Brief biography of Holbein

Hans Burkmayra was influenced. After studying at his father’s workshop, he left for Basel, who was at that time the largest center of art and humanistic scientific scientific. Soon, Holbein acquired patrons among prominent citizens, including the humanist Erazm Rotterdam. During traveling in Italy and Southern France to Holbein, he significantly expanded his horizons.

Two years later, he went, on the recommendation of Erasmus, to England to Thomas Moru. He returned to Basel, and finally settled in London. Over the years spent in England, he created near portraits. Holbein died from the plague in London in Lutzelburger and published in, in which in an allegorical and grotesque form he reflected the events of the peasant war in Germany.

B and with Holbein worked in England, where he arrived with the recommendation letter of Erasmus of Rotterdam to the English humanists. In England, the outstanding talent of the Holbein portraitist was fully revealed. Almost jewelry in the reproduction of details is combined in his works with the plastic and emotional integrity of the image. These are the artist’s works - a graphic portrait of Thomas Mora, a silver pencil, coal, Sangin, Windsor castle; Picturesque portraits: German merchant George Gissa,, art gallery, Berlin-Dal; The French ambassador in Germany, the art of Holbein did not find followers, but had the strongest impact on the development of English and then the entire Western European portrait.

Seeing the individual features of the model intently, accurately and without embellishment reproducing its appearance, he created bold and sharp in the drawing, saturated with color, vital and bright images of his contemporaries-strong-willed, purposeful people of the Renaissance. Holbein was the greatest portraitist of his time. His portraits of Henry VIII, Korolev, Ministers, ambassadors, merchants and other people indicate the skill of the artist and his ability to convey the character of the model.

Holbein is the most famous representative of this surname. Interesting facts from the artist’s life in honor of the artist received their name embroidery and type of eastern carpets, since Holbein often portrayed them on his portraits. In honor of Holbein, a crater on Mercury is named. Bibliography of Bennsyuzan S. Bensyuzan; per. Lepkovsky, Golbein G. Libman M. Dürer and his era. Pakhomova V.

When writing this article, materials of such sites were used: Smallbay. Hans Golbein the Younger: paintings by the artist.