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Schongauer

American  
[shohn-gou-er, shohn-gou-uhr] / ˈʃoʊn gaʊ ər, ˈʃoʊn gaʊ ər /

noun

  1. Martin c1430–91, German engraver and painter.


Schongauer British  
/ ˈʃoːnɡauər /

noun

  1. Martin (ˈmartiːn). ?1445–91, German painter and engraver

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A small oil-and-tempera painting called “The Torment of Saint Anthony,” based on a print by Martin Schongauer, came at about the same time as his Ghirlandaio stint.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017

We could see artistic changes from the original Schongauer print that probably first inspired him.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015

He had spent four years apprenticed to a master painter and engraver in Nuremberg, Michael Wolgemut; he now set off to Colmar, to work under Martin Schongauer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Martin Schongauer was dead, but under that master's brothers Dürer studied and helped to support himself by his art at Colmar and at Bâsle.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

From Van Eyck and Schongauer, through Dürer and Holbein, down to Rembrandt and Rubens, we trace this strongly marked predilection in every style of composition, regardless of proprieties.

From The Madonna in Art by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

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