MEYERHEIM, P.VUL (1842—). A German painter, born in Berlin, son and pupil of Fried rieh Eduard Aleyerheini. lie also studied at the Berlin Acacdenn•, and traveled and studied in Germany, the Tyrol, and the Netherlands, final ly spending a year in Paris, whence he returned to Berlin, impressed with the brilliant color• schemes of the French painters and matured in technical skill. Although he won distinction in genre, landscape, and portraiture, and as a deco rative artist, his fame rests chiefly on master ly rendering of the animal world, the incompara ble humorous delineations of the monkey race, portrayed as sharers in the tragicomedy of hu man life, constituting his most popular success. Even the following limited selection from a long series of sterling productions may convey an idea of his versatility: "An Amsterdam Antiquary" (181;9), "Menagerie" (1885), both in the Nation al Gallery. Berlin. the staircase of which he
adorned with as evhau•uring frieze in fresco, allegor izing "The Four (1883) in the life of birds. To this fanciful creat bin a realist ic cycle of seven paintings on huge copper plaques. illus trating "The Life-Course of a Locomotive" (1878). in the Villa Borsig, Berlin, forms a strik ing contrast. (1872), with it S wonderful light effects: "Wild Alan's Tent" (1874); "The Young Lions:" "The Card Shap ers" (monkeys, 1882) ; "Monkeys in a Studio," and, out of many tine landscapes. mostly of mountain scenery with cattle, a "Charcoal l'it in the Bavarian Alps" (1887. Hamburg Gallery), are only a few among his hest efforts. i If numerous excellent portraits those of his father and of Daniel Clualowiecki (1887), both in the Aluseum at Danzig, are representative examples. Considt _Meissner, in the .1 ri Journal (London. 1895).