Hans Burgkmair

Place: Augsburg

Born: 1473

Death: 1531

Biography:

Hans Burgkmair the Elder (1473–1531) was a German painter and woodcut printmaker. Hans Burgkmair was born in Augsburg, the son of painter Thomas Burgkmair. His own son, Hans the Younger, later became a painter as well. From 1488, Burgkmair was a pupil of Martin Schongauer in Colmar. Schongauer died in 1491, before Burgkmair was able to complete the...