Exhibition:
Bernt Notke – Between Innovation and Tradition
11.6.2009–25.4.2010
In the year 2009, five hundred years will have passed since the death of Bernt Notke (ca. 1430/40–1509) – one of the most famous artists of the late-medieval Baltic Sea region. Notke, who was an outstanding painter and wood carver, worked mainly in Lübeck and Stockholm and ran a large workshop. He lived on the border between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, and his work is characterised by a combination of centuries-old traditions and innovative motifs, techniques and materials. Tallinn has two of Notke's masterpieces: Danse Macabre in the Niguliste Museum, and the retable of the high altar in the Church of the Holy Ghost.