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Albrecht Dürer

1471 - 1528

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Albrecht Dürer ( DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ];Hungarian: Adalbert Ajtósi; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer or Duerer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 was patronized by Emperor Maximilian I. Dürer's vast body of work includes engravings, his preferred technique in his later prints, altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, watercolours and books. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albrecht Dürer is the 7th most popular painter (up from 8th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Germany and the most popular German Painter.

Albrecht Dürer is most famous for his woodcuts and engravings. He was a German painter, printmaker, and designer.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Albrecht Dürer ranks 7 out of 2,023. Before him are Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, and Salvador Dalí. After him are Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, and Johannes Vermeer.

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Among people born in 1471, Albrecht Dürer ranks 1. After him are Frederick I of Denmark, George, Duke of Saxony, and Elisabetta Gonzaga. Among people deceased in 1528, Albrecht Dürer ranks 1. After him are Matthias Grünewald, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Georg von Frundsberg, Palma Vecchio, Pánfilo de Narváez, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Rana Sanga, Urs Graf, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albrecht Dürer ranks 14 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Charlemagne (748), and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837). After him are Johannes Kepler (1571), George Frideric Handel (1685), Joseph Goebbels (1897), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859), and Peter Paul Rubens (1577).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Albrecht Dürer ranks 1. After him are Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Max Ernst (1891), Hans Memling (1435), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), and Otto Dix (1891).

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