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Matthias Grünewald

1480 - 1528

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Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century. Only ten paintings—including several polyptychs—and thirty-five drawings survive, all religious, although many others were lost at sea on their way to Sweden as war booty. He was obscure until the late nineteenth century, when many of his paintings were attributed to Albrecht Dürer, who is now seen as his stylistic antithesis. His largest and most famous work is the Isenheim Altarpiece created c. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matthias Grünewald is the 105th most popular painter (up from 106th in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Germany (down from 227th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Painter.

Matthias Grünewald is most famous for his painting, The Crucifixion.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Matthias Grünewald ranks 105 out of 2,023. Before him are Claude Lorrain, Andrei Rublev, Filippo Lippi, Guido Reni, Hans Memling, and Antonio da Correggio. After him are Lisa del Giocondo, Ivan Aivazovsky, Jacob van Ruisdael, Apelles, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, and Georges de La Tour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Matthias Grünewald ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand Magellan, and Lucrezia Borgia. After him are Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Albrecht Altdorfer, Lorenzo Lotto, Johann Georg Faust, Joachim Patinir, Gazi Husrev-beg, Götz von Berlichingen, Pier Gerlofs Donia, and Saint Cajetan. Among people deceased in 1528, Matthias Grünewald ranks 2. Before him is Albrecht Dürer. After him are 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, Matthias Grünewald ranks 240 out of 7,253. Before him are Edith Stein (1891), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Hans Memling (1435), Otto Diels (1876), Alois Alzheimer (1864), and Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841). After him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744), Eckhart Tolle (1948), Magda Goebbels (1901), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), and Klaus Barbie (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Matthias Grünewald ranks 7. Before him are Albrecht Dürer (1471), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472), Max Ernst (1891), and Hans Memling (1435). After him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), Otto Dix (1891), and Anselm Kiefer (1945).

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