During his lifetime Hans Memling was one of the leading artists in Bruges. His works decorated churches and altars, hung in the homes of wealthy citizens and enchanted the nobility. He was known far beyond the borders of the country and his paintings were highly appreciated. They helped him to gain prestige and prosperity and to become very important in the Old Dutch painting of the 15th century. And yet Memling was almost forgotten in the centuries after his death. Only in the 19th century did Hans Memling and his painting experience a kind of rebirth. It was then, with a romantically transfigured view, when the city of Bruges, its medieval charm and its artists were rediscovered. The fiery enthusiasm that was felt for the Belgian city was also transferred to Memling, who suddenly became the epitome of Bruges painting again. And Hans Memling, who originally came from Germany, still experiences this appreciation today. His works hang in the world's most important museums, his bust is on display in the Hall of Fame Valhalla near Regensburg and even an asteroid was named after him.
Memling's early works are based on the art Jan van Eycks and Rogier van der Weydens. Above all, the similarity to the works of Rogier van der Weyden, one of the most important Dutch artists of his time, is an indication that Memling was perhaps even active as an assistant in his workshop. However, this assumption cannot be confirmed with certainty, since Hans Memling's early years and his artistic education are largely in the dark. Neither his exact date of birth is known, nor much is known about his family. He is first mentioned in a document when he became a citizen of Bruges and from this point on, his star as a painter also rises.
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Hans Memling began to develop his own style from the given forms of a van Eyck or van der Weyden. He wanted to go new ways and replaced, for example, the angular and angular, which can be found in the paintings of his predecessors, by softness. Memling's paintings resemble narratives that captivate the viewer with their particular richness of detail and carry him off into their world. Thus he not only pays attention to the persons in the foreground and gives them individual features, but also shapes the background. The landscape or the architecture surrounding the figures is as important to him as the central motif. His figures appear gentle and graceful, have soul and radiate a cheerful serenity. Their naive charm is further emphasized by the rich colours. Memling's motifs are varied and his work is extensive: he created not only paintings with religious scenes, but also lifelike, bourgeois portraits and even a flower still life, which is considered the earliest of its kind. Memling designed altarpieces for churches and monasteries, but also pictures of saints or Madonnas, which were intended for private use.
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.jpg "Tommaso di Folco Portinari 1428-1501, Maria Portinari by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Johannesaltaerchen, Small Altar for Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Portrait of Marie, daughter of Willem Moreel, 1480 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Adoration of the Magi (detail) by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "St. Veronica, c.1470-1475 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with St. James and St. Dominic Presenting the Donors and Their Family, known as the Virgin of Jacques Floreins by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Diptych of Jean du Cellier: The Virgin and Child with Saints and the Donor Presented by St. John the Baptist, c.1490 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "St. Benedict by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "A Young Man at Prayer by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man with a Roman Coin by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Triptych with the Last Judgement, Center Panel: Judgement and Weighing of Souls by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Descent from the Cross, Left Hand Panel from the Deposition Diptych, c.1492-94 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Nativity. The Adoration of the Magi. The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Detail of the Central Panel of the Triptych of Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Diptych of Jan Du Cellier, Bourgeois of Bruges by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Triptych of Jan Florain (detail), 1479 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "St Ursula Shrine: Arrival in Basle by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine and Other Saints (detail) by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Triptych with the Last Judgement, Left Panel: Reception of the Righteous into Heaven by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Triptych of Jan Floreins (exterior panel) by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child, 1480-1490 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Diptych of Maarten van Nieuwenhove by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, 1490-91 by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "St Ursula Shrine, Martyrdom (Detail) by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child between Saint James and Saint Dominica Presenting Donors by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Central Panel of the Triptych of Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist (detail) by Hans Memling")
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.jpg "Central panel from triptych the Adoration of the Magi, 1479-1480 by Hans Memling")
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