MEYER, FANNY, born in Bremen, Aug. 28, 1842. Landscape painter, pupil in Bremen of Christian Grabau, then at Carlsruhe Art School of Gude, with whom she visited the Salzkammergut in 1870; travelled through the Bavarian Alps and the Tyrol; has lived in Bremen since 1873. Works: Chiem Lake; Pine Forest; Alpine Pine; Golling Falls; Torrent in High Alps; Fir Trees in Ravine before a Storm (1879).—Müller, 368.
MEYER, FELIX, born at Winterthur,
Switzerland, Feb. 6, 1653, died at Castle
Wyden, near Husen, in 1713. Landscape
painter, pupil at Nuremberg of Franz Ermels;
afterwards went to Italy, but at Milan
was compelled by sickness to return;
travelled extensively in Switzerland; may
be considered the head of the Swiss landscape
painters. He decorated two rooms
in fresco in the Abbey of St. Florian,
Austria. Landscapes by him are in the
Zürich Gallery and the Vienna Museum.—Füessli,
Gesch. der besten K., ii. 212; Nagler,
ix. 214.
MEYER, FERDINAND, born at Wismar,
Mecklenburg, Jan. 14, 1833. Genre painter,
pupil of Gaston Lenthe, and of Dresden
Academy, then settled in Munich; spent
three years in America. Works: In Quarters,
Return Home (1855), Sister as Sick-*nurse
(1857), Boys kept after School (1862),
The Great Prize (1863), Happy Family
(1866), Schwerin Gallery.—Schlie, 47.
MEYER, GEORG FRIEDRICH, born at
Mannheim in 1735, died at Ermenonville
(Oise) in 1809. Genre and landscape
painter, pupil of Daniel Hien, then in Paris
influenced by Casanova; returned with
Duke Christian IV. to Mannheim, whence
he visited the banks of the Rhine and Neckar.
After his patron's death he returned
to Paris, and with J. J. Rousseau lived at
the Marquis of Girardin's at Ermenonville.
Works: Evening Landscape with Shepherds,
Rocky Ravine with attack of Robbers,
Carlsruhe Gallery; Meet for Stag-Hunt,
two landscapes, Schleissheim Gallery.—Nagler,
ix. 217.
MEYER, HENDRICK DE, flourished at
Rotterdam about 1645-1660, died before
1690. Dutch school; landscape and marine
painter. Works: Surrender of Hulst
(1645); Departure of Charles II. from
Scheveningen, Amsterdam Museum; Strand
of Scheveningen with many Figures, Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; River with many Boats,
Amalienstift, Dessau; Winter Landscape
with Skaters (1669), Schloss, ib.—Zeitschr.
f. b. K., vii. 174.
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MEYER, JOHANN GEORG, called Meyer
von Bremen, born in
Bremen, Oct. 28, 1813.
Genre painter, pupil
of Düsseldorf Academy
under Karl Sohn
and Schadow; painted
at first biblical subjects,
then travelled in
the Hessian, Bavarian,
and Swiss mountain
districts, studying
types for his genre scenes, which have since
become so widely known; repeatedly visited
Belgium, and in 1852 moved to Berlin,
where he was made professor in 1863.
Member of Amsterdam Academy; Order of
Leopold; Medal in Philadelphia, 1876.
Works: Elijah in Lion's Den; Abraham
with Sarah and Hagar at Destruction of
Sodom; Death of Moses; Christ bewailing
Jerusalem; Anniversary of Hessian Parson
(1842); Christmas Eve (1843); Returning
Warrior; Blind Man's Buff (1844); Lying-in
Room (1845); The Flooded (1846); Penitent
Daughter (1852), Bremen Gallery;
Little Mother (1854), National Gallery, Berlin;
Artists' Studio; Praying Child; Industrious
Embroideress; First a Kiss; Girl
on Sea-Shore; Welcome (1878); Beggar
Children (1879); Little Brother Asleep;
Children (4 pictures, 1874). Works in
United States: The Grandmother, New York
Museum; Letter, Miss C. L. Wolfe, New
York; Awaking, Morning Prayer, R. Hoe,
ib.; Girl at Fountain, M. Graham, ib.; Preparing
for Papa's Birthday, Little Girl, W.
