Pietronella Peters (1848-1924) was a German painter who specialized in portraits and genre scenes of children.

Biography

She was born to

Pieter Francis Peters Pieter Francis Peters, originally Pieter Franciscus Peters Jr. (7 June 1818, Nijmegen - 23 February 1903, Stuttgart) was a Dutch-born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer. Biography His father was a well-known glass painter ...

, a Dutch landscape painter, and his wife, Heinrike Gertrude née Mali. Her grandfather was a glass painter in

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 ...

and her uncle, Christian Mali, was a well-known animal painter of the Munich School, who lived with her family. Her sister,

Anna Peters Anna Peters (28 February 1843, Mannheim – 26 June 1926, Stuttgart) was a German painter remembered for her flower paintings and landscapes. She was the daughter and pupil of the Dutch landscape painter Pieter Francis Peters. Biography Peters ...

, became a

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

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 The Museum Biberach is a museum with several sections in Biberach an der Riss in Upper Swabia. The museum resides in one of the oldest and biggest buildings from the 16th century in this city. It belongs to the considerable collections in Baden-W� ...

Biberach an der Riß Biberach an der Riß ( Swabian: ''Bibra''), often referred to as simply Biberach (), is a town in southern Germany. It is the capital of Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state (Land) of Baden-Württemberg. It is called ...

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

, 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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