Emma Meyer - Women decorating porcelain at Den Kgl Porcelansfabrik

Emma Eleonore Meyer (20 August 1859,

Flensborg Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...

- 8 October 1921,

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) was a Danish painter; primarily of landscapes.

Life and work

She was born to Fritz Meyer, a tax assessor, and his wife, Marie Frederikke née Dalberg. She began studying art at the drawing and painting school for women, operated by

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and

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. Later, she became a student of and

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Most of her landscape motifs are taken from the area around

Silkeborg Silkeborg () is a Danish town with a population of 49,747 (1 January 2022).Charlottenborg exhibition of 1895, and purchased by the art association. From 1885 until her death, she held numerous showings at the

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. Her painting of women working at the Royal Porcelain Factory was displayed there in 1895, and purchased by the art association. That same year, she participated in the Women's Exhibition, in Copenhagen. Shortly after, she was awarded a scholarship from the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

. She made several short trips abroad and, in 1901, received an incentive award from the Frederik Sødring Endowment. In 1916, she was given a lifetime grant from the Louise Ravn-hansen Fund. Many of her works may be seen at the

Vejle Kunstmuseum Vejle Museum of Art ( da, Vejle Kunstmuseum) in the town centre of Vejle in southeastern Jutland, Denmark has Danish paintings and sculptures from classic modernism up until pre- COBRA on display. The museum is also home to a collection of Golden ...

References

* "Meyer, Emma Eleonore", In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): ''Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Vol.24: Mandere–Möhl. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1930, pg.470

External links

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