Emilie Preyer (1849 - 1930)
1849-06-06Düsseldorf, Germany1930-09-23Düsseldorf, GermanyGermany
Emilie Preyer
Emilie Preyer was a German painter of the last third of the nineteenth and first third of the twentieth centuries. She is known as a painter and a master of still life.
Emilie Preyer studied painting under her father Johann Wilhelm Preyer and worked in the same meticulous technique. She created still lifes with fruit and flowers. Over 250 of her paintings are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as in private collections in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Date and place of birt: | 6 june 1849, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 23 september 1930, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Genre: | Still life |
Art style: | Academism |