Paul Friedrich Meyerheim

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim studied at Prussian Academy of Arts and Academy of Arts, Berlin. Training under Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim is recorded. Paul Lehfeldt is recorded as having studied under Paul Friedrich Meyerheim. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is illustration, painting and graphics. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Amsterdam. Employment is recorded with Berlin University of the Arts. Work by Paul Friedrich Meyerheim is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections, Berlinische Galerie, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Hungarian National Gallery. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Eagle 4th Class and Order of the Crown.

• Name — Paul Friedrich Meyerheim • Born — 13 July 1842 • Birthplace — Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia • Died — 14 September 1915 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Education — Prussian Academy of Arts • Known for — Painter, teacher • Movement — Orientalist

• Illustration — Menagerie Paul Friedrich Meyerheim was born in Berlin on 13 July 1842. He and his brother took their first art lessons from his father. As a young boy, he was fascinated with the new Berlin Zoological Gardens and went there so often he was able to befriend Martin Lichtenstein, the zoo's founder, who allowed him into areas that were normally closed to the public. This experience led him to specialize in animal painting. From 1857 to 1860 he attended the Prussian Academy of Arts. Later, he made several study trips to Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands and spent a year in Paris. In 1883, he established an animal painting class at the Academy. He was appointed a Professor there in 1887 and became a member of the Academic Senate. Meyerheim was a friend of the Borsig family, owners of the Borsig-Werke, a company that manufactured railroad locomotives. He produced many illustrations and designs especially for them. A major attraction at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in 1912 was a series of seven huge images, painted on copper, that he had done for the Borsigs in 1873/76. The panels were called "Lebensgeschichte einer Lokomotive" (Life History of a Locomotive) and were originally intended for the garden loggia at their home in Alt-Moabit. Some panels are now in the possession of the Märkisches Museum in Berlin-Mitte and the Deutschen Technikmuseum. Paul Friedrich Meyerheim died in Berlin on 14 September 1915 and was buried in Berlin's Friedrichsfelde Cemetery.

His father was the painter Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim (1808–1879); his elder brother, Franz Eduard Meyerheim, was also a painter as were his uncles, Wilhelm Alexander (1815–1882) and Hermann (fl.1860s).

• Illustration — Extraction of the Ore • Illustration — Blast Furnace Slag • Illustration — Engineering Works • Illustration — Locomotive Construction

The authorities additionally record the headings Paul Meyerheim, Meyerheim, Paul W. Meyerheim, Paul Friedr. Meyerheim and prof. Paul meyerheim. His recorded language was German. He was the child of Friedrich Eduard Meyerheim. He married Clara Meyerheim.

Paul Friedrich Meyerheim worked in illustration, painting and graphics. His work is associated with Orientalism. He was employed by Berlin University of the Arts. He belonged to Academy of Arts, Berlin, Association of Berlin Artists and Allgemeine deutsche Kunstgenossenschaft. He worked at Netherlands and Amsterdam. Recorded as painter, illustrator, artist and university teacher.