Danube school time. Among its members were: Lucas Cranach the Elder was a major influence on, and is occasionally considered a member of, the Danube school. Danube school The Danube School or Donau School (German: "Donauschule" or "Donaustil") was a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria and Austria (mainly along the Danube valley). Many also were innovative printmakers, usually in etching. They were among the first painters to regularly use pure landscape painting, and their figures, influenced by Matthias Grünewald, are often highly expressive, if not expressionist. They show little Italian influence, and also represent
International Association for Danube Research conference of the 50 Anniversary in Vienna-Klosterneuburg 2006 and the 38 IAD conference in Dresden 2010 were published in the international journal "River Systems". The Conference Proceedings and IAD books are hosted by, and can be gathered at the Academic Library of Biology at the University Vienna (Fachbereichsbibliothek Biologie an der Universität Wien). International Association for Danube Research The International Association for Danube Research, or IAD, is the oldest NGO of an active network of scientists in the Danube River Basin of Europe. The board of the IAD is composed of the president, vice-president and general secretary, forming the presidium,