Jörg Stocker
The Master of Ulm: The Life and Legacy of Jörg Stocker In the vibrant, bustling atmosphere of late 15th-century Germany, a period defined by profound religious devotion and the burgeoning brilliance of the Northern Renaissance, the name Jörg Stocker emerged as a cornerstone of the Ulm school of painting. While much of the intimate detail regarding his early years remains shrouded in the mists of history, we know that Stocker was a man deeply embedded in the social and artistic fabric of his time. Operating from the prosperous city of Ulm, he established a master workshop that would become a…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Jörg Stocker's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.