Emma Eleonora Meyer (Danish painter) 1859 – 1921
Et Interieur fra den Kgl. Porcellainsfabrik (Women Decorating Porcelain at Den Kgl. Porcelænsfabrik (Royal Copenhagen)), 1895
oil on canvas
58 x 80 cm. (22.83 x 31.5 in.)
signed and dated E. M. 95
private collection
© photo Bruun Rasmussen

Emma Meyer’s sister was Jenny Meyer – a well-known porcelain painter at Royal Copenhagen. It is obvious that Emma Meyer found inspiration when visiting her sister at work. One of the lovely young ladies in the present painting might even be Jenny Meyer.

Emma Meyer studied at Emilie Mundt and Marie Luplau’s drawing and painting school for women. She was also a student of Harald Foss, who taught her landscape painting, and P. S. Krøyer.

She focused on landscape painting like her close friend Louise Ravn-Hansen, with whom she also traveled. She typically painted Danish landscapes, for example from the Silkeborg area, but she also depicted landscapes on her shorter journeys abroad. Emma Meyer made her debut at Charlottenborg’s Spring Exhibition in 1885 and exhibited here, with a few exceptions, until her death in 1921. She also participated in the Women Artists’ Retrospective Exhibition (Kvindelige Kunstneres Retrospektive Udstilling) in 1920 in Copenhagen.

After the early death of her friend Louise Ravn-Hansen in 1909, a grant was established in the name of Ravn-Hansen and awarded to female landscape painters. Emma Meyer received this grant in 1916.

Source: Bruun Rasmussen