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Huber, Wolfgang
Huber, Wolfgang (or Wolf Huber) (b ?Feldkirch, c.1480/90; d Passau, 3 June 1553). Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect, active mainly in Passau in Germany, where he was court painter and architect to the prince-bishop. He was first and foremost a poetic interpreter of landscape and is usually counted among the masters of the Danube School. His landscape drawings are particularly delicate and his religious paintings and portraits sometimes have landscape backgrounds.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HuberWolfgang.html IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O2-HuberWolfgang.html |
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Huber, Wolfgang
Huber, Wolfgang (or Wolf) (c.1490–1553). Austrian painter, printmaker, and architect, active mainly in Passau in Germany, where he was court painter and architect to the prince-bishop. He was first and foremost a poetic interpreter of landscape and is usually counted among the masters of the Danube School. His landscape drawings are particularly delicate and his religious paintings and portraits sometimes have landscape backgrounds.
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IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-HuberWolfgang.html IAN CHILVERS. "Huber, Wolfgang." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O3-HuberWolfgang.html |
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