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Matthias Grünewald · c.1509 - c. 1511
Matthias Grünewald: 1480–1528
Other names (41)
der Maler Mathis, Gothardt Grunewald, Gri︠u︡nevalʹd, Grünewald, Martin Grunewald, Mathaeus Grünewald, Mathes Grunewald, Matheus Grünewald, Math. Grunwald, Mathias Grünewald, Mathis Gothardt, Mathis Gothardt Neithardt, Mathis Gothart, Mathis Gothart-Nithart, Mathis Gotthardt, Mathis Grün, Mathis Grunewald, Mathis Maler, Mathis Neithardt, Mathis Niethardt, Mathis Nithart, Mathis of Aschaffenburg, Mathis von Aschaffenburg, Matis Nitkhart-Gotkhart, Matthaeus Grunewald, Matthäus Gotthart Neithart, Matthäus Gotthart Niethart, Matthias Gothardt, Matthias Gothardt Neithardt, Matthias Gothart Nithart, Matthias Griuneval'd, Matthias Grunewald, Matthias Neithardt, Matthias Nithardt, Matthis Gothardt-Neithardt, Mattias Grunewald, M. N. Grunewald, Monogrammist M.G.N., Monogrammist M. G. N. Grunewald, Neithardt Grunewald, Nithardt Grunewald
Biography
Matthias Grünewald (c. 1470 – 31 August 1528; also known as Mathis Gothart Nithart) was a German Renaissance painter of religious works who ignored Renaissance classicism to continue the style of late medieval Central European art into the 16th century.
Only ten paintings—including several polyptychs—and thirty-five drawings survive, all religious, although many others were lost at sea on their way to Sweden as war booty. He was obscure until the late nineteenth century, when many of his paintings were attributed to Albrecht Dürer, who is now seen as his stylistic antithesis. His largest and most famous work is the Isenheim Altarpiece created c. 1512 to 1516.
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Later influence
- Pablo Picassoeditorial inference
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Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Max Ernsteditorial inference
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- Otto Dixeditorial inference
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- Hyman Bloomeditorial inference
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The biography identifies Matthias Grünewald as an artistic influence on Hyman Bloom. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
- Ernst Fuchseditorial inference
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The biography identifies Matthias Grünewald as an artistic influence on Ernst Fuchs (artist). The passage distinguishes modern stylistic influences from the Old Masters whose lighting effects motivated his mixed painting technique. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Matthias Grünewald. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe4 recorded works
- Albertina1 recorded work
- Alte Pinakothek — Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen1 recorded work
- Ashmolean Museum1 recorded work
- Augustiner Museum1 recorded work
- Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin1 recorded work
- Musée du Louvre1 recorded work
- musée d'Unterlinden — Colmar1 recorded work
- Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France1 recorded work
- National Gallery of Art1 recorded work
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- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Country research — museum-connected artworks and verified painter affiliations
- Painter cultural affiliation distinguished from recorded birthplace
- Getty ULAN — primary artist cultural affiliations
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
