Meyer, Johann Georg

mi'er, Johann Georg (1813-1886), a celebrated Dutch painter. He was born at Bremen. He received his education in art at the Dusseldorf Academy. His first paintings were of Biblical subjects. Later he changed to domestic scenes. He signed his paintings Meyer von Bremen. He painted over a thousand different pictures. He is especially popular with children, as might be inferred from such subjects as See What Mother Has Brought, Who'll Buy a Rabbit? Birthday Morning, The Little Brother, Toll Paid Here, The Storks Brought It, In Which Hand? and The Pet Bird.