About Ludwig Refinger
Lived 1510 – 1549 (aged 38–39). Ludwig Refinger was a German painter.
Ludwig Refinger (sometimes Reffinger, born c. 1515, died in Munich 1549) was a German Northern Renaissance painter.
Life and works Refinger began his career as an apprentice to Wolfgang Mielich, and then started working with Barthel Beham. He received commissions by the Duke of Bavaria, William IV in 1537 and 1540. He contributed three pictures to a history cycle commissioned by the Duke. After Beham's death in 1540, he married his widow. In 1542 he again received a ducal commission, this time by Louis X to paint ceilings and design stained glass windows for the Landshut Residence.
His paintings show similarities to those of Barthel Beham and Hans Schöpfer the Elder, as well as influences from Italian art from the beginning of the 16th century.
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Who was Ludwig Refinger?
16th-century German painter (1510–1549)
When was Ludwig Refinger born?
Ludwig Refinger was born in 1510 in Ingolstadt.
When did Ludwig Refinger die?
Ludwig Refinger died in 1549 in Munich.
What was Ludwig Refinger's occupation?
Ludwig Refinger was a painter.
What nationality was Ludwig Refinger?
Ludwig Refinger was German.
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