Liebe Kundinnen und Kunden, leider müssen wir dieses Los zurückziehen, da Zweifel an der Authentizität des Werkes aufgekommen sind. Aus diesem Grund nehmen wir das Los vorerst aus der Auktion. Nach Abschluss weiterer Prüfungen werden wir gegebenenfalls zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt erneut über eine Aufnahme in unser Auktionsprogramm entscheiden. Wir entschuldigen uns für die entstandenen Unannehmlichkeiten und bedanken uns für Ihr Verständnis. WETTMANN Kunstauktionen Dear Customers, Unfortunately, we have had to withdraw this lot from the auction due to concerns that have arisen regarding the authenticity of the work. For this reason, the lot has been removed from the sale pending further investigation. Once additional examinations have been completed, we will consider whether the lot may be included in a future auction at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. Emilie Preyer (1849 Düsseldorf - 1930 Düsseldorf) Stillleben mit Früchten, Öl auf Leinwand, ca. 18 × 25 cm, signiert, datiert 1873, gerahmt Hinweis: Das vorliegende Werk wurde 1984 im Düsseldorfer Auktionshaus Steinbüchel für 28.000 DM zuzüglich Aufgeld erworben. Der damalige Gesamtpreis betrug 31.360 DM. Der Original-Kaufbeleg liegt vor und kann auf Wunsch eingesehen werden. Die Arbeit ist nicht im Werkverzeichnis der Künstlerin verzeichnet. Nach Rücksprache mit der für das Werk der Künstlerin maßgeblichen Galerie bestehen Zweifel an der Authentizität. Interessenten werden gebeten, diesen Umstand bei ihrer Kaufentscheidung zu berücksichtigen. Darüber hinaus besteht vermutlich die Möglichkeit, die damalige Versteigerung über die Archivunterlagen des Düsseldorfer Auktionshauses Steinbüchel nachzuvollziehen. Emilie Preyer (1849-1930) zählt zu den bedeutendsten Stilllebenmalerinnen des späten 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland. Als Tochter des renommierten Malers Johann Wilhelm Preyer wurde sie früh in die Tradition der Düsseldorfer Malerschule eingeführt und entwickelte daraus eine eigenständige, hochpräzise Bildsprache. Ihre Werke zeichnen sich durch eine außerordentliche Feinmalerei, eine sichere Lichtführung sowie eine nahezu illusionistische Wiedergabe von Oberflächen und Materialien aus. Insbesondere ihre Darstellungen von Früchten, Glasgefäßen und gedeckten Tischen erfreuten sich bereits zu Lebzeiten großer internationaler Nachfrage, vor allem im angloamerikanischen Raum. Das vorliegende Stillleben ist ein charakteristisches Beispiel für ihr Ouvre. In ausgewogener Komposition arrangiert die Künstlerin Früchte, Trauben und ein Glasgefäß auf einer mit Tuch belegten Tischkante. Die feine Abstimmung von Licht und Schatten sowie die detailgenaue Ausarbeitung - etwa der Transparenz des Glases, der Bereifung der Trauben oder der samtigen Oberfläche der Pfirsiche - verleihen der Darstellung eine eindrucksvolle Plastizität. Die ruhige, dunkle Hintergrundzone steigert die Leuchtkraft der Objekte und lenkt den Blick gezielt auf das Arrangement. Emilie Preyer (1849 Düsseldorf - 1930 Düsseldorf) Still Life with Fruits, oil on canvas, ca. 18 × 25 cm, signed, dated 1873, framed Note: The present work was acquired in 1984 at the Düsseldorf auction house Steinbüchel for DM 28,000 plus buyer's premium. The total purchase price amounted to DM 31,360. The original invoice is available and may be inspected upon request. The work is not listed in the artist’s catalogue raisonné. Following consultation with the gallery regarded as the principal authority on the artist’s oeuvre, doubts have been raised regarding the authenticity of the work. Prospective bidders are therefore advised to take this circumstance into consideration when making their purchasing decision. Furthermore, it may be possible to trace the original sale through the archival records of the former Düsseldorf auction house Steinbüchel. Emilie Preyer (1849–1930) ranks among the most important still life painters in Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As the daughter of the renowned painter Johann Wilhelm Preyer, she was introduced at an early age to the traditions of the Düsseldorf School of Painting, from which she developed a highly distinctive and refined artistic language. Her works are characterized by exceptional precision, masterful handling of light, and an almost illusionistic rendering of surfaces and materials. Her depictions of fruit, glass vessels, and elegantly arranged table settings enjoyed considerable international popularity during her lifetime, particularly in the English speaking world. The present still life is a characteristic example of her oeuvre. In a carefully balanced composition, the artist arranges fruit, grapes, and a glass vessel upon a draped table edge. The subtle interplay of light and shadow, together with the meticulous rendering of details such as the transparency of the glass, the bloom on the grapes, and the velvety texture of the peaches, lends the scene remarkable depth and presence. The calm, dark background enhances the luminosity of the objects and directs the viewer’s attention to the arrangement itself. Emilie Preyer (1849-1930) is considered one of the most important still life painters in Germany of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the daughter of the renowned painter Johann Wilhelm Preyer, she was introduced early on to the traditions of the Düsseldorf School of Painting, from which she developed her own highly precise and distinctive pictorial language. Her works are characterized by exceptionally fine brushwork, a confident handling of light, and an almost illusionistic rendering of surfaces and materials. In particular, her depictions of fruit, glass vessels, and laid tables enjoyed strong international demand during her lifetime, especially in the Anglo-American market. The present still life is a characteristic example of her oeuvre. In a balanced composition, the artist arranges fruit, grapes, and a glass vessel on a table edge draped with cloth. The subtle coordination of light and shadow, as well as the meticulous detailing-such as the transparency of the glass, the bloom on the grapes, and the velvety surface of the peaches-lend the depiction an impressive sense of plasticity. The calm, dark background enhances the luminosity of the objects and directs the viewer's gaze toward the arrangement.
Oil/canvas. 24 x 32,5 cm. Lower right signed Emilie Preyer. Trimmed, relined. - Provenance: 24th sale exhibition Galery Körs, Düsseldorf, 21.10. - 5.11.1989; since then private collection Lower Saxony, North Germany - German still life paintress from a family of artists. She was pupil of her father, the still life painter. Johann Wilhelm P. After her death a great Preyer exhibition was held in Düsseldorf, featuring still lifes of Emilie a. her father as well as paintings of her uncle Gustav a. her brother Paul. Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), Karlsruhe, Philadelphia u.a. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Fruit. On a tablecloth grapes, hazelnuts, a twig with plums and a cracked-open apricot. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 17.5 x 23cm. Notation: Signed lower right: "Emilie Preyer". Frame: Framed. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany; family-owned since before the 1930s. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Emilie Preyer Germany Düsseldorf School 19th C. Paintings Framed Fruits Painting Still Life
ÉMILIE PREYER (DÜSSELDORF 1849-1930). Nature morte aux pêches, prune, raisins et noisettes sur un entablement. huile sur toile, sur sa toile d'origine16,4 x 23 cm (6 ½ x 9 in.).
EMILIE PREYER (1849 Düsseldorf 1930) Still life of fruit with champagne bowl. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. 25.3 × 35.2 cm. Provenance: - With Kunsthandlung am Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt am Main. - With Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf. - Private collection, Switzerland. Literature: - Weltkunst, issue 18, 1994, p. 2341 (with ill.). - Weltkunst, issue 5, 1996, p. 485. - Siegfried Weiss and Hans Paffrath (ed.): Preyer. Mit den Werkverzeichnissen der Gemälde von Johann Wilhelm und Emilie Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, pp. 174 and 213, no. 46 (with ill.). ------------------------------------------------- EMILIE PREYER (1849 Düsseldorf 1930) Früchtestillleben mit Sektschale. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten rechts signiert: Emilie Preyer. 25,3 × 35,2 cm. Provenienz: - Kunsthandlung am Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt am Main. - Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf. - Schweizer Privatbesitz. Literatur: - Weltkunst, Heft 18, 1994, S. 2341 (mit Abb.). - Weltkunst, Heft 5, 1996, S. 485. - Siegfried Weiss und Hans Paffrath (Hrsg.): Preyer. Mit den Werkverzeichnissen der Gemälde von Johann Wilhelm und Emilie Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, S. 174 und 213, Nr. 46 (mit Abb.). Dieses aussergewöhnliche Stillleben mit Trauben, Pfirsichen und Sektschale der Düsseldorfer Künstlerin Emilie Preyer besticht durch die fotorealistische Manier, in der diese farbenfrohe Komposition auf die Leinwand gebracht wurde. Emilie Preyer, die als herausragende Künstlerin eine Sonderstellung in der deutschen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts einnimmt, zeigt uns ihr Können insbesondere durch die detailverliebte Malerei der unterschiedlichen Stofflichkeiten, der Wassertropfen auf den Früchten, der kleinen Fliege auf dem Tischtuch sowie durch die virtuos gemalten Bläschen, die im Sektglas aufsteigen. Es ist nicht verwunderlich, dass die Malerin bereits zu Lebzeiten mit ihren Gemälden positive Aufmerksamkeit erregte und auch heute noch erfreuen sich ihre Stillleben grosser Beliebtheit.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930). Oil on canvas, still life with fruit. Signed lower center Emilie Preyer and initialed illegibly (M.G.?) lower right. 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (with frame 23" x 21"). Repairs and inpainting, heavily varnished, tear upper right.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930). Oil on canvas, still life with fruit. Signed lower center Emilie Preyer and initialed illegibly (M.G.?) lower right. 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (with frame 23" x 21"). Repairs and inpainting, heavily varnished, tear upper right.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Peach, Apricots, Grapes and Hazelnuts. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 23 x 29cm. Notation: Signed lower right: "Emilie Preyer". Frame: Framed. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Emilie Preyer Germany Düsseldorf School 19th C. Paintings Framed Fruits Painting Still Life
(Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Peaches, Grapes, Hazelnut and a Wasp, signed Emilie Preyer, oil on canvas, 18.5 x 24.5 cm, framed Provenance: Private Collection, Austria.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930). Oil on canvas, still life with fruit. Signed lower center Emilie Preyer and initialed illegibly (M.G.?) lower right. 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (with frame 23" x 21"). Repairs and inpainting, heavily varnished.
Emilie Preyer German 1849 - 1930 Fruit Still Life with Hazelnuts, White Grapes, Peaches, Plums and a Branch signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. oil on canvas canvas: 6 ¾ by 9 in.; 17.1 by 22.9 cm framed: 10 by 12 ¼ in.; 25.4 by 31.1 cm
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930). Oil on canvas, still life with fruit. Signed lower center Emilie Preyer and initialed illegibly (M.G.?) lower right. 13 1/2" x 11 1/2" (with frame 23" x 21"). Repairs and inpainting, heavily varnished.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Grapes, Raisins and Apricots on a Stone Slab. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 17.5 x 23.5cm. Notation: Signed lower right: "Emilie Preyer". Frame: Framed. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany (since three generations). Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 32,77 Euro plus 6,23 Euro VAT EU: 50,42 Euro plus 9,58 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue Emilie Preyer Germany Düsseldorf School 19th C. Paintings Framed Still Life Painting Fruits
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Blue Grapes, Apricots, a Peach and Nuts. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 19 x 26cm. Notation: Signed lower right: "Emilie Preyer". Frame: Framed. Cf. literature: S. Weiß & H. Paffrath (eds.): Preyer. Johann Wilhelm 1803-1889 und Emilie 1849-1930. Mit den Werkverzeichnissen der Gemälde von Johann Wilhelm und Emilie Preyer, Cologne 2009, no. 91 with coloured ill. p. 218. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany; acc. to present information for ca. 100 years South German private ownership. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Emilie Preyer Germany Düsseldorf School 19th C. Paintings Framed Still Life Painting Fruits
(Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Hazelnuts, Half an Apricot, Plums, Grapes and a Fly, signed Emilie Preyer, oil on canvas, 16 x 21 cm, framed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Three generations - Private Collection Germany; Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 2000, lot 119. Richard Green Gallery, London; Acquired from the above - Private Collection, Austria. Catalogued and illustrated in: Siegfried Weiß, Hans Paffrath (ed.), Johann Wilhelm (1803–1889) und Emilie (1849–1930) Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 214, no. 53.
(Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Peaches, Red Grapes, Hazelnuts and a Wasp, signed Emilie Preyer, oil on canvas, 16 x 21 cm, framed Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Three generations - Private Collection Germany; Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 22 June 2000, lot 118; Richard Green Gallery, London; Acquired from the above - Private Collection, Austria. Catalogued and illustrated in: Siegfried Weiß, Hans Paffreth (ed.), Johann Wilhelm (1803–1889) und Emilie (1849–1930) Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 214, no. 52.
(Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Two Walnuts, Plums, Grapes, a Peach on a Branch and a Fly, signed, dated Emilie Preyer 1871, oil on canvas, 22 x 27 cm, framed Provenance: (Probably) Collection of Robert (1898–1972) and Bertha Tilly (born in 1899), New York; Their Sale, New York, 1949; Sale, Sotheby’s New York, 28 October 1986, lot 248; Sale, Beijers Auktioner, Stockholm, 7 November 1989, lot 257; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 20 February 1992, lot 12; Private Collection, Austria. Catalogued and illustrated in: Siegfried Weiß, Hans Paffrath (ed.), Johann Wilhelm (1803–1889) und Emilie (1849–1930) Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 209, no. 8. Emilie Preyer's still lifes are unparalleled in their naturalism. With a mastery reminiscent of the Old Masters, the Düsseldorf artist brings fruit, leaves, and nuts to life with such vivid realism that they appear freshly picked. Her rich, vibrant colours continue to captivate viewers to this day. Preyer avoids elaborate interiors, opting for neutral backgrounds that allow her subjects—bathed in soft light—to take centre stage. A hallmark of her work is the inclusion of delicate details such as wasps, flies, and shimmering droplets, evoking the freshness of the fruit. Born into a family of painters in 1849, Preyer was taught by her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer, a celebrated still-life artist. Denied formal education due to her gender, she pursued private lessons at the Düsseldorf Academy. By the age of 16, she had completed her first oil painting, and just three years later, she was already an established artist, regularly exhibiting at prominent galleries like Bismeyer & Kraus and Eduard Schultes. Over the course of her career, she produced around 250 paintings, which found admirers around the world. Despite the rise of new artistic movements, Preyer remained committed to her classical style, living quietly in her family home in Düsseldorf. Today, her works are once again receiving the recognition they deserve, celebrated for their exquisite technique and enduring allure.
PREYER, EMILIE (1849-1930) Still life with peach, grapes and nuts 1893, arranged on a jacquard tablecloth, in the foreground a fly and two drops of water, lower right signed and dated, oil on canvas, HxW approx. 14x19cm (40x46cm with frame), signs of age and wear. Framed behind glass, frame with plaque inscribed 'E. Preyer' (frame partially damaged and reworked). VERSO on the stretcher numbered in blue chalk: 104.
Emilie Preyer German 1849-1930 Still Life with Grapes, Plums and a Peach signed and dated lower right: Emilie Preyer 1880. oil on panel panel: 7 ¼ by 9 ¾ in.; 18.5 by 24.7 cm. framed: 13 ½ by 16 in.; 34 by 40.5 cm.
Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer Emilie Preyer began drawing and painting in watercolours as a child. Since she was a woman, she was not allowed to attend the academy and so she received her first artistic training from her father Wilhelm Preyer, whose style she adopted and developed further. Thus, she too preferred the still life genre with fruits and insects, but her colour palette is more rich in contrast, not least because she usually uses a white cloth as a background for her arrangements. The present work is not listed in the monograph by S. Weiß / H. Paffrath (op. cit.), but several very similar paintings can be found there. The piece combines all the characteristic elements of this painter's works.
(Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Peach, Plums, Grapes and a Fly, signed Emilie Preyer, stamp on the reverse Carl Kobs, Magazin für Künstler, Düsseldorf, oil on canvas, 16.5 x 21.5 cm, framed (frame damaged) Provenance: Private Collection, Austria. Compare: Siegfried Weiß, Hans Paffrath (Ed.), Johann Wilhelm (1803–1889) and Emilie (1849–1930) Preyer, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 214, no. 54 f.
Preyer, Emilie (Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 ebda., Malerin von Blumen- und Früchtestillleben, Tochter und Schülerin von Johann Wilhelm Preyer), "Gartenblumenstrauß in einer Glasvase", Öl auf Leinwand, signiert unten rechts Emilie Preyer, 26 x 23.3 cm. Anhand von Fotografien hat Hans Paffrath (Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf) die Aufnahme dieses Gemäldes in den Nachtrag des Werksverzeichnisses zu Emilie Preyer in Aussicht gestellt. Johann Wilhelm Preyer und seine Tochter Emilie gelten als die bedeutendsten deutschen Stilllebenmaler der Düsseldorfer Malerschule. Da die offizielle Ausbildung an der Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie Emilie Preyer als Frau verwehrt blieb, lernte die Künstlerin bei ihrem talentierten Vater und einigen seiner Künstlerkollegen und wurde mit der Zeit zu einer würdigen Nachfolgerin des Stillleben-Meisters. Obwohl sich die Stilistik von Vater und Tochter ähnelt und Emilie ihrem Vater auch in der Motivwahl folgte, finden sich bei genauer Betrachtung deutliche Unterschiede in der Behandlung von Stofflichkeit und Licht. Die zahlreichen fein ausgeführten Details in diesem hier angebotenen "Gartenstrauß in Glasvase" verdeutlichen das große Talent der Künstlerin in besonderer Weise. Im Henkel der Glasvase spiegelt sich das Fenster, ganz unscheinbar und doch so bedeutend für die Lichtführung in dieser Arbeit. Ebenso sind es die kleinen Wassertropfen auf den grünen Blättern, die das Licht des wohl gegenüberliegenden Fensters auf virtuose Weise einfangen. Die mit höchster Präzision ausgeführten Blüten und Blätter sind Zeugnis dafür, dass es sich bei Emilie Preyer um eine wahre Stillleben Meisterin handelt. Aufgrund ihrer hohen malerischen Qualität erfreuen sich Werke der Künstlerin Emilie Preyer einer hohen Nachfrage auf dem Kunstmarkt. Dies gilt vor allem für Werke, wie bei dem hier angebotenen, die sich lange in Privatbesitz befunden haben.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Grapes, Peaches and Hazelnuts on a Marble Platter. Technique: Oil on canvas. Mounting: Relined. Measurement: 20 x 27cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Literature: S. Weiß & H. Paffrath (eds.): Preyer. Johann Wilhelm 1803-1889 and Emilie 1849-1930. With the catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Johann Wilhelm and Emilie Preyer, Cologne 2009, p. 218, no. 91. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany. Explanations to the Catalogue
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Grapes, Peach, Plums and a Champagne Flute. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 24 x 32cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Literature: S. Weiß & H. Paffrath (ed.): Preyer. Johann Wilhelm 1803-1889 und Emilie 1849-1930. With the catalogues raisonnés of the paintings from Johann Wilhelm and Emilie Preyer, Cologne 2009, no. 40 with colour ill. p. 170. Provenance: Collection Budde, Kerken. Explanations to the Catalogue
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Fruit Still Life with Apricots, Plums and Grapes on Table with Damask Cloth. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 17.5 x 23cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Provenance: Collection Budde, Kerken. Explanations to the Catalogue
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Still Life with Grapes, Plaum on a Branch, a Sliced Apricot and Hazelnuts. A fly on an embroidered damask cloth. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 17 x 23,5cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany. The Düsseldorf-born artist Emilie Preyer is best known for her detailed fruit still lifes. She shared her preference for this genre with her father, Johann Wilhelm Preyer. As women were not allowed to study art at the Academy of Arts at that time, Emilie Preyer learned painting from her father and his fellow artists in Düsseldorf and for this reason is still considered an unofficial student of the Royal Academy of Arts in Düsseldorf. The present painting shows an arrangement of fruits and nuts executed with meticulous detail. On a table covered with white damask are three plums, already overripe and slightly cracked, with twig and leaves, a few hazelnuts and half a cut apricot already pitted. The arrangement in the background is flanked by light and dark grapes, while in the foreground a fly cautiously approaches the sweet nectar of the fruit, which has already dripped onto the tablecloth. Emilie Preyer's fruit still lifes still inspire their viewers today because of their timelessness. Already in our last FINE ART auctions, we were frequently able to sell very comparable versions of the theme from Emlie Preyer's studio and thus set auction records with works from the Preyer family.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930) A still life of plums, grapes, a peach, and tree nuts on a draped table signed 'Emilie Preyer' (lower right) oil on canvas 8 x 10 1/4in (20.3 x 26cm) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
STILLLEBEN MIT TRAUBEN UND PFIRSICH Öl auf Kupferplatte. 18 x 24 cm. Rechts unten signiert „Emilie Preyer“. In dekorativem Rahmen. Vor braunem Hintergrund auf einem Tisch mit beiger, gemusterter Decke liegend, einige helle Weintrauben, zwei Pflaumen mit kleinem Zweig und ein leuchtender, samtiger Pfirsich. Als belebendes Element ist zudem ein kleines Insekt vor dem Pfirsich zu entdecken. Feine naturalistische Malerei in weicher, harmonischer Farbgebung. Emilie Preyer war Tochter des bekannten Stilllebenmalers Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889). Sie studierte an der Königlichen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. Sie schuf um 250 Gemälde; mit ihrem Gespür für die Harmonie der Farben begeisterte sie ihre Zeitgenossen. Ihre Stillleben zählten zu begehrten Sammlerstücken. (1270351) (1) (18) Emilie Preyer, 1849 DÜsseldorf – 1930 ibid. STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES AND PEACH Oil on copper. 18 x 24 cm. Signed “Emilie Preyer” lower right.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Title: Fruit Still Life. Technique: Oil on canvas. Measurement: 17,5 x 23cm. Notation: Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Verso: On the stretcher gallery label Kunsthaus Bühler, Stuttgart. Literature: S. Weiß & H. Paffrath (eds.): PREYER. Johann Wilhelm 1803-1889 und Emilie 1849-1930. With the catalogue raisonné of the paintings by Johann Wilhelm and Emilie Preyer, Cologne 2009, p. 174, no. 73. Provenance: Private collection, Germany, acquired from Galerie Paffrath, Düsseldorf. Emilie Preyer's still lifes are supra-temporal in their reduced, concentrated arrangements and their meticulously naturalistic style of depiction. The Düsseldorf artist had studied painting primarily with her father Johann Wilhelm Preyer, but was also allowed to be an unofficial pupil of his professor colleagues at the academy. She inspired throughout her lifetime and to this day with her brilliantly crafted small-format works, which never submitted to modernity. The painting presented here is a very typical work by the painter. On a tabletop aligned parallel to the lower edge of the picture and overlapped by the lateral edges, which is covered with a white damask tablecloth, lies the autumnal harvest: overripe, partly slightly burst plums with twig and leaves, blue and light grapes, half an apricot and two hazelnuts. The harmonious colour effect, the reduced composition in front of the neutral background, accentuated only by the incidence of light, but especially the masterly depiction of the surfaces is fascinating. Emilie Preyer treats the creases and slight compressions of the tablecloth with the same attention as the different degrees of ripeness and surfaces of the fruit and the sweet drops of juice that have attracted a fly. The creator of this feast for the eyes is one of the few women painters who were able to make a living from her painting in the 19th century. Today, her paintings are represented in national and international collections and museums.
Please note the exact Buyer’s Premium charges which can be found in the Conditions of Sale in the Terms below. (Düsseldorf 1849–1930) Still Life with Grapes, Peaches, a Pear and Nuts, signed, dated Emilie Preyer 1869, oil on canvas, 26 x 32.5 cm, framed Provenance: European Private Collection.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849–1930) Still Life with Peach, Plums, Grapes and Hazelnuts with Fly on a Tablecloth; together with a companion painting Both signed 'Emilie Preyer' bottom right, one also illegibly inscribed, dated '1903' and signed on stretcher verso; pair oils, one on paper laid down to canvas, the other directly on canvas Largest: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (18.1 x 24.8cm) (2) provenance: David Bendann's, Baltimore, Maryland. Private Collection, Baltimore, Maryland. By descent in the family. Private Collection, South Carolina. NOTE: An important female painter in 19th and early 20th century Germany, Emilie Preyer was an unofficial student of the Düsseldorf Royal Art Academy. She also received training from her father, the well-known still life painter Johann Wilhelm Preyer, a master of the Düsseldorf School of painting. While Emilie's painting is closely tied to her father's work, she is recognized in her own right as a skillfull trompe l'oeil tabletop still life painter. Rendered with great optical fidelity and meticulous detail, Emilie Preyer's still lifes are carefully arranged, typically featuring fruit, sometimes accompanied by champagne, nuts and insects. Each of the present paintings features grapes, peaches, and a fly. Water droplets are also present in each work, and one of the paintings includes plums and hazelnuts. While the fruit is placed atop a marble slab in one of the paintings, and on a tablecloth in the other, the transience of life is apparent in each: in the former painting, the peach in the background is beginning to rot, as noted by the turning color of its skin; in the latter painting, the plum skins have started to split, also indicating that the fruit is past its prime. Preyer's fool-the-eye mastery is clearly on display in each work, not only in terms of the technical proficiency with which the paintings' elements are depicted, but also in terms of her purposeful placement of individual elements over the front edges of the tabletops: a single grape in one painting, and a plum leaf in the other. In so doing, Preyer convincingly breaks the surface of the picture plane, thereby creating a visual foreground which draws the viewer into each finely painted composition. We wish to thank Mr. Hans Paffrath from Galerie Paffrath in Düsseldorf, Germany, for kindly confirming the authenticty of the present works.
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930) Still Life with Fruit and a Glass of Champagne signed 'Emilie Preyer.' (lower right) oil on canvas 9 ½ x 12 ½ in. (24.1 x 31.8 cm.)
Emilie Preyer (German, 1849-1930), still life of fruit with champagne glass, oil on canvas, signed, 17" x 16", framed 26" x 24". Provenance: On loan to the Louvre Museum, Paris, by Emilie Preyer, daughter of Wilhelm Preyer; thence to Doctor Carl Katz, Cincinnati, Ohio and Lake Garda, Italy; thence to his daughter Fern Baron Creelan of Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Emilie Preÿer (Preyer) - (1849-1930) Nature morte aux fruits signé et daté 'Emilie Preÿer 1897' (en bas à droite) huile sur toile 98 x 133 cm. Peint en 1897
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Still Life with Champagne Flute. Oil on canvas. 31,5 x 24,5cm. Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Framed. Verso: On the stretcher label of the art salon Abels, Cologne.
Attribution: Emilie Preyer, 1849-1930, Still life with lemons, olives and apples, watercolor study on paper, back dated 07/10/1884, about 9.5x14.5cm, under glass, frames, from the estate of the artist
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Study Sheet with Glass, Pot and Goblet. Black pen with white heightening on paper. 30,5 x 24 cm. Dated lower right: 27/2. Framed.
PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Stillleben mit Trauben und Pfirsichen. Öl auf Leinwand. 17,3 x 23,3cm. Signiert unten rechts: Emilie Preyer. Rahmen. PREYER, EMILIE Düsseldorf 1849 - 1930 Still life Grapes and Peaches. Oil on canvas. 17,3 x 23,3cm. Signed lower right: Emilie Preyer. Framed.
Preyer Emilie, Düsseldorf 1849 - Düsseldorf 1930, Blades with Chafers and a Butterfly, Watercolour, 28 x 21 cm, lo. le. monogr. a. dat. E. Pr. 23/11. 1888, matted a. framed under glass. - German still life paintress from a family of artists. She was pupil of her father, the still life painter. Johann Wilhelm P. After her death a great Preyer exhibition was held in Düsseldorf, featuring still lifes of Emilie a. her father as well as paintings of her uncle Gustav a. her brother Paul. - Mus.: New York (Metrop. Mus.), Karlsruhe, Philadelphia u.a. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
