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Wildlife art by Durer, Albrecht (May 1471 to Apr 1528)
This article will tell you about the wildlife art of the famous German renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, who is one of the most popular wildife artists ever . . .
Durer is a famous German artist and mathematician who established his reputation early in life and is now thought of as the greatest Northern European Renaissance artist. His wildlife art is some of his most popular artworks, and includes a rhinoceros done from a verbal description by a fellow artist which is not very accurate but still a great piece of art. His other well-know animal and bird art includes “young hare”, “screech owl” (sometimes known as “little owl”) and squirrels (see the bottom of this article for a link to see all those and more).
Durers other genres of art include self-portraits, religious art (including “adam”, “praying hands” etc.) and various other works. His art often reflected the apocalyptic spirit of the age. His landscape watercolors painted while traveling in Europe are the first known pure landscape art in the Western Art tradition.
Durer’s father’s profession was goldsmithing, and Durer’s godfather left his work as a goldsmith to become an extremely successful printer.
Durer himself showed, from an early age, an exceptional talent for drawing. He studied printing in Venice where he learned anatomy and the recent developments in perspective. He was obviously influenced by artists there . . . these influences he integrated with his Northern European context. Although Durer is well known for his woodblock prints, the actual craftwork was almost certainly done by others from drawings by Durer.
His engravings of animals and other subjects made him famous all through Europe. The majority of his works were printmaking because this offered more income for the time spent than painting. His art has been a great influence on many of the artists who came after him.
To see his wildlife art (and buy posters if you wish), see the Durer page on the definitive http://www.Wildlife-Art-Guide.com website.