BURGKMAIR, HANS or JOHN (1473—c. 1531), German painter and engraver on wood, believed to have been a pupil of Albrecht Diirer, born at Augsburg. He certainly studied under his father, Thoman Burgkmair, and under Martin Schongauer. He was a member of the painters' guild in Strasbourg in 1490, and in Augsburg in 1498. Prof. Christ ascribes to him about 700 woodcuts, most of them distinguished by that spirit and freedom which we admire in the works of his supposed master. His princi pal work is the series of 135 prints representing the triumphs of the emperor Maximilian I. In his Turnierbuch of 52 illustrations he had the assistance of his son Hans Burgkmair (c.15oo-59). Burgkmair was also an excellent painter in fresco, specimens of which are in the galleries of Munich and Vienna.
See the edition (5854-56) of his Turnierbuch by J. van Hefner; Muther, "H. Burgkmair" in vol. xix. of Zeitsch. fur Bildende Kunst.