Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Durer
Albrecht Dürer was a painter, printmaker and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in communication with the major Italian artists of his time, including Raphael, Giovanni Bellini and Leonardo da Vinci, and from 1512 he was patronized by emperor Maximilian I...
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth21 May 1471
CityNuremberg, Germany
taken men perfect
No single man can be taken as a model for a perfect figure, for no man lives on earth who is endowed with the whole of beauty.
beauty knows
What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.
nature art embedded
Art is embedded in nature and they who can extract it, have it.
teacher delight compulsion
Love and delight are better teachers than compulsion.
father wife support
My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.