Henryka Beyer (1782 - 1855)

Henryka Beyer

Henryka Zofia Maria Beyer was a German-Polish artist of the first half of the 19th century. She is known as a painter and graphic artist.

Henryka Beyer moved to Warsaw from Berlin early in her career. She worked in oil, watercolor and gouache. The artist preferred to paint still lifes with flowers and fruits in warm, dark colors, creating them in the style of Dutch artists of the 17th and 18th centuries and using mostly watercolors. She signed her works as Hka Beyer.

Beyer established the first painting school for women in Poland.