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Master Bertram (c.1345–c.1415), also known as Meister Bertram and Master of Minden, was a German International Gothic painter primarily of religious art.[1]

Life

Bertram was born in Minden. He is first recorded in Hamburg in 1367, and lived there for the rest of his life, becoming a citizen and Master in 1376, and achieving considerable prosperity. In 1390 he made a will in advance of an intended pilgrimage to Rome, but if he made the journey it had no detectable influence on his art. He was married, but his wife had died by his second will in 1410, when he had a surviving daughter. He died in Hamburg.

Works

His most famous surviving work is the large Grabow Altarpiece (or Petri-Altar) in the Kunsthalle Hamburg, the largest and most important North German painting of the period. There is a 45-scene altarpiece of the Apocalypse, probably by his workshop, in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[2] He, or his workshop, also produced sculpture, presumably in wood; in fact in his first years in Hamburg most surviving documentation relates to sculpture, including chandeliers. A sculpture group depicting Saint Christopher by his hand is located in Falsterbo church, Sweden.[3]

His style is less emotional than that of his Hamburg near-contemporary Master Francke, but has great charm.

Bertram was largely forgotten after the Renaissance until the end of the 19th century when, like Master Francke, he was rediscovered and published by Alfred Lichtwark, director of the Hamburg Kunsthalle.

Literature

• Dube, Elizabeth Healy: "The Grabow Altar of Master Bertram von Minden", Providence, Brown Univ., Diss., 1982

Asteroid

Asteroid 85320 Bertram, discovered by German astronomer Freimut Börngen in 1995, was named after Master Bertram.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 September 2005 (M.P.C. 54829).[4]

See also

• List of German painters

References and notes

На других языках

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[de] Meister Bertram

Bertram von Minden, auch bekannt als Meister Bertram (* um 1340 in oder bei Minden (Westfalen); † 1414 oder 1415 in Hamburg), war einer der bedeutendsten Maler der Gotik. Der Ortsteil Bierde von Petershagen an der Weser gilt neben Minden als Geburtsort von Meister Bertram, da dessen Bruder urkundlich als Cord van Byrde ein Toponym trug. Seine genaue Lebenszeit ist unbekannt. Man vermutet, dass er eine Ausbildung bei den Hofkünstlern Kaiser Karls IV. in Prag genossen hat.

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- [en] Master Bertram

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[es] Maestro Bertram

El Maestro Bertram (Minden, Westfalia, hacia 1340-1345 - Hamburgo, antes de 1415) fue un pintor y posiblemente escultor alemán de estilo italo-gótico que destacó hacia el año 1400.

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[fr] Maître Bertram

Maître Bertram (également appelé Bertram von Minden), né vers 1340 à, ou près de Minden en principauté épiscopale de Minden, et mort en 1414 ou 1415 à Hambourg, est l'un des peintres les plus représentatifs du gothique allemand de la fin du XIVe siècle et du début du XVe siècle, assurant la transition vers le style gothique international.

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[it] Maestro Bertram

Maestro Bertram, o Bertram von Minden (Minden, 1345 circa – Amburgo, 1415), è il più antico pittore e scultore tedesco di cui si conosca il nome.

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[ru] Мастер Бертрам

Мастер Бертрам из Миндена (нем. Meister Bertram, Bertram von Minden род. 1340г. Минден — ум. 1414/1415г. Гамбург) - немецкий художник, один из крупнейших представителей готической живописи, работавший в стиле интернациональной готики.

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