About Jörg Breu the Elder
Lived 1475 – 1537 (aged 61–62). Jörg Breu the Elder was a German painter, draftsperson and fresco painter.
Jörg Breu the Elder (c. 1475–1537), of Augsburg, was a painter of the German Danube school. He was the son of a weaver.
He journeyed to Austria and created several multi-panel altarpieces there in 1500–02, such as the Melk Abbey altar (1502). He returned to Augsburg in 1502, where he became a master. He travelled to Italy twice, in ca. 1508 and in 1514/15.
After his death in 1537, his son, Jörg Breu the Younger continued to lead his Augsburg workshop until his own death 10 years later.
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Who was Jörg Breu the Elder?
German painter (c. 1475–1537)
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Jörg Breu the Elder was born in 1475 in Augsburg.
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Jörg Breu the Elder died in 1537 in Augsburg.
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Jörg Breu the Elder was a painter, draftsperson and fresco painter.
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Jörg Breu the Elder was German.
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