born 0441; 1435, County of Tirol
died August 1498, Salzburg?, Archbishopric of Salzburg
Austrian painter and sculptor.
His colossal altarpiece for the Pilgrimage Church of St. Wolfgang in Upper Austria (147981) is a masterpiece of late Gothic painting, sculpture, and architecture. The painted panels, with their deep architectural perspective and dramatic foreshortening, indicate a knowledge of Andrea Mantegna . The sculptural portions, with their intricate detail, bright polychrome, and sweeping draperies, show his attachment to northern traditions; and the architectural elements show an extravagant version of the late Gothic style. Pacher was one of the earliest artists to introduce the principles of Renaissance painting into German-speaking regions.