Ulrich Apt the Elder

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Ulrich Apt the Elder (1460–1532), was a German Late-Gothic painter.

Biography

Apt was born in Augsburg, and lived and worked there all of his life. He became an independent master in 1481. He ran a workshop in Augsburg with his three sons Jacob, Ulrich Apt the Younger, and Michael, all artists, producing primarily religious themed works.{{cite web|url=http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_artista/36|title=Ulrich Apt the Elder Brief Biography|accessdate=2012-07-11}} He died in Augsburg in 1532.

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Category:15th-century German painters

Category:German male painters

Category:16th-century German painters

Category:1532 deaths

Category:1460 births

Category:Gothic painters

Category:Artists from Augsburg

Category:Painters from Bavaria

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