biography
| name: |
Altdorfer, Albrecht
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pronunciation:
[altdaw(r)fer]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1480–1538)
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| biography:
| Painter, engraver, and architect, the leading member of the Danube School of German painting, born in Regensburg, SE Germany. His most outstanding works are biblical and historical subjects set against highly imaginative and atmospheric landscape backgrounds. He was also a pioneer of copperplate etching. |
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