The central figure in the German Renaissance was Albrecht Dürer, a painter and graphic artist, one of the most outstanding personalities in the history of art.
Albrecht Dürer was born on 21 May, 1471 in Nuremberg, south Germany, son of a prosperous goldsmith Albrecht Dürer the Elder (1427-1502), and Barbara Holper. His early training was in drawing, woodcutting and printing, which were to remain his main and favorite media throughout his artistic career. 1486 through 1489 he was apprenticed in the workshop of Nuremberg artist Michael Wolgemut.
He traveled much. In 1490 he left his native city for four year, probably initially visiting Cologne and possibly the Netherlands. He traveled to Italy twice in 1494-95 and 1505-07, visited Venice and Bologna, perhaps Florence and Rome. His fame was broadcasted through his engravings, and artists in Italy were soon drawing on them for ideas.. Read Albrecht Durer's Full Biography
1489. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1489. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany.
1490. Oil on panel. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
1493. Oil on linen, transferred from vellum. Louvre, Paris, France.
1493. Oil on panel. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany. Read Note.
1495. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK. Read Note.
1495. Oil on panel. Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Parma, Italy.
1495. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Louvre, Paris, France.
1495. Black ink on paper. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia.
1496. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The British Museum, London, UK.
1496. Watercolour and gouache on paper. The British Museum, London, UK.
1496. Tempera on canvas. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. Read Note.
1496. Tempera on panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
1496. Tempera on panel, central panel. Alte Meister Gallerie, Dresden, Germany.
c.1496-1497. Oil on panel. Central panel. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany. Side panels. Dresden Gallery, Dresden, Germany. Read Note.
1496-1498. Watercolour and gouache on paper. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France.
1497. Oil on panel. National Gallery, London, UK.
1498. Oil on panel. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
c.1498. Oil and tempera on panel. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA. Read Note.
1498. Woodcut. Read Note.
: Dürer and His Time. by M. Libman. Moscow. 1972.
Dürer. by S. Lvov. Moscow. 1985.
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999.
The Complete Engravings, Etchings and Drypoints of Albrecht Duurer by Albrecht Duurer. Dover Pubns, 1972.
The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer by Albrecht Durer, Willi Kurth (Editor). Dover Pubns, 1985.
Drawings of Albrecht Durer by Heinrich Wolfflin (Editor), Albrecht Durer. Dover Pubns, 1970.
Albrecht Durer (Masters of German Art Series) by Anja-Franziska Eichler, Albrecht Durer. Konemann, 1999.
The Human Figure: The Complete Dresden Sketchbook by Albrecht Durer, Walter L. Strauss. Dover Publications, 1972.
Albrecht Durer's Renaissance: Humanism, Reformation, and the Art of Faith (Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Civilization) by David Hotchkiss Price. UMP, 2003.
The Life and Art of Albrecht Durer by E. Panofsky. Princeton University Press, 1971.
Nature's Artist: Plants and Animals by Albrecht Durer, Victoria Salley. Prestel, 2003.