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 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.

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.