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Matthias Grunewald

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Matthias Grunewald Famous memorial

Birth
Death
31 Aug 1528 (aged 57–58)
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Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Location unknown to historians Add to Map
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Artist. A master of the late German Gothic period, celebrated for his multi-panel Isenheim Altarpiece (1510 to 1516), with its incomparable depictions of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection. Accounts of Grunewald's life are scanty and contradictory. From 1501 to 1521 he had a workshop in Seligenstadt; he died in Halle sometime between 1528 and 1532. Of his work only 13 paintings and a few drawings survive. Composer Paul Hindemith based his famous opera "Mathis der Maler" (1938) on imaginary tales of Grunewald.
Artist. A master of the late German Gothic period, celebrated for his multi-panel Isenheim Altarpiece (1510 to 1516), with its incomparable depictions of Christ's Crucifixion and Resurrection. Accounts of Grunewald's life are scanty and contradictory. From 1501 to 1521 he had a workshop in Seligenstadt; he died in Halle sometime between 1528 and 1532. Of his work only 13 paintings and a few drawings survive. Composer Paul Hindemith based his famous opera "Mathis der Maler" (1938) on imaginary tales of Grunewald.

Bio by: Bobb Edwards

Gravesite Details

A stylized funerary slab which was later attached to St. Ulrich's Church.


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