Austrian painter Wolf Huber was born in…

Austrian painter Wolf Huber was born in Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, but by 1515 was living in Passau.

His relationship with other painters of that name living in Feldkirch is unknown, although it is widely believed that he was related to Hans Huber.

Huber's birth date has been estimated at around 1485 on the basis of several works, dated between 1510-1515, which show him to have been a well-established and mature artist by that date.

A draftsman and printmaker of the Danube school, Huber produces visionary, personal interpretations of figure and landscape, exemplified by his fragmentary and undated St. Anne Altarpiece, Lamentation, and Wings, for the Church of St. Nikolaus in Feldkirch.

Nothing is known of Huber's training, although he likely worked in a family workshop before setting out as a journeyman painter.

He likely visited northern Italy, as much of his work shows a thorough grounding in the stylistic techniques of the Italian Renaissance.

Drawings of local subjects reveal that he visited the Salzkammergut at least once.

After his relocation to Passau, Huber had in 1517 become court painter to the Duke of Bavaria, who will administer the local diocese until 1540.