ALBRECHT DÜRER

DÜRER

• Apprentice to father at 13 years old
• Left to become painter
• 3 year apprentice with Michael Wolgemut
• Learned the art of woodcut
• Traveled and made woodcuts fro book trade

GREATEST ARTIST OF NORTHERN EUROPE

• German & Italian
• Four books of human proportion
• Official artist to Maximillian 1 and Charles V

MAKING A WOODCUT

• Cut image into woodblock
• Coat with ink
• Press against a sheet of paper

By the age of 30 he had created his 3 most famous woodcut collections

REBIRTH

Lasting Impact