Born in
Szczecin (then called Stettin, and part of the
Holy Roman Empire and the
Kingdom of Prussia), Beyer was initially taught by local painter Petera Schmidta. In 1805, she moved to
Berlin (the capital of the
Kingdom of Prussia) with her brother Charles Frederick and studied under the Director of the KPM (
Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Gottfried Wilhelm Volker. In 1811, Beyer moved to
Warsaw (then the capital of the French client state the
Duchy of Warsaw), She painted
still lifes, mostly watercolors, usually in dark warm colors. Beyer initialed her works HKA. She died in 1855 in Chrzanów near Warsaw and is buried in the cemetery next to the children of Calvinist in Warsaw (q E, row 3, No. 13). The poet
Stanisław Jachowicz honored her memory with the following lines for her obituary:
Prosta jak kwiatek, co go malowała/W niebiańskie strojny klejnoty,/Prawda w jej słowie, a w czynach jej – chwała,/W życiu zachęta do cnoty (
Simple as a flower, as it painted / W heavenly adorned with jewels, / The truth in her words and her actions - glory, / In the life of an incentive to virtue). ==See also==