Hermen Rode
Hermen Rode (fl. c. 1468 – c. 1504) was a German Gothic painter.
Life and works
Very little is known about Rode. He lived and worked in
Several of the altarpieces attributed to Rode are today found in different parts of
One of Rode's most imposing works of art is his mature High Altar of
Of his art, The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art notes that it displays:
[...] characteristic features such as his distinctive type of female head, with a prominent forehead, receding, softly rounded chin and strangely overcast, half-closed eyes. The bodies, however, are oddly boneless and retain the pointed, forward-stepping Late Gothic stance, and the colours are still dull and thinly painted. Later, influences from the Netherlands, especially from Bruges (Gerard David), became stronger, particularly in the palette, with bright, clear colour combinations resembling those of the Westphalian Master of Liesborn.
— Gordon Campbell (ed.), The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art, Oxford University Press (2009)
In his importance he stands equally next to his fellow countryman Bernt Notke. Together they were the most important exporters of art into the countries around the Baltic Sea.
Gallery
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St. Luke's Altar (Lübeck), ca. 1484 -
High Altar ofSt. Nicholas church(Tallinn), ca. 1478-1481 -
Altarpiece (Sorunda, Sweden), date unknown -
Portrait of Hinrich Lipperade, ca. 1480-1490
References
- ^ ISBN 9780195334661.
- JSTOR 860288.
- ^ Westrin, Th., ed. (1915). Nordisk familjebok (in Swedish). Nordisk familjeboks förlags aktiebolag. p. 578. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ "Falsterbo kyrka" (in Swedish). Svenska kyrkan. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
External links
- Picture gallery images from Hermen Rode's altarpiece for St. Nicholas' church, Tallinn, at the Art Museum of Estonia
- Lübeck's and Tallinn's altar multimedia exhibition
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