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Breu, Jörg the Elder

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Breu, Jörg the Elder (b Augsburg, c.1475; d Augsburg, May/Oct. 1537). German painter and designer of woodcuts, a pupil of Ulrich Apt. Breu was one of the leading painters of his time in Augsburg, but his most important works there—a series of frescos in the town hall—are no longer extant. His patrons included the Emperor Maximilian I (see Habsburg) and also Duke William IV of Bavaria, for whom he painted the Battle of Zama (1529, Alte Pin., Munich) in the same series as Altdorfer's celebrated Battle of Issus. His style was complex, sharing something of Altdorfer's passion and love of landscape, and showing strong influence from Dürer and from a journey he is thought to have made to Italy in about 1514. His son Jörg the Younger (c.1510–47) was his pupil and assistant. In his independent work he was a prolific illustrator of manuscripts.

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Breu, Jörg the Elder

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists | 2003 | | Copyright

Breu, Jörg the Elder (c.1475–1537). German painter and designer of woodcuts, a pupil of Ulrich Apt the Elder. Breu was one of the leading painters of his time in his native Augsburg, but his most important works there—a series of frescos in the town hall—are no longer extant. His patrons included the emperor Maximilian I (see Habsburg) and Duke William IV of Bavaria, for whom he painted the Battle of Zama (1529, Alte Pin., Munich) in the same series as Altdorfer's celebrated Battle of Issus. His style was complex, sharing something of Altdorfer's passion and love of landscape, and showing strong influence from Dürer and from a journey he is thought to have made to Italy in about 1514. His son, Jörg the Younger (c.1510–47), was his pupil and assistant. In his independent work he was a prolific illustrator of manuscripts.

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IAN CHILVERS. "Breu, Jörg the Elder." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BreuJrgtheElder.html

IAN CHILVERS. "Breu, Jörg the Elder." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-BreuJrgtheElder.html

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