Beyer, Henry of Minter (ur. 07.03.1782 Szczecin, zm. 24.10.1855 Chrzanów near Warsaw).
Initially, she studied drawing in Szczecin under the painter Peter Schmidt. In years 1805-11, while in Berlin with brother Karol Fryderyk, miniaturist and lithographer, studied with Gottfried Wilhelm Volker, the then famous flower painter, director of a porcelain factory and professor at the Berlin Academy. W 1811 she moved to Warsaw, where she married Wilhelm Beyer two years later, a government official. She took up painting professionally after the death of her husband, W. 1819. Professional advice was given by her brother Karol Fryderyk, from 1822 permanently living in Warsaw, and Antoni Brodowski. She was also involved in pedagogical work. Initially, she gave private lessons, and in years 1824-33 she ran the first school of painting and drawing for women in Poland. She participated in exhibitions in Warsaw 1821-45 (bronze medal in 1821, gold medals in 1823 i 1825, praise w 1828). She was painting – oily, watercolor, less often in gouache – decorative still lifes in the pattern of the Dutch, composed of flowers and fruit, and sometimes portraits framed by flowers (Portrait of Jan Kochanowski repainted from the portrait of Emperor Alexander I at the Museum in Czarnolas).
Initially, she studied drawing in Szczecin under the painter Peter Schmidt. In years 1805-11, while in Berlin with brother Karol Fryderyk, miniaturist and lithographer, studied with Gottfried Wilhelm Volker, the then famous flower painter, director of a porcelain factory and professor at the Berlin Academy. W 1811 she moved to Warsaw, where she married Wilhelm Beyer two years later, a government official. She took up painting professionally after the death of her husband, W. 1819. Professional advice was given by her brother Karol Fryderyk, from 1822 permanently living in Warsaw, and Antoni Brodowski. She was also involved in pedagogical work. Initially, she gave private lessons, and in years 1824-33 she ran the first school of painting and drawing for women in Poland. She participated in exhibitions in Warsaw 1821-45 (bronze medal in 1821, gold medals in 1823 i 1825, praise w 1828). She was painting – oily, watercolor, less often in gouache – decorative still lifes in the pattern of the Dutch, composed of flowers and fruit, and sometimes portraits framed by flowers (Portrait of Jan Kochanowski repainted from the portrait of Emperor Alexander I at the Museum in Czarnolas).
A bouquet of flowers in a vase, 1827
oil, canvas, 85 x 66 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
oil, canvas, 85 x 66 cm;
National Museum in Warsaw;
