Simon Meister (1796 - 1844)

Simon Meister

Simon Meister was a German painter. His subjects were portraits, battle scenes and animal fights. Religious themes apparently played no significant role in his work, but his depictions of the Cologne Carnival are significant in terms of cultural history. A commercial enterprise was the panoramas painted together with his brother showing the passage of French troops across the Rhine in 1797. Many of Meister's paintings were also reproduced as lithographs. He is considered one of the most important Rhenish painters of the Biedermeier period.

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Date and place of birt:	20 december 1796, Koblenz, Germany
Date and place of death:	29 february 1844, Cologne, Germany
Nationality:	Germany
Period of activity:	XIX century
Specialization:	Animalist, Artist, Batalist, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:	Animalistic, Military art, Portrait, Self-portrait
Art style:	Biedermeier
Technique:	Oil, Oil on canvas