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Friedrich Preller the Elder
Friedrich Preller the Elder

Friedrich Preller the Elder

German, 1804-1878
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Friedrich Preller the Elder was a German landscape painter and etcher. From 1832 he was a professor at the Fürstlichen freien Zeichenschule in Weimar. He was the father of the artist Friedrich Preller the Younger.

He was born at Eisenach. After studying drawing at Weimar, he went in 1821, on Goethe's advice, to Dresden, where in 1824 he was invited to accompany the grand duke of Weimar to Belgium. He became a pupil in the academy at Antwerp. From 1827 to 1831 he studied in Italy, and in 1831 received an appointment in the Weimar school of art.

In 1834–1836 he executed in tempera six pictures on subjects taken from the Odyssey in the Roman House at Leipzig, in 1836–1837 the landscapes with scenes from Oberon in the Wieland room in the grand-ducal Schloss at Weimar, and in 1836–1848 six frescoes on Thuringian subjects commissioned by the grand duchess.

In 1840 he visited Norway and produced a number of easel works, some of which are preserved at Weimar. In 1859 he revisited Italy, and on his return in 1861 he completed for the grand-ducal museum the frescoes illustrative of the Odyssey, which are held to constitute his chief claim to fame. He returned to Weimar, where he died.

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Odysseus approaches Nausicaa pleading for help

Odysseus approaches Nausicaa pleading for help (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 12

Odyssee-Zyklus 12 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 11

Odyssee-Zyklus 11 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 10

Odyssee-Zyklus 10 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 1

Odyssee-Zyklus 1 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 2

Odyssee-Zyklus 2 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 3

Odyssee-Zyklus 3 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Italian Coastal Landscape with a Thunderstorm

Italian Coastal Landscape with a Thunderstorm (1828-1831)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
Odyssee-Zyklus 4

Odyssee-Zyklus 4 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 5

Odyssee-Zyklus 5 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Mountain landscape from Norway

Mountain landscape from Norway (1840-1850)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
Flußlandschaft bei Salzburg

Flußlandschaft bei Salzburg (1872)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
Odysseus empfängt von Hermes das Moly

Odysseus empfängt von Hermes das Moly (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Departure from the lands of the Cyclops

Departure from the lands of the Cyclops (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 6

Odyssee-Zyklus 6 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 7

Odyssee-Zyklus 7 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 8

Odyssee-Zyklus 8 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Odyssee-Zyklus 9

Odyssee-Zyklus 9 (1864)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Mythology
Landschaft mit Eichen am Meer

Landschaft mit Eichen am Meer (1834)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
A Landscape with Cormorants on a Rock,

A Landscape with Cormorants on a Rock,

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
Italienische Landschaft mit Hirten

Italienische Landschaft mit Hirten (ca.1831)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds

An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds (c. 1831)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Landscape
Auf der Straße nach Civitella, dem heutigen Bellegra

Auf der Straße nach Civitella, dem heutigen Bellegra (1830)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Blick von der Serpentara auf Olevano und Civitella

Blick von der Serpentara auf Olevano und Civitella (1831)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Landschaft am Golf von Pozzuoli

Landschaft am Golf von Pozzuoli (1879)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
La Serpentara near Olevano

La Serpentara near Olevano (1829)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Die rastende Diana am Rande eines Waldes

Die rastende Diana am Rande eines Waldes

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Das Göllmassiv mit dem Untersberg

Das Göllmassiv mit dem Untersberg

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Aqua Cetosa; Italienische Ideallandschaft, im Vordergrund Schifferboote und zwei Männer mit Büffeln

Aqua Cetosa; Italienische Ideallandschaft, im Vordergrund Schifferboote und zwei Männer mit Büffeln (1872)

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
Drawings
Landscape

Landscape

Friedrich Preller the Elder (German, 1804-1878)
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