Leonhard Beck (1475–1542)
Born 1475 CE, died 1542 CE.
Leonhard Beck (c. 1480 – 1542) was a painter and woodcuts designer in Augsburg, Germany. He was the son of Georg Beck, a miniaturist who was active in Augsburg c. 1490–1512/15. Leonhard collaborated with his father on two psalters for the Augsburg monastery in 1495. He later worked as an assistant to Hans Holbein the Elder, contributing to an altarpiece in 1500–1501, which is now housed in the Städel museum in Frankfurt am Main. His most notable work emerged during his collaboration with Emperor Maximilian I's artistic team, which produced various self-promotional projects in woodcut. Beck served as the primary designer for the extensively illustrated poem,Theuerdank (1517), creating 77 of the 118 woodcuts. He made extensive revisions for the second edition in 1519, as demanded by Maximilian, although his style often clashed jarringly with that of the more skilled artists whose work he was modifying. He designed 126 blocks for Der Weisskunig and 7 for the Triumphal Procession.
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