Johann Georg Meyer | Genre painter

Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (28 October 1813 Bremen, Germany - 4 December 1886 Berlin), commonly known as Meyer von Bremen, was a German painter who specialized in Biblical, peasant and family scenes.

In his 2lst year, he went to Düsseldorf and began his studies at the Academy of Art there, which was led by Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, the son of sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow.

He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

In 1841, Meyer opened a studio of his own, but moved to Berlin as his fame increased (1853).

While scenes from the Bible were first the subjects of his brush, he later turned his attention to incidents from popular life, especially among the Hessian peasantry, and finally to the portrayal of family life in its pathetic aspect.

Such pictures as:

"The Jubilee of a Hessian Pastor", 1843;

"Christmas Eve";

"Blindman's Buff";

"The Soldier's Return";

"The Inundation", 1846;

"The Repentant Daughter" (1852, in the gallery at Bremen),

are full of intense sympathy with the "simple annals of the poor".

After taking up his residence at Berlin, he chose especially scenes from child life, which he rendered with spirited humor.

Among his pictures of this kind are:

"The Little Flower Girl, 1853";

"The Fairy Tale";

"Children Playing Blindman's Buff";

"Grandfather and Grandchild"

and others.

A third group of his pictures includes those of young women, as single figures or in groups, such as "The Tryst" and "The Love Letter".

An example of his work, "The Letter" (1873), is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. | © This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Meyer, Johann Georg". Encyclopedia Americana

Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (28 Ottobre 1813 - 4 dicembre 1886), comunemente noto come Meyer von Bremen, è stato un pittore Tedesco specializzato in scene bibliche, contadine e familiari.

All'età di 21 anni andò a Düsseldorf dove iniziò i suoi studi presso l'Accademia d'Arte.

Nel 1841, Meyer aprì uno studio suo, ma si trasferì a Berlino e qui la sua fama è aumentata (1853).

Mentre le scene della Bibbia sono stati prima gli argomenti dei suoi primi dipinti, ha poi rivolto la sua attenzione ai soggetti dalla vita popolare, soprattutto tra i contadini dell'Assia, ed infine alla rappresentazione della vita familiare.