That being said, Albrecht did not abandon painting altogether. The Blasphemous Artist Paumgartner Altar: Birth of Christ by Albrecht Dürer, around 1500, via Alte Pinakothek, Munich Furthermore, prints could circulate widely, unlike oil paintings. The practice allowed Dürer to solidify his name as an exceptional artist across the continent because his prints were of far superior craftsmanship than any that circulated in Germany. Generally, it is thought that Dürer focused more urgently on prints rather than on oil paintings because printmaking was significantly easier to produce and much more lucrative. The return to Nuremberg also marked the opening of Albrecht Dürer’s own workshop, where he focused on the production of woodcut prints. Young Albrecht, The Established Artist The Four Horsemen, from The Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer, 1498, via the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York By 1494, when Albrecht Dürer triumphantly returned to Nuremberg to settle down with his new bride Agnes Frey, he did so as a newly independent printmaker and renowned painter.
In particular, his trip to Italy and the Netherlands around the early 1490s introduced the artist to exciting innovations and new forms of artistic expression that impacted his creative practice. After some extensive traveling to some of the cultural capitals of the world, Dürer began to really hone his craft. Naturally, all this good luck and expert education catapulted the young Albrecht to instant artistic success. His three-year apprenticeship at the age of 15, under Nuremberg’s leading painter and printmaker Michael Wolgemut, introduced him to the art of woodcuts, the medium he would later excel in. Additionally, Dürer’s training was nothing less than extraordinary. His godfather’s support, Anton Koberger, one of the time’s most successful publishers in Germany, meant his immediate and easy exposure as a writer and printmaker. Albrecht’s talent and fame at an early age was also the product of considerable luck. From the age of 11, Albrecht had worked as an apprentice under his father, a goldsmith, who taught him the invaluable skills of drawing and printmaking that would later prove crucial to his career as an artist. Albrecht Dürer’s Early Life And Prints Self-portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1498, via Museo del Prado, MadridĪlbrecht Dürer was born in 1471 in the German city of Nuremberg.
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