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Conrad von Soest | |
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 Nativity from the Niederwildungen Altarpiece | |
| Born | 1370 |
| Died | 1422 |
| Nationality | German |
| Movement | International Gothic |
Conrad von Soest, also Konrad in modern texts, or in Middle High German Conrad van Sost or "von Soyst", (born around 1370 in Dortmund;[1] died soon after 1422) was the most significant Westphalian artist and painted in the so-called soft style of International Gothic. He played a leading role in the introduction of this International Courtly Style to Northern Germany around 1390 and influenced German and Northern European painting into the late 15th century.[2] He was the master of a thriving workshop and was accepted into the social circle of the cosmopolitan patrician elite of Dortmund. Dortmund was then a leading and very prosperous member of the influential Hanseatic League.[3]
- ^ Brigitte Corley dates the birth of Conrad to the 1360s; cp. dies., "Conrad von Soest und seine Werkstatt", in: Brigitte Buberl (ed.): Conrad von Soest : neue Forschungen über den Maler und die Kulturgeschichte der Zeit um 1400, l.c., p. 61
- ^ His profound influence on the so-called "school of Cologne is traced in: Brigitte Corley "Painting and Patronage in Cologne 1300-1500", Turnhout 200
- ^ Brigitte Corley, "Conrad von Soest, Painter among Merchant Princes, London 1996, pp.18-21