß von Kulmbach 001.jpg, Nikolaus-Altar at St. Lorenz in Nuremberg by Kulmbach
File:Hans Süß von Kulmbach (zugeschr.) - Heiliger Georg.jpg, Saint George
File:Suess Catherine of Alexandria.JPG, ''The Execution of St. Catherine of Alexandria''
File:Hans von Kulmbach-triptico del rosario.jpg, ''Triptych of the Rosary''. ca. 1510. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Thyssen-Bornemizsa Museum, Madrid.
Hans von Kulmbach biography at getty.edu
Hans Suess, known as Hans von Kulmbach, was a German artist. He was born around 1480 in Kulmbach, Franconia and died prior to 3 December 1522 in Nuremberg.John Denison Champlin, Charles CallahanCyclopedia of Painters and Paintings
New York, Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. Page 414 Hans von Kulmbach was the artist who created the Kraków St John's Altar.
Life
Kulmbach probably arrived in Nuremberg around 1505. He received instruction by Jacopo de' Barbari, who for a time worked in Nuremberg. Von Kulmbach then apprenticed with Albrecht Dürer and after Dürer retired from painting altarpieces in 1510 Kulmbach took over most of his commissions. Kulmbach had his own workshop in Nuremberg and at times worked in Kraków. He also created artworks for emperor Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I and for Margrave Casimir Hohenzollern von Brandenburg-Kulmbach. His best works were stained-glass windows in churches, such as the Maximilian stained-glass, Margrave stained-glass at St. Sebaldus Church, St. Sebald in Nuremberg, the Welser stained-glass at the Frauenkirche and the Nikolaus altar at Lorenzkirche. In 1511 he finished the St. Mary's altar at Skałka in Kraków. The Catherine and St. John's altar also in Kraków, are among his best works.
Gallery
See also
* History of KrakówReferences
Hans von Kulmbach biography at getty.edu
External links
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