Pietronella Peters
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Pietronella Peters (1848-1924) was a German painter who specialized in portraits and
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scenes of children.


Biography

She was born to
Pieter Francis Peters Pieter Francis Peters, originally Pieter Franciscus Peters Jr. (7 June 1818, Nijmegen - 23 February 1903, Stuttgart) was a Dutch-born German landscape painter, graphic artist and art dealer. Biography His father was a well-known glass painter ...
, a Dutch landscape painter, and his wife, Heinrike Gertrude née Mali. Her grandfather was a glass painter in
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and her uncle,
Christian Mali Christian Friedrich Mali (6 October 1832, Darthuizen (near Utrecht) – 1 October 1906, Munich) was a German painter and art professor. His older brother, Johannes Cornelis Jacobus Mali (1828–1865) was also a painter. Life Mali was the youn ...
, was a well-known
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of the Munich School, who lived with her family. Her sister, Anna Peters, became a
still-life A still life (: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, ...
painter, specializing in flowers. She received her first lessons from her father and uncles, Christian and . In addition to her portraits of children, she painted numerous portraits of her extended family members. Peters contributed illustrations to Isabella Braun's ''Der Mädchen liebstes Buch'' (1880) as well as publishing a series of portraits: ''Girls Album''. From 1894 to 1904, and then again from 1907 until her death, she spent summers at , a 13th-century castle in Esslingen, where she created scenes featuring the children of the castle's inhabitants. From 1912 until 1924, she lived with her sisters Anna and Ida. A large collection of her works may be found at the
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in
Biberach an der Riß Biberach an der Riß (, ; ), often referred to as simply Biberach (), is a town in southern Germany. It is the capital of Biberach (district), Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state (Lands of Germany, Land) of Baden-Wü ...
and at Schloss Köngen.


Selected paintings

Pietronella Peters Das neue Puppenkleid.jpg, ''The Puppet's New Dress'' File:Pietronella Peters Lesestunde.jpg, ''Tea Talk'' File:Pietronella Peters Mädchen beim Kinderkaffee.jpg, ''Children's Tea'' File:Pietronella Peters Der Liebling.jpg, ''Darling''


References


Sources

*Monika Machnicki: ''Anna Peters''. Vorwort zum Katalog zur Ausstellung "Anna Peters 1843 - 1926" im
Braith-Mali-Museum The Museum Biberach is a museum with several sections in Biberach an der Riss in Upper Swabia. The museum resides in one of the oldest and biggest buildings from the 16th century in this city. It belongs to the considerable collections in Baden- ...
in
Biberach an der Riß Biberach an der Riß (, ; ), often referred to as simply Biberach (), is a town in southern Germany. It is the capital of Biberach (district), Biberach district, in the Upper Swabia region of the German state (Lands of Germany, Land) of Baden-Wü ...
, 1990, *Herbert Hoffmann, Kurt Diemer: Katalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Braith-Mali-Museum, Biberach an der Riß, 1975 *


External links


Pietronella Peters: ''Die junge Künstlerin Anna Peters an der Staffelei.'' (c.1870) @ Kunstmarkt.com

ArtNet: More works by Peters.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Pietronella 1848 births 1924 deaths 19th-century German painters 20th-century German painters German genre painters Painters from Stuttgart 20th-century German women painters 19th-century German women painters