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Jan 11 2011

Lions, 1885, Paul Friedrich Meyerheim

Academician / German / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc

Lions, 1885, Paul Friedrich Meyerheim

This is a reproduction of Paul Friedrich Meyerheim’s Lions of 1885.  The German artist was born in 1842 Berlin and studied under his father Friedrich Eduard He entered the Berlin Academy in 1857 and, leaving three years later, he traveled to the Low Countries and Paris.  His most prominent works were depictions of lions, human portraits and humorous scenes.  He returned to the Berlin Academy in 1887 where he taught for many years.  He died on September 14, 1915 in Berlin.  This painting is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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