Mathis Gothart-Neithart
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Mathis Gothart-Neithart (1480-1528) was a German artist from the 1500s. Also known as "Gruenewald", Gothart-Neithhart's paintings depicted “intense emotion, especially painful emotion.” His painting of the Crucifixion “...does not spare the beholder. Gruenewald relentlessly brings out all the marks of terrible suffering and agony, induced by the cruelty and torture of the executioners...[vividly conveying] a sense of horror and pain.” [1] Gruenewald’s ‘Isenheim Altarpiece’ also shows a violent image of Jesus on the cross, “with his body covered in wounds”, with the focus on “...Jesus’ suffering and his death.” [2]
