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Pieter Francis Peters, originally Pieter Franciscus Peters Jr. (7 June 1818,
Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...
- 23 February 1903,
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
) was a Dutch-born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer.


Biography

His father was a well-known
glass painter Painted glass refers to two different techniques of decorating glass, both more precisely known by other terms. Firstly, and more correctly, it means enamelled glass, normally relatively small vessels which have been painted with preparations of ...
who gave him his only known art lessons. In 1841, he moved to Germany and, a year later, married Heinrike Gertrude Mali of
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(died 1884), who came from a prominent family of Dutch-born painters. At first, they lived in
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, but later moved to Stuttgart to join her brothers,
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, and Hubertus (1818–1839) after the death of their mother. Once there, King
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allowed him to use a studio in the Old Castle and he became a travelling companion to Queen
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. He had three daughters, two of whom (
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and Pietronella) also became painters. They received their first art lessons from him and their uncles. Later he and the decorative artist, , established the "Permanenten Kunstausstellung" (Permanent Art Exhibition) in Stuttgart which provided a way of exchanging ideas and works with painters in Munich. Originally, he painted in a very strict Dutch
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style, but later turned more toward a type of atmospheric
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. From 1896 to 1903, he spent the summers with his family, working en
plein aire ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...
at , a 13th century castle in Esslingen. Many of his works, and those of his daughters, may be seen at the
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in
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and at Schloss Köngen.


Selected paintings

Pieter Francis Peters - Gebirgige Flusslandschaft (ÖaL 1843).jpg, River Landscape Schwaigern-Peters-1851.jpg,
Schwaigern Schwaigern () is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 12 km west of Heilbronn. Geography Neighbouring municipalities The neighbouring towns and municipalities of Schwaigern (clockwise) are: Leinga ...
Pieter Francis Peters Bebenhausen.jpg,
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Peters Thuner See Detail.jpg,
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Sources


Biographical data
@ the
RKD The Netherlands Institute for Art History or RKD (Dutch: RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis), previously Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie (RKD), is located in The Hague and is home to the largest art history center i ...

Anna Peters, ein "Malweib der ersten Stunde"
@ Geschichtsverein. * Monika Machnicki: ''Anna Peters''. Vorwort zum Katalog zur Ausstellung "Anna Peters 1843 - 1926" im Braith-Mali-Museum in Biberach an der Riß, 1990, * Herbert Hoffmann, Kurt Diemer: Katalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Braith-Mali-Museum, Biberach an der Riß, 1975


Collections

*''Das Hohenzollern-Album von Pieter Francis Peters'', Imhof Verlag, 2009 ,


External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Pieter Francis 1818 births 1903 deaths 19th-century German painters 19th-century German male artists German male painters Artists from Nijmegen German landscape painters Dutch emigrants to Germany Court painters