About Rueland Frueauf the Elder
Lived 1440 – 1507 (aged 66–67). Rueland Frueauf the Elder was a German painter.
Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.
Biography Frueauf was born in Obernberg am Inn, and lived and worked there most of his life. He primarily painted frescoes in local churches. In 1484 he was appointed as a consultant to work with Michael Pacher on an altarpiece for the Franciscan Order. His son Rueland Frueauf the Younger also became a painter. Frueauf the Elder died in Passau in 1507.
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Rueland Frueauf the Elder was born in 1440 in Obernberg am Inn.
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Rueland Frueauf the Elder died in 1507 in Passau.
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