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Lochner, Stefan

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Lochner, Stefan

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“Madonna of the Rose Bower,” painting on wood by Stefan Lochner; in the …
(credit: Courtesy of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne)
(born c. 1400, Meersburg am Bodensee, Bishopric of Constance—died 1451, Cologne) German painter. Nothing is known of his early life, but he may have studied in The Netherlands before settling in Cologne c. 1430, for Flemish influence is evident in his attention to minute details. Jan van Eyck's influence is seen in The Adoration of the Magi, his altarpiece for Cologne's great cathedral, but Lochner adds his own naturalistic observation and masterly sense of colour and design. Known for his highly mystical religious paintings, he is considered the greatest representative of the school of Cologne.


Lochner, Stefan 

Born circa 1410, possibly in Meersburg, Baden; died in 1451 in Cologne. German painter.

Lochner, who started painting in Cologne in the early 1430’s, was influenced by the 15th-century Flemish masters (particularly Robert Campin). In his paintings the rich colors of his palette combine harmoniously with a golden background. The artist’s ability to render the materiality and poetic beauty of the real world is effectively combined with a Late Gothic spiritualization of images. Examples of Lochner’s works are the altarpiece The Adoration of the Magi (c. 1440, Cologne Cathedral), Madonna of the Rose Bower (1440’s, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne), The Day of Judgment (c. 1435, Wallraf-Richartz Museum), and Presentation in the Temple (1447, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt).

REFERENCES

Forster, O. Stefan Lochner…. Frankfurt am Main, 1938.
Stange, A. Kritisches Verzeichnis der deutschen Tafelbilder vor Dürer, vol. 1. [Munich, 1967.]


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