Albrecht Dürer was born on May 2 147 1, and his birthplace was Nuremberg, the center of German humanism at that time. This city is very prosperous, and its science, technology and culture are also developed. His father was a Hungarian goldsmith. Diu Lei studied handicrafts with his father when he was young, but gradually became interested in painting. From 65438 to 0496, Diu Lei studied painting with the famous local painter Voldemort, and later worshipped several famous teachers. 1494, Diu Lei returned to Nuremberg and set up his own studio. Soon, accompanied by his wife, he traveled all over Italy for the first time and began to write when he came back. During this period, his works mainly include Delaitre's and Kaspersky's altar paintings "Father's Portrait" and "Self-Portrait", copperprints "Saint Christopher", "Three Peasants", "Wanderer", woodcut "Men's Bathroom", "Sam Sen" and 65,438+05 woodcut "The Revelation of St. John". Historians have always regarded these 15 prints, which have made outstanding achievements in creative ideas and techniques, as the symbol of the end of German medieval art and the milestone of the arrival of the new art era. In these outstanding works, Diu Lei began to use his novel and unique signature-He (that is, the combination of A and D).

The Revelation of St John was a great success, which made Diu Lei famous and became a new star in German painting. Diu Lei not only painted this kind of self-portrait which seems to have a little mysticism and profound meaning. Moreover, in his large-scale religious works "The Sacrifice of Secula" and "The Worship of the Trinity", he also appeared on the screen as a "bystander" or "assistant" for many times.

1500 years later, Diu Lei has made new development and achievements in painting. For example, Doctor Comes to Worship, Miracle of the Sea, Nemesis, Altar Painting of Santa Maria and Adam and Eve are all excellent works.

1505, when the plague was prevalent in Nuremberg, Diu Lei went to Italy for the second time. Under the guidance of Giovanni Bei Lini, a great painter of the Venetian School, he had a deep feeling about the oil painting techniques and colors in Venice. At the same time, his outstanding achievements in art were favored and respected by Italian colleagues, which contributed to the opening scene. During this period, Diu Lei mainly created The Venetian Woman, The Virgin with a rosary, The Sacrifice of Luo Secula, The Trinity Altar and The Altar Painting of Hera. But the last masterpiece, The Painting of Hera Altar, was unfortunately burned in 1509.

Diu Lei returned to Nuremberg after studying for two years. During this period, many other works were produced, including Knight, Death and Devil, Hieronymus in the Study and Melancholy, which were recognized as the three major copperplate prints in his golden age. These three copperplate prints mark the pinnacle of Diu Lei's printmaking art. In these three works, Diu Lei used a novel composition, and used the combination of parallel lines, intersecting lines and dotted lines to express different textures and shapes of objects, thus obtaining a perfect effect, which eclipsed the craftsman-style copperplate prints of17th century.

In his later years, Diu Lei's works tend to be mature. Among them, the most famous is the Four Apostles. Two years later,1April 6, 528, Diu Lei died in Nuremberg.