Pietronella Peters (1848-1924) was a German painter who specialized in portraits and

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scenes of children.

Biography

She was born to Pieter Francis Peters, a Dutch landscape painter, and his wife, Heinrike Gertrude née Mali. Her grandfather was a glass painter in Nijmegen and her uncle,

Christian Mali Christian Friedrich Mali (6 October 1832, Darthuizen (near Utrecht) – 1 October 1906, Munich) was a German painter and art professor. His older brother, Johannes Cornelis Jacobus Mali (1828–1865) was also a painter. Life Mali was the youn ...

, was a well-known

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of the

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, who lived with her family. Her sister, Anna Peters, became a still-life painter, specializing in flowers. She received her first lessons from her father and uncles, Christian and . In addition to her portraits of children, she painted numerous portraits of her extended family members. Peters contributed illustrations to Isabella Braun's ''Der Mädchen liebstes Buch'' (1880) as well as publishing a series of portraits: ''Girls Album''. From 1894 to 1904, and then again from 1907 until her death, she spent summers at , a 13th-century castle in Esslingen, where she created scenes featuring the children of the castle's inhabitants. From 1912 until 1924, she lived with her sisters Anna and Ida. A large collection of her works may be found at the Braith-Mali-Museum in Biberach an der Riß and at Schloss Köngen.

Selected paintings

Pietronella Peters Das neue Puppenkleid.jpg, ''The Puppet's New Dress'' File:Pietronella Peters Lesestunde.jpg, ''Tea Talk'' File:Pietronella Peters Mädchen beim Kinderkaffee.jpg, ''Children's Tea'' File:Pietronella Peters Der Liebling.jpg, ''Darling''

References

Sources

*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 *

External links

Pietronella Peters: ''Die junge Künstlerin Anna Peters an der Staffelei.'' (c.1870) @ Kunstmarkt.com

ArtNet: More works by Peters.
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