Thoman Burgkmair, or Thomas Burgkmair (died 1523) was a German painter.

Life

The father of

Hans Burgkmair Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker. Background Hans Burgkmair was born in Augsburg, the son of painter Thomas Burgkmair. His own son, Hans the Younger, later became a painter as well. From 1488, Bu ...

, and the father-in-law of

Hans Holbein the elder Hans Holbein the Elder ( , ; ; – 1524) was a German painter. Life Holbein was born in the free imperial city of Augsburg (Germany), and died in Issenheim, Alsace (now France). He belonged to a celebrated family of painters; his father wa ...

, he is mentioned in the records of the

Painters' Guild The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Four Evangelists, Evangelist Saint Luke, Luke, the patron sa ...

Augsburg Augsburg ( , ; ; ) is a city in the Bavaria, Bavarian part of Swabia, Germany, around west of the Bavarian capital Munich. It is a College town, university town and the regional seat of the Swabia (administrative region), Swabia with a well ...

in 1460, and in public documents there in 1479. In 1480 he painted a ''Christ with St. Ulric'' and a ''Virgin with St. Elizabeth of Thuringia'', both in the cathedral at Augsburg; the gallery of that city also possesses a picture by him of the ''Martyrdom of St. Stephen, St. Lawrence, and scenes from the Passion''. Burgkmair died at Augsburg in 1523.

Gallery

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Kreuzauffindung durch Kaiserin Helena (Ehemals Rückseite, Inv.-Nr. 5366) - 5323 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Finding of the cross by

Empress Helena Flavia Julia Helena (; , ''Helénē''; – 330), also known as Helena of Constantinople and in Christianity as Saint Helena, was an ''List of Augustae, Augusta'' of the Roman Empire and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. She was b ...

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Außenseite, Die hll. Helena und Sebastian - 5367 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Saint Helena and

Saint Sebastian Sebastian (; ) was an early Christianity, Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, though this d ...

File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Kaiser Heraklius trägt das Kreuz (Ehemals Rückseite, Inv.-Nr. 5367) - 5322 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Emperor Heraclius carries the cross File:Thoman Burgkmair - Flügel eines Kreuzaltares, Außenseite, Die hll. Katharina und Barbara - 5366 - Bavarian State Painting Collections.jpg, Saint Catherine and

Saint Barbara Saint Barbara (; ; ; ), known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early Christianity, early Christian Greek saint and martyr. There is no reference to her in the authentic early Christian writings nor in the origin ...

File:Jakob Fugger und Sybille Artzt.JPG, Jakob Fugger and Sybille Artzt

References

Sources

* Year of birth unknown 1523 deaths 15th-century German painters German male painters 16th-century German painters {{Germany-painter-stub