Hans Memling
"the best painter in Christendom"
1434-1494
Gothic Painter and member of the Bruges school
His Style Was Influenced by the following Painters - Jan Van Eyck, and Rogier Van der Weyden
Education - He studied under Rogier Van der Weyden
Cause of Death: Scrofula
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About the Artist
Hans Memling was the most influential painter of the Gothic era. His dazzling paintings demonstrate his mastery of capturing the effects of sunlight on the landscape. His unique style of painting is dark yet uplifting, his brilliance was in his immaculately naturalistic style.
His subjects, like his predecessors, are mainly religious – the Virgin Mary, the Life of Christ, the Apostles, Angeles and the Life of St. Francis.
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