Rueland Frueauf the Elder
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Rueland Frueauf the Elder (c. 1440 – 1507) was an Austrian Late-Gothic painter.
Biography
Frueauf was born in Obernberg am Inn, and lived and worked there most of his life. He primarily painted frescoes in local churches. In 1484 he was appointed as a consultant to work with Michael Pacher on an altarpiece for the Franciscan Order.{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/rueland-frueauf-2|title=Rueland Frueauf the Elder Brief Biography|accessdate=2012-07-11}} His son Rueland Frueauf the Younger also became a painter. Frueauf the Elder died in Passau in 1507.
Gallery
Rueland Frueauf d. Ä. - Verkündigung an Maria - 4838 - Kunsthistorisches Museum.jpg|Annunciation to Mary (1490)
Cerchia di rueland frueauf il vecchio, madonna in trono tra i ss. giorgio e vigilio col canonico giorgio nothaft, 1490 ca. 01.jpg|Madonna enthroned between Saint George and Saint Vigilius (circa 1490)
Cerchia di rueland frueauf il vecchio, madonna in trono tra i ss. giorgio e vigilio col canonico giorgio nothaft, 1490 ca. 03.jpg|Detail
Saint Apollonia in the Fire, probably from the circle of Frueauf the Elder, Salzburg, c. 1510, painting on coniferous wood - Germanisches Nationalmuseum - Nuremberg, Germany - DSC02929.jpg|Saint Apollonia in the Fire (circa 1510)
Rueland Frueauf d. Ä. 001.jpg|Christ, Man of Sorrows by Rueland Frueauf the Elder, Alte Pinakothek, 1500
Rueland Frueauf, the Elder - The Education of the Infant Christ - 49.1076 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg|The Education of the Infant Christ (1506)
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Category:15th-century Austrian painters
Category:Austrian male painters
Category:16th-century Austrian painters
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