GRASSER, Erasmus


GRASSER, Erasmus

Artist

(b. ca. 1450, Schmidmühlen, d. ca. 1518, München)

Details

German sculptor and wood-carver, active mainly in Munich. He worked in an animated and expressive late Gothic style and was the leading sculptor of his day in south Bavaria, with a flourishing workshop and numerous pupils. His best-known works are the ten figures (originally sixteen) of morris dancers for the ballroom of the old town hall in Munich (Stadtmuseum, Munich, 1480). Grasser was also an architect and hydraulic engineer. //


Category Artists
Artists by letter G
Artist nationality German