Lucas Cranach The
Elder
1472-1553
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
German
Northern
Renaissance Painter, Etcher and Woodblock Printmaker
Artistically and
stylistically influenced the following painters;
-Hieronymus
Bosch,
Bellini, and
Andrea del Verrocchio
Education - apprenticed to his father Hans Moller
Cause of death - old age, he was 81
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Lucas Cranach made a conscious decision to create artworks that appealed to the illiterate peasant class as well as the upper classes who looked for and found layers of meaning in his paintings. His paintings contain universal symbolic meaning and at the same time invite the viewer to uncover their own meaning and connection to the artwork.
Lucas Cranach Biography
and Interesting Facts
Cranach acquired his name
from the picturesque town of
Kronach in Southern Germany,
where he was born.
Cranach was one of the most
cherished and wealthiest
citizens of Wittenberg.
During his life time Cranach
served as a member of the
Wittenberg's town council as
well as mayor.
Lucas Cranach lived to be 81
in a time when most people
died at 33.
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