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Template:Wikipedia:Translation/Conrad von Soest
| Conrad von Soest | |
| Born | 1370 Dortmund |
| Died | 1422 Dortmund |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | painting |
| Movement | Gothic painter |
Altarpiece with the Passion from Wildungen.
Conrad von Soest, also Konrad, or in Middle High German Conrad van Sost, (born around 1370 in DortmundBrigitte Corley dates the birth of Conrad at the time around 1360; 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; died after 1422 ibidem) was a Gothic art painter and the main master of the Westphalian school, the so-called soft style of International Gothic. He played an important role in the introduction of the International Courtly Style to Northern Germany around 1440, and influenced German painting into the 15th century.
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Marienaltar in the Marienkirche (Dortmund).
Conrad von Soest is the first Westphalian painter for whom some sources concerning on his life have survived. We have:
At first in 1925 the director of the Dortmund city archive, Luise von Winterfeld, had collected Conrad von Soest\'s traces in Dortmund\'s documents.Luise von Winterfeld, Meister Konrad von Soest, ein geborner Dortmunder Bürger und andere Dortmunder Maler, l.c., pp. 141-145 In doing so she initially documented his citizenship with the missing of his name in Dortmund\'s Neubürgerlisten (lists of new citizens)l.c., p. 142 and she further concluded, that he had to be the son of the Dortmund citizen "Wernerus pictor de Sosato". This argumentation is now considered to be incorrect, because that lists were not complete.Monika Fehse, "Der Städter Conrad von Soest - eine sozialgeschichtliche Einordnung", in: Thomas Schilp and Barbara Welzel (ed.), Dortmund und Conrad von Soest im spätmittelalterlichen Europa, l.c., pp. 259 and 269 (footnotes 3-5) As a stronger argument Luise von Winterfeld could refer to the fact that Conrad von Soest did not have to swear to the Dortmund City Council during the marriage contract, an argument, which holds out even critical evaluation.
The Morgensprache, a marriage contract in front of witnesses between "Conrad von Soest" and Gertrude, daughter of "Lambertes van Munster", is dated February 11, 1349.complete text of the contract, transcription and translation in: Andreas Zupancic, Thomas Schilp (ed.): Der Berswordt-Meister und die Dortmunder Malerei um 1400, l.c., appendix, pp. 312-314 On the day after the Holy Virgin Scholastica the married couple detailedly has the heritage and possible trusts at its disposal.
Not only the height of the sums, which is at the disposal of the married couple, is striking. First of all the prominent witnesses point towards the high social position of the contracting. Both for Conrad and for Gertrude especially respectable patricians acted as guarantors. Monika Fehse interprets the marriage as a meaningful connection of the Dortmund patrician Conrad with Gertrude van Munster, representative of Münster\'s monastery nobility:
| “ | Insofar the marriage between Conrad and Gertrude could have had a political meaning too, which would explain the appearance of the–casually speaking–political prominence among the witnesses: Among the six patrician witnesses we find the second mayor of the ongoing council year 1394 Herrmann Klepping, the tertiary council member Detmar Klepping, and both mayors of the following council year, which started shortly after the marriage, Arnd Sudermann and Lambert Berswordt.Monika Fehse: Der Städter Conrad von Soest - eine sozialgeschichtliche Einordnung, l.c., p. 262 | ” |
According to lists of the Brothership of Mary from 1396 Conrad von Soest\'s residence was in the Ostenhellweg in Dortmund\'s centre. The list refers to two other painters in the Ostenhellweg, Lambert and Hermann, probably a hint to a collective studio.cp. Andrea Zupancic, "Eine Dortmunder Malerschule?" in: Andreas Zupancic, Thomas Schilp (ed.): Der Berswordt-Meister und die Dortmunder Malerei um 1400, l.c., p. 265 The list of the Nikolai brothership contains a "Mester Conrad, meler" and then notes the Wißstraße as the place of residence without naming further relatives. Even if most of the analysis assume the identity of one person, this cannot be documented with certainty. Regarding Dortmund\'s brotherships Monika Fehse points out the great social broadness of the membership in contrast to Cologne for example, where the brotherships were organised corporatively.Monika Fehse, l.c., p. 266 Conrad\'s raised social position cannot be deduced from the membership in the brotherships.
His conserved main opus are influenced by the French illuminated manuscripts and the Burgundian painting of his time.
See also: Polyptych
Since 1954 the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (Landscape Society Westphalia-Lippe) awards the Konrad-von-Soest Price for Visual Arts, endowed with 12,800 euros.
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| NAME | Soest, Konrad von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sost, Conrad van |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Painter and main master of Westphalian painting, the so-called soft style |
| DATE OF BIRTH | um 1370 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1425 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Dortmund |
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