Matthias Grünewald

COLMAR AND KARLSRUHE.- The French city of Colmar and the German city of Karlsruhe present exhibitions on Mathis Neithart Gothart (1475-80/ 1528), better known as Matthias Grünewald, through March 2. The exhibition in Colmar focuses on the masterpieces owned by its museum. There are around fifteen preparatory drawings that explain the way that Grünewald conceived and studied his characters to place them on wood. His practice marked many of contemporary artists such as Durero, Hans Baldung, Albrecht Altdorfer, Lucas Cranach, Hans Holbein or Leonardo da Vinci.

The German city of Karlsruhe has the museum with the greatest quantity of Grünewald works. It owns four panels and a drawing of a total of 25 panels and 35 drawings that were gathered from other German museums, from Oxford, Basel and St. Petersburg. The viewer can see a total of 161 works in this exhibition. (by couresy of www.artdaily.com)