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Grünewald

American  
[gry-nuh-vahlt] / ˈgrü nəˌvɑlt /

noun

  1. Mathias Mathias Neithardt-Gothardt, c1470–1528, German painter and architect.


Grünewald British  
/ ˈɡryːnəvalt /

noun

  1. Matthias (maˈtiːas), original name Mathis Gothardt. ?1470–1528, German painter, the greatest exponent of late Gothic art in Germany. The Isenheim Altarpiece is regarded as his masterpiece

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“All these measurements claim to measure the same quantity,” says Martin Grünewald, an experimental physicist at University College Dublin.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2022

He believes one never sees the same picture twice: “The second time I saw the Grünewald altarpiece was after a terrorist attack – it was the same painting yet I saw it differently.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2016

The opera, about the artistic struggles of the Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald during the German Peasants’ War, was of great personal importance to Hindemith.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2016

Times art critic Christopher Knight, wrote about quite eloquently early last year, describing the gruesome power of a crucifixion depicted on 16th century altarpiece by German painter Matthias Grünewald.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2014

Don José also came upon Doña Charito one late afternoon in the Prado as she was copying the garment folds on a Grünewald martyr.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

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