Georg Flegel, c. (1563-1638)

• Was an important still life German painter.
• Born in 1566 in Olomouc in Moravia.
• Flegel painted still lifes of flowers, birds and smokers as well as those of meals, confectionery and delicacies.
• Some nature studies in watercolor are also part of his work.
• His job was to large-format paintings of table companies or market scenes with fruits, vegetables and flowers auszustaffieren.
• Around 1592/93 van Valckenborch moved his workshop to Frankfurt am Main, where Flegel followed him and worked as a freelance painter until his death in 1638.
• His wife Brigitta had also come to Frankfurt with Flegel.
• Flegel received citizenship in Frankfurt. 
• Georg Flegel's only student was Jacob Marrel.
• Georg Flegel had seven children, all of whom he - like his wife († presumably 1633) - survived.
• Two of his sons, Friedrich and Jacob; were also painters.
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