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Martin Schongauer

1450 - 1491

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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 printmaker north of the Alps before Albrecht Dürer, a younger artist who collected his work. Schongauer is the first German painter to be a significant engraver, although he seems to have had the family background and training in goldsmithing which was usual for early engravers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Schongauer is the 293rd most popular painter (down from 271st in 2019), the 914th most popular biography from France (down from 876th in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Painter.

Martin Schongauer is most famous for his engravings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Martin Schongauer ranks 293 out of 2,023. Before him are Francesco Primaticcio, Félix Vallotton, Natalia Goncharova, Philippe de Champaigne, Georges Rouault, and John William Waterhouse. After him are Masolino da Panicale, Giorgio Morandi, Jacques Callot, H. R. Giger, François Clouet, and Viktor Vasnetsov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, Martin Schongauer ranks 11. Before him are Luca Signorelli, Ibrahim Lodi, Yejong of Joseon, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Kara Ahmed Pasha, and Pêro da Covilhã. After him are Gerard David, Diogo Dias, Francisco de Almeida, Zagan Pasha, Marko Marulić, and Veit Stoss. Among people deceased in 1491, Martin Schongauer ranks 1. After him are Afonso, Prince of Portugal, William Caxton, John II, Count of Nevers, and Dorothea of Brandenburg, Duchess of Mecklenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Martin Schongauer ranks 914 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Boulle (1912), Alix of France (1151), Célestin Freinet (1896), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Georges Couthon (1755), and Eleanor of Provence (1223). After him are François Mansart (1598), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Juliette Gréco (1927), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), and Martin Bucer (1491).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Martin Schongauer ranks 67. Before him are Simon Vouet (1590), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), and Georges Rouault (1871). After him are Jacques Callot (1592), François Clouet (1510), Pierre Mignard (1612), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), Thomas Couture (1815), and Paul Sérusier (1864).

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