Martin Schongauer

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Martin Schongauer

German engraver

Also known as: Hübsch Martin, Hipsch Martin, Schön Martin

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Byname:: Schön Martin, or Hipsch (Hübsch) Martin (German: “Beautiful Martin”)

Born:: 1445/50, Colmar, Alsace [now in France]

Died:: February 2, 1491, Breisach, Baden [now in Germany]

Movement / Style:: Late Gothic art

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Martin Schongauer (born 1445/50, Colmar, Alsace [now in France]—died February 2, 1491, Breisach, Baden [now in Germany]) was a painter and printmaker who was the finest German engraver before Albrecht Dürer. Schongauer was the son of Caspar Schongauer, a goldsmith of Augsburg. In 1465 he registered at the University of Leipzig but apparently remained there only for a short time. It is not clear whether he was there as a student or as a visiting artist enjoying the university’s protection from interference by the local painters’ guild. No work of his has ever been discovered that could with certainty be ...(100 of 525 words)

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