Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim (7 January 1808,
Danzig – 18 January 1879, Berlin) was a German painter.
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Biography
Meyerheim came from a family of artists with a long history in Danzig (now
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, Poland). He received his first training from his father, Karl Friedrich Meyerheim (1780-1837), a
decorative painter. After further studies with the architect and painter
Johann Adam Breysig, he went to Berlin in 1830 and enrolled at the
Prussian Academy of Art. His teachers there were
Eduard Daege and
Johann Gottfried Niedlich.
After graduating, he wandered about with his friend, the future Prussian court architect
Heinrich Strack
Johann Heinrich Strack (6 July 1805, Bückeburg – 13 June 1880, Berlin) was a German architect of the '' Schinkelschule''. His notable works include the Berlin Victory Column.
Life and work
His father, , was a painter of portraits and vedut ...
, and produced numerous architectural drawings, primarily of churches and older ''
Backsteingotik'' brick buildings. His first original work, the ''Schützenfest westfälischer Bauern'' (Westphalian Peasants Hunting Party) was painted in 1836 and bought by
Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener
Joachim Heinrich Wilhelm Wagener (16 July 1782 in Berlin – 18 January 1861 in Berlin) was a German banker and patron of the arts. His collection formed the initial nucleus of the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
Life and work