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Lot 2058 Dα

Johann Wilhelm Preyer - Still Life with Grapes and Greengages

Auction 1118 - overview Cologne
17.11.2018, 14:00 - 19th Century Art
Estimate: 18.000 € - 22.000 €
Result: 45.880 € (incl. premium)

Johann Wilhelm Preyer

Still Life with Grapes and Greengages

Oil on canvas, mounted on panel. 28 x 38 cm.
Signed and dated lower left: JW Preyer (conjoined) 1880.

Johann Wilhelm Preyer is among the most well-known members of the Düsseldorf school of painters, and was among its few proponents of still life painting. He is recognised as one of 19th century Germany's most important fruit still life painters and his works helped this genre to achieve an unprecendented rise in popularity. Many of his fruit still lifes, inspired by the works of the old masters, are today housed in American collections.

Provenance

West German private collection.