Preller, Friedrich

Related Category: European Art, 1600 to the Present: Biographies

(frē´drĭkh prĕl´ər), 1804–78, German painter and etcher, professor at the Weimar Academy. He is best known for his Odyssey landscapes, a series of 16 encaustic paintings. Also notable are his Thuringian landscapes in tempera and his Norwegian landscapes.