Hans Multscher | |
Birth Date: | ca. 1400 |
Birth Place: | Rehahsbsbshofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu) |
Death Date: | 1467 |
Death Place: | Ulm |
Known For: | bringing realism to German art, replacing International Gothic |
Nationality: | German |
Hans Multscher (ca. 1400–1467) was a German sculptor and painter.[1]
Multscher was born in Reichenhofen (today Leutkirch im Allgäu).
He made himself acquainted with new artistic styles from northern France and the Netherlands, and became a free citizen of the city of Ulm in 1427. There, he married Adelheid Kitzin the same year. He ran his own business as a painter and sculptor, together with his brother Heinrich Multscher.
Multscher died in Ulm.