Emilie Pelikan was born in
Vöcklabruck,
Austrian Empire in 1861. Her father was a government financial officer. In 1883, she became the last private student of the landscape painter,
Albert Zimmermann, who she had earlier assisted in
Salzburg. Two years later, she accompanied him to Munich, where he died in 1888. She also lived at the artists' colony in
Dachau, where she worked with
Adolf Hölzel and
Fritz von Uhde. Later, she spent time in Paris and the artists' colony in
Knokke. In 1894, they decided to settle in Dresden. ==References==