Albrecht Dürer (/ ˈdjʊərər / DURE-ər, [1] German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; [2][3][1] 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), [4] sometimes spelled in English as Durer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.

Mar 21, 2025 · Albrecht Dürer (born May 21, 1471, Imperial Free City of Nürnberg [Germany]—died April 6, 1528, Nürnberg) was a painter and printmaker generally regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

Albrecht Dürer was one of the leading figures of the Northern Renaissance, who created masterpieces in the mediums of drawing, paintings and printmaking.

Apr 25, 2020 · Albrecht Dürer helped establish German art during the peak of the High Renaissance. A versatile and prolific artist, Dürer produced engravings, paintings, and theoretical writings that won him an international reputation while still in his youth.

Oct 1, 2002 · A supremely gifted and versatile German artist of the Renaissance period, Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) was born in the Franconian city of Nuremberg, one of the strongest artistic and commercial centers in Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Dürer's interest in depicting nude women—the subject of a significant portion of his drawn and printed imagery—is a novelty in early modern art history. His first dated copperplate engraving shows an unprecedented gathering of nude women without any evident theme.

He was, and remains, the most famous artist of the Northern Renaissance who successfully integrated an elaborately-detailed Northern style with Italian Renaissance's ideals of balance, coherence, and monumentality.

Apr 2, 2014 · Albrecht Durer was regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist. His work includes altarpieces, portraits and self-portraits, engravings, and woodcuts. (1471-1528) German Renaissance artist...

Albrecht Dürer’s technically groundbreaking body of drawings and prints had a profound and lasting influence on the development of European art. Initially trained as a goldsmith by his father, Dürer was schooled in painting by Michael Wolgemut and …

Oct 17, 2008 · Albrecht Dürer ( DURE-ər, German: [ˈalbʁɛçt ˈdyːʁɐ]; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints.