Albrecht Dürer
Back to people overviewAlbrecht Dürer was a skilled draughtsman, painter, and printmaker and one of the most influential artistic figures of the Northern Renaissance.
Dürer was trained by his father and joined the workshop of Michael Wolgemut in 1484. Dürer travelled extensively in Europe, working as an artist and illustrator, before establishing his own workshop in Nuremberg, Germany.
His work was admired in his lifetime, and he held many high-ranking patrons such as the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I. Dürer was fascinated with geometry, and he wrote a series of treatises on its application in a range of artistic endeavours. Dürer worked in close proximity to the cartographer, Johannes Stabius and together they produced the first world map projected onto a sphere in 1515.
