John Henry Niemeyer was born in
Bremen on 25 June 1839. He came to the United States in 1843 or 1846, residing in
Cincinnati. In 1860, he was studying painting in
New York City. From 1866 to 1870, he was in France where he studied in
Paris under
Jean-Léon Gérôme and
Adolphe Yvon at the
École des Beaux Arts, in the studio of Louis Jacquesson de la Chevreuse, and also in that of Sébastien-Melchior Cornu. He received three medals in the government schools of Paris. After his studies in Europe, he was appointed in 1871 professor of drawing in the Yale School of Fine Arts, where he remained until 1908. Among his students were
Augustus Saint-Gaudens and
Frederic Remington. He married Anna Beckman Talmage on 10 July 1888. Niemeyer died at his home in
New Haven, Connecticut on 7 December 1932. He was buried at
Grove Street Cemetery. ==Works==