Friedrich Preller the Elder

German · 1804–1878 · Painter, Printmaker

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… (Wikipedia)

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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.

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Born 1804, EisenachDied 1878, WeimarOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q1461580 ↗ULAN 500023376 ↗Museum works 16

Also known as d. Ä., F. Preller, d. Ä., Fr. Preller, d. a., friedrich preller, e. preller d. a., Ernst Christian Johann Friedrich Preller, F. d. Ä. Preller, F. d. Aelt. Preller, F. J. d. Aelt. Preller and 5 other name forms

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Friedrich Preller the Elder, The Artist's Children: Friedrich, Emil, and Ernst — **The Artist's Children: Friedrich, Emil, and Ernst**ca. 1848 · Graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2004 — Open Access (CC0)

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Centaurs at a Pond — **Centaurs at a Pond**1824–78 · Pen and black ink, brush and gray and brown ink, black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harry G. Sperling Fund, 2009 — Open Access (CC0)

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle and a Boat — **Italian Landscape with the Tiber River and Men with Cattle and a Boat**1873 · Graphite; framing lines in graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha …

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Italian Coastal Landscape with a Thunderstorm — **Italian Coastal Landscape with a Thunderstorm**1828/1831 · pen and red-brown ink with red-brown and gray washes, heightened with white, over graphite on paper; mounted on board
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Friedrich Preller the Elder, An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds — **An Italianate Landscape with Shepherds**c. 1831 · pen and gray ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on gray laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Per…

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Untitled — **Untitled**1863
Bavarian State Painting Collections ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bavarian State Painting Collections

Friedrich Preller the Elder, 3 scenes from Odyssee — **3 scenes from Odyssee**1865
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Friedrich Preller the Elder, La Serpentara near Olevano — **La Serpentara near Olevano**1829 · pen and brown ink over black chalk
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Musicale at the Prellers' — **Musicale at the Prellers'**1838 · graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Delia E. Holden Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Friedrich Preller the Elder, Self-Portrait — **Self-Portrait**1838 · graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Helen Greene Perry Charitable Trust and …

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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