Stefan Lochner

German painter, believed to have been born in Meersburg on Lake Constance. He lived in Cologne from 1430, and ended his life there as a city councillor. He is a representative of the delicate and elegant Cologne School of painting, and is the only painter of this school whose name is still known. His field of expression is wide, ranging from the miniature paintings of the Darmstadt Prayer Book to the great altarpiece that adorns the Cologne Dome. The techniques of the Cologne School were originally modern, influenced by Flemish painting, but at the same time they were characterized by the expression of pious religious emotion, as symbolized by the face of the Virgin Mary, described as "as fresh as a bud". In his case, too, the vivid facial expressions and precise depiction of details are due to Flemish influence, but he also expresses religious emotions that could be described as mystical, such as in his masterpiece ``Madonna of the Rose Hedge'' (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne), which shows the Virgin Mary and angels exuding deep spiritual peace.

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ドイツの画家。ボーデン湖畔メーアスブルクに生まれたと推定される。1430年以来ケルンに住み、ここで市参事会員として生涯を終えた。彼は繊細優美なケルン画派を代表する画家で、この画派で名前の伝わっている唯一の存在でもある。彼の表現分野は広く、細密画『ダルムシュタットの祈祷書(きとうしょ)』からケルンのドームを飾る大祭壇画に及んでいる。もともとケルン画派の技法はフランドル絵画に影響されてモダンであるが、同時に「つぼみのように初々しい」と形容される聖母の顔に象徴されるように、敬虔(けいけん)な宗教感情の表出に特色がある。彼の場合もフランドルの影響による生彩ある表情や精密なディテール描写もさることながら、名作『バラの籬(まがき)のマドンナ』（ケルン、ワルラフ‐リヒャルツ美術館）にみるように、魂の深い安らぎをたたえた聖母や天使像に神秘主義的ともいえる宗教感情が表現されている。

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