# Georg Lemberger

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**Georg Lemberger** (c.1490–1500, in [Landshut](/source/Landshut) – c.1540–1545) was a German painter and [woodcut](/source/Woodcut) artist.

## Life and work

He was probably related to the sculptor [Hans Leinberger](/source/Hans_Leinberger), who also lived in Landshut, but the relationship is unclear. It appears certain that he took his first lessons from Leinberger, however, then was apprenticed to [Hans Wertinger](/source/Hans_Wertinger), the [court painter](/source/Court_painter) for Duke [Louis X](/source/Louis_X,_Duke_of_Bavaria).[1] After that, he travelled to [Regensburg](/source/Regensburg), where he studied with [Albrecht Altdorfer](/source/Albrecht_Altdorfer) and had a hand in creating the paintings for the "[Triumphal Procession](/source/Triumphal_Procession)" of Emperor [Maximilian I](/source/Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor). Around 1520, his style is noticeable in a panel painting, "The Conversion of Saint Paul", in the [Bishopric of Naumburg-Zeitz](/source/Bishopric_of_Naumburg-Zeitz). In 1522, he appears in [Leipzig](/source/Leipzig), where he created the "Epitaph for Valentin Schmidburg" (a medical doctor who had also served as a city counselor and [syndic](/source/Syndic)), which is now in the [Museum der bildenden Künste](/source/Museum_der_bildenden_K%C3%BCnste). A year later, he was made a citizen of Leipzig.[1]

The next record of him is in 1530, when he was served [legal process](/source/Legal_process) on charges of abusing his wife.[1] Two years later, he was banished by [George, Duke of Saxony](/source/George,_Duke_of_Saxony) for being a [Lutheran](/source/Lutheran). He then went to [Magdeburg](/source/Magdeburg), where he created 125 woodcuts for the "Low German Bible" of [Johannes Bugenhagen](/source/Johannes_Bugenhagen); printed by [Melchior Lotter](/source/Melchior_Lotter). The last confirmed record of him comes from 1537,[1] when he was a registered participant at the [Easter Vigil](/source/Easter_Vigil) in Leipzig. It is assumed that he died no later than 1545, in either Leipzig or Magdeburg.

He also created woodcuts for the first part of the [Luther Bible](/source/Luther_Bible) (1523), the title page and some illustrations for the so-called "[Emser Testament](/source/Jerome_Emser)" (1527) and the title and two folios for the [Gustav Vasa Bible](/source/Gustav_Vasa_Bible) (1541). His few surviving artworks include a depiction of the Turkish [Siege of Vienna](/source/Siege_of_Vienna_(1529)) in [Merseburg Cathedral](/source/Merseburg_Cathedral) (1529) and "Fall and Redemption" (1535), now in the [Germanisches Nationalmuseum](/source/Germanisches_Nationalmuseum) of [Nuremberg](/source/Nuremberg). A "Crucifixion" at the Church of Lössen in [Schkopau](/source/Schkopau) was lost in 1975, during the Communist regime.

## References

## Further reading

- Ludwig Grote: *Georg Lemberger.*, Haessel, 1933 (From Leipzig's Past, vol.2) Originally a doctoral dissertation, 1923
- Isabel Reindl: *Georg Lemberger - Ein Künstler der Reformationszeit - Leben und Werk.* - (including a [catalog raisonné](/source/Catalog_raisonn%C3%A9)), Dissertation. Bamberg 2006/2010 [Full text online](http://www.opus-bayern.de/uni-bamberg/volltexte/2010/253/)

## External links

- [Georg Lemberger](http://www.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/A/Lemberger,+Georg) @ Zeno
- ["Holy Jerusalem" by Lemberger](https://www.flickr.com/photos/himmlischesjerusalem/5800309885/in/photostream/) @ Flickr
- [Two works by Lemberger](http://galeriehochdruck.com/Drucktechniken/holzschnitte_monochrom_l.html) @ Galerie Hochdruck
- ["St.Matthew" by Lemberger](http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/30986?search_no=1&index=21986) @ the [Art Institute of Chicago](/source/Art_Institute_of_Chicago)

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