Edward Mateusz Jan Oktawiusz Römer (Belarusian: Эдвард Матэй Ромер; 19 September 1848, Vologda - 10 February 1900, Lunna) was a Baltic-German painter who lived and worked in the Russian Empire. His brother was the sculptor and painter, Alfred Izydor Römer and his father was Edward Jan Römer, a noted writer and social activist.[1]
He was born in Vologda, where his father had been exiled for supporting the radical politician, Szymon Konarski. In 1852, they returned home, to Vilnius, and he began his art studies; first with his father (who was an amateur painter), then with Kanuty Rusiecki.[2]
In 1873, he had a showing at an exhibit held by the Kraków Society of Friends of Fine Arts and later won a silver medal at an exposition in Lwów. Five years later, he opened a studio in Vilnius, which he shared with his brother Alfred.[2]
In 1880, he married into a noble family and, as part of his dowry, became a landowner in the village of Lunna.[2] Despite being relatively isolated, he continued to exhibit widely throughout Northern Europe and France. He died of lingering health issues from a severe case of pneumonia.