FLEMALLE, MASTER OF

flourished c. 1430 an unknown Flemish painter and leading artist of the northern Renaissance, whose work is characterized by naturalistic and sculptural conceptions that signalize the replacement of the decorative International Style of the late Middle Ages. By the late 20th century, after several decades of controversy, a growing number of scholars attributed the works of the Master of Flmalle to the Flemish painter Robert Campin (q.v.).