Bertram - Master of Minden
1345 - 1415
Master Bertram von Minden was a German Late Gothic painter working in Hamburg from 1367 to c.1415.
The most important picture attributed to him is the Grabow Altar, high altar of St. Peter in Hamburg, made in 1383. He knew exactly how to employ the relatively limited space of the individual altar panels in order to populate the biblical story with a maximum of incident. He was less concerned with a realistic portrayal of the objects than with the manner of their presentation. Other important pictures are in Hanover, Paris and London.
He was a precursor of the realistic Flemish approach of the 15th century, and also of the 'soft style'. He may have had some contact with Theodoric of Prague and with French art.
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