Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889)
Johann Wilhelm Preyer was a noted German painter of still lifes, usually with fruit. He ranks among the most prominent representatives of the Duesseldorf painter school. He studied starting in 1822 at the Duesseoldorfer Academy of Arts first with Peter von Cornelius and continued his training there until 1831. Preyer is considered to be the most important fruit and still life painter of Germany in the 19th century.
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