Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1390-1450  Related Paintings of SASSETTA :. | The Blessed Ranieri Rasini Freeing the Poor from a Prison in Florence (mk05) | St. Antonius and St. Paul mote | Viirgin and child Enthroned with six Angels (mk05) | St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost | The Legend of the Wolf of Gubbio |
Related Artists:
Gerda Tiren
painted Karin and Tippo in 1858-1928
EWORTH, Hans
Flemish painter, (active 1540-1574 in England)
WITZ, Konrad
b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. ca. 1445, Basel. German-born painter from Rottweil in Swabia, active in Switzerland. German painter. One of the great innovators in northern European painting, he turned away from the lyricism of the preceding generation of German painters. His sturdy, monumental figures give a strong impression of their physical presence, gestures are dignified and the colours strong and simple. Even scenes with several figures are strangely undramatic and static. The surface appearance of materials, especially metals and stone, is intensely observed and recorded with an almost naive precision. Powerful cast shadows help to define the spatial relationships between objects. His fresh approach to the natural world reflects that of the Netherlandish painters: the Master of Fl?malle and the van Eycks. He need not, however, have trained in the Netherlands or in Burgundy as knowledge of their style could have been gained in Basle. He remained, however, untouched by the anecdotal quality present in their art,