Biography Hans Memling

It is known that a certain Hans Memlingen, perhaps the father of the artist, died in Zelingenstadt. There are few information about the young years of Memling. Presumably the beginning of the craft, he studied in Benedictine abbey in Zelingenstadt. It is believed that he was formed as an artist in Cologne: the influence of the sophisticated Stefan Lochner is traced in his work.

Near - he came to the Netherlands. Memling probably studied with Rogir van der Weiden in Brussels, but documentary evidence of his discipespiode was not preserved. But undoubtedly the influence of Van der Weiden on the artist: Memling often repeated in his works the compositional decisions of Van der Weiden. Memling moved to Bruges, where he received citizenship on January 30 and became a member of the St.

Luke guild. In the register of Bruges citizens, he appears as Jan Van Mimmelinghe Ghebooren Zaleghenstadt.

A romantic legend of Memings - a soldier of the army of Karl Sweetheart, wounded in the battle of Nansi, was preserved, he received a shelter in the Hospital of St. John in Bruges and in gratitude wrote several paintings for him. It only corresponds to reality that Memling painted paintings for the hospital, and was related to military operations only as a rich city dweller, who has led a certain amount of money to Maximilian I, for his struggle with the king of France.

He lived on Sin-Jorisstrat in the quarter of painters. He was married to Anna Falkenar Um. He died in August 11, was buried in the cemetery of the church of St. Artist enjoyed European fame. Memling customers lived in England, France, Italy. The constancy of the style of his work for a long time, together with the lack of documentary evidence, creates certain difficulties in their chronological location.

Thinly designed interiors and landscape backgrounds give an impact on the Memling of Italian Renaissance. One of his early masterpieces is a tripteich “The Last Judgment” -, made for the manager of the Bruges branch of the Bank of the Medici Jacopopo Tanya. The characteristic features of the North European painting of the 15th century were manifested in this monumental composition: attention to details, light effects that could be achieved only by the finest letters with oil paints, realism.

Showing the overthrow of sinners to hell Memling avoids gross naturalism in the image of their torment. A wonderful portrait, he is focused on the transfer of a sense of doom, horror, pain in the features of characters. The heights of skill Memling reaches in the scene of introduction to paradise. Of all the artists who turned to the topic of the Last Judgment, Memling embodied the "beautiful of the ever created images of paradise." Researchers of the artist’s work note the similarity of the altar with compositions on the same theme of Van der Weiden and Lochner.

The picture was sent to Florence by sea and in the Baltic became the prey of Paul Benkee pirate. The surname Memling is likely to come from the name of the village of Memolingen near Asafenburg in Bavaria.