Georg Flegel Giclée Fine Art Prints

Georg Flegel (1566 – 23 March 1638) was a German painter, best known for his still-life works. He was born in Olmütz (Olomouc), Moravia.

Around 1580, he moved to Vienna, where he became an assistant to Lucas van Valckenborch I, a painter and draughtsman. Flegel and his employer later moved to Frankfurt, which at the time was an important art-dealing city. As an assistant, he inserted items such as fruit, flowers, and table utensils into Valckenborch's works. In a period of about 30 years (c. 1600–1630), he produced 110 watercolor and oil pictures, mostly still-life images which often depicted tables set for meals and covered with food, flowers, and the occasional animal. Among his students were his own two sons, Friedrich (1596/1597–1616) and Jacob (probably Leonhard, 1602–1623), as well as the flower artist Jacob Marrel.

Flegel died in 1638 in Frankfurt-am-Main.