Emilie Preyer (1849–1930) was a German painter known for her

still life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...

paintings.

Biography

Preyer was born on 6 June 1849 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, Germany. She was taught to paint by her father, the still life painter

Johann Wilhelm Preyer Johann Wilhelm Preyer (July 19, 1803 – February 20, 1889) was a German still life painter of the Düsseldorf school of painting. Early life and education Born in Rheydt, Germany, Johann Wilhelm Preyer grew up in the old town area of Eschweile ...

. She had a successful career selling her works to Americans and Germans. She died on 23 September 1930 in Düsseldorf,

Gallery

Emilie Preyer - Trauben, Pfirsiche und Pflaumen auf einem Marmorsims.jpg, ''Trauben, Pfirsiche und Pflaumen auf einem Marmorsims'' Emilie Preyer - Pfirsiche und Trauben auf einem Marmorsims.jpg, ''Pfirsiche und Trauben auf einem Marmorsims'' Emilie Preyer - Früchtestillleben mit gefüllter Sektschale.jpg, ''Früchtestillleben mit gefüllter Sektschale''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Preyer, Emilie 1849 births 1930 deaths 19th-century German women artists 20th-century German women artists Artists from Düsseldorf