Interior, with the father of the family sitting at right, and the
mother standing, holding her baby for him to kiss; at their feet,
two dogs; in background, a girl going out of the door. Painted in
1825. Engraved by W. Finden.--Heaton, Works of Sir D. W.; Painters of
Georgian Era.
HIGHMORE, JOSEPH, born in London in 1692, died at Canterbury in 1780.
History and portrait painter, pupil of the Academy under Sir Godfrey
Kneller; painted portraits of several Knights of the Bath on the
revival of that order in 1725, particularly a fine picture of the
Duke of Richmond and his esquires, and afterwards, by order of George
I., a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland; visited the Continent
in 1732, chiefly to see the Düsseldorf Gallery, and at Antwerp to
study the works of Rubens. Works: Hagar and Ishmael; Good Samaritan;
Finding of Moses; The Graces unveiling Nature; Portraits of Samuel
Richardson and Dr. Stebbing, National Gallery, London.--Bryan
(Graves), 654.
[Illustration: Las Hilanderas (The Tapestry Weavers), Velasquez,
Madrid Museum.]
HILANDERAS, LAS (The Tapestry Weavers), _Velasquez_, Madrid Museum;
canvas, H. 7 ft. 3 in. × 9 ft. 6 in. Scene in royal tapestry
manufactory of S. Isabel, Madrid. An old woman, at spinning-wheel,
turns to speak to a girl behind her, who is drawing back a red
curtain; girl in centre, carding wool, looks at a cat asleep by her
side; another, on right, winds yarn from a reel; behind her, one
entering room with a basket; in background, three ladies examining
tapestry. A masterpiece; painted about 1656; formerly in palace of
Buen Retiro. Copy by Collier in École des Beaux Arts, Paris. Etched
by Milius; Gaujean; Galvan; Maura.--Ch. Blanc, École espagnole; Gaz.
des B. Arts (1880), xxi. 527; Curtis, 15; Madrazo, 603.
HILARIUS, painter, of Bithynia; removed in reign of Valens (A.D.
364–379) to Athens, where he became noted as a teacher. Slain,
with all his family, near Corinth, in 379, during an invasion of
Goths.--Eunap, Vitæ Philos. et Soph. (ed. Boissonade), 67.
HILDEBRAND, ERNST, born at Falkenberg, Lusatia, in 1833. Genre
painter, pupil in Berlin of Steffeck; spent one year in Paris, and in
1875 became professor at the Carlsruhe Art School, afterwards at the
Berlin Academy, which position he resigned in 1885; first practised
decorative painting, then turned to portrait, and finally to genre,
painting, which he treats in a realistic manner. Medal in Vienna,
1873. Works: Mother and Child, Marguerita, Spoletina (1866); Let
Little Children come unto Me; Praying Peasants; Sick Child; Kitchen
in Hartz Mountains; Fervent Entreaty; Repentance; Rococo Interior
in Bruchsal; Wedding Procession in Banqueting Hall of Passage in
Berlin; Anxious Hour (1885); Child’s Portrait, Ravené Gallery,
Berlin.--Müller, 258; Leixner, Mod. K., i. 74.
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HILDEBRANDT, EDUARD, born in Dantzic, Sept. 9, 1817, died in Berlin,
Oct. 25, 1868. Landscape and marine painter, pupil in Berlin of
Krause, and in 1841–43, in Paris, of Isabey. Visited in 1840 Denmark,
Norway, and Great Britain, in 1843–44 Brazil, in 1847–49 England,
Scotland, Spain, and the Canary Islands, in 1851 Italy, Egypt,
Palestine, Turkey, Greece, and the Sahara, in 1853 Switzerland,
Tyrol, and Upper Italy, and in 1856 the Arctic Ocean. Went around the
world in 1862–64, and brought home 400 water colours, which, when
exhibited in London in 1866, attracted much attention. A selection
from them, in a portfolio, was published in 1869. In 1853 he was
made professor and in 1855 member of the Berlin Academy. Works: Am
Bollwerk (1838); Agitated Sea with Vessels, Fishing Boats leaving
the Harbour, Fishermen and Boat (1840); Agitated Sea with Boats,
Fishermen’s Children (1842); Two Views of Helgoland, Boy with Dog,
Winter Genre Scene (1843); Tropical Rain, Tropical City on the
Water (1845); St. Domingo Square in Mexico (1846); Street in Lyons
(1843), Street in Rouen, Fisher-maiden on Shore, Hour of Rest, Santa
Gloria, Evening in Bay of Rio Janeiro, Children on Shore, Winter
Landscapes (2, 1847), Irish Peasant Cottage (1850), Ravené Gallery,
Berlin; Panorama of Madeira (1848); View of Lisbon, Fort Belem, Cape
Vincent, Coast of Madeira (1849); Coast by Moonlight, Moonlight on
Scotch Coast, Irish Genre Scene, View of Rio Janeiro (1850); Two
Views on Scotch Coast, Rio Janeiro, Near Palermo, Madeira, Evening
in Madeira, Fort St. Elmo, Horse-Love, Moonlight on Scotch Coast
(1851); Naples with Vesuvius, View near Cairo, Bay of Madeira,
Coast of Madeira (1852); Sea of Marmora, Castle and Park, Children
with Sleigh (1853); Flood-Tide, Strand, On Gosau Lake, Alpenglühen,
San Giorgio by Moonlight (1854); Moonlight on Scotch Coast, Winter
Landscape, On Brienz Lake, View of Bethlehem, View of Jerusalem,
Children Playing (1855); Pool of Bethesda, Nazareth, Stormy Sea, On
the Fish-Pond, Under the Willows (1856); Moonlight, Sunset, Tropical
Landscape, North Cape (1857); Village Scene, Coast with Lighthouse
(1860); Cave at Staffa (1865); Benares on the Ganges, Evening in Siam
(1866); Holy Lake in Burmah, Moonlight near Macao, Chinese Fishermen
(1867); Sunlight in Jersey, Evening in Siam (1868); Surge on Baltic
Sea, Dover Castle, Marine with Fort Rouge, Winter Landscape, Stettin
Museum; Coast of Normandy, Winter Landscape (1846), Sea-Shore
in Evening Light (1855), Castle Kronborg near Elsinore (1857),
National Gallery, Berlin; Moonrise in Madeira, Corcoran Gallery,
Washington.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xii. 402; Illustr. Zeitg. (1868),
372; Bruno Meyer, Studien, 376; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 335; Land
und Meer (1869), i. 223; Zeitschr. f. b. K., i. 25; iv. 261, 336.
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HILDEBRANDT, THEODOR, born in Stettin, July 2, 1804, died in
Düsseldorf, Sept. 29, 1874. History, genre, and portrait painter,
pupil from 1820 of the Berlin Academy, and from 1823 under Schadow,
whom, in 1826, he accompanied to Düsseldorf, where he soon became
celebrated, and was made in 1832 assistant, and in 1836 professor, at
the Academy. In 1829 with Schadow, and later, he repeatedly visited
the Netherlands, where he was influenced by the realistic school of
Wappers; went in 1830 to Italy, where, as later in Paris, he studied
the old masters, especially of the Dutch school. Member of the Berlin
and Vienna Academies. Works: Faust and Mephistopheles (1824); Faust
and Gretchen (1825); Lear and Cordelia (1826); Romeo and Juliet
(1827); Tancred and Clorinda (1828); Caution against the Water-Sprite
(1830); Judith and Holofernes (1830); The Robber (1829), Warrior and
Child (1832), National Gallery, Berlin; Story-teller (1832); Sick
Senator (1833); Choir Boys in Gothic Church (1834); Assassination
of Sons of Edward IV. (1836), Raczynski Gallery, Berlin; Christmas
Eve (1840); Reception of Cardinal Wolsey in the Monastery (1842);
Doge and Daughter (1843), Stettin Museum; Judith (1844); Italian
Woman (1845); Othello (1847); Lear awakening from Insanity (1851);
Juliet taking the Poison (1853); Arthur and De Burgh (1855); Cordelia
reading the Letter to Kent (1859), Christiania Museum; Copy of St.
Francis by Rubens (1850), Düsseldorf Academy; Portrait of Artist’s
Father, Cologne Museum; _Cordelia_ and King Lear, Mrs. A. T. Stewart,
New York; Portraits of Princes Frederic, Georg, and Albrecht of
Prussia, of Count Stolberg, of Schadow; do. of Wappers (1849),
Düsseldorf Gallery.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xii. 405; Blanckarts, 75;
W. Müller, Düsseldorf K., 180; Illustr. Zeitg. (1874), ii. 359;
Kunst-Chronik, x. 39.
HILGERS, KARL, born in Düsseldorf in 1818. Landscape painter, pupil
of Düsseldorf Academy; spent some time in Berlin and studied the
Dutch and French masters; represents nature, especially in her winter
aspects, often with architectural accessories, with much skill.
Works: Dutch Cottages in Winter (1839); View near Amsterdam (1840
and 1841); Winter Landscape, Chapel in the Snow (1845); Casemate
on the Danube; Evening Landscape in Hartz Mountains; Dornburg
Citadel; Drifting of Ice in the Rhine; Winter Landscape (1847), do.
(1848), do. (1850), Storm in the Mountains (1849), Fisherman’s Hut
(1850), Huntsmen with Dogs, Fisherman on Shore, Ravené Gallery,
Berlin; Convent Yard in Winter by Moonlight (1867), Schwerin
Gallery.--Müller, 258; W. Müller, Düsseldorf K., 349.
HILL, DAVID OCTAVIUS, born in Perth, Scotland, in 1802, died in
Edinburgh, May 17, 1870. Landscape painter, pupil of Andrew Wilson;
was in 1830 one of the foundation members of the Royal Scottish
Academy, of which he was secretary until October, 1869. At first
painted pictures illustrative of Scottish peasant life, and in 1843
he finished a large work containing 470 portraits--The Establishment
of the Free Kirk, which now hangs in the Presbytery Hall of the Free
Church, Edinburgh, but later devoted himself to landscape. Works:
Edinburgh from Mons Meg (1852); Ruins of Dunfermline Palace (1854);
Windsor Castle; Castle of Dunure on Ayrshire Coast (1861); River Tay
at Evening (1862); Vale of the Forth (1868); Leith Pier, National
Gallery, Edinburgh.--Redgrave; Art Journal (1869).
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HILL, THOMAS, born at Birmingham, England, in 1829. Landscape
painter, went to America in 1841; pupil in Paris of Paul Meyerheim,
but mostly self-taught. Professional life has been passed in
Philadelphia, Boston, and San Francisco. Works: Home of the Eagle, J.
A. Faull; Donner Lake (1876), Leland Stanford; White Mountain Notch,
E. Hamlin, Boston; Great Cañon of the Sierras, _Yosemite_ Valley,
Charles Crocker, San Francisco; Early Morning--Yosemite, I. M. Scott,
ib.; What is It? (1884); Who are You? (1885).
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HILLE BOBBE, Frans _Hals_, Berlin Museum; canvas, H. 2 ft. 6 in. × 2
ft. 1 in. The witch of Haarlem, half-length, in a white cap, sitting
by a table, looking at an owl perched on her left shoulder; in her
right hand an open beer-mug. Painted about 1650; from Suermondt
Collection in 1874. Etched by Leo. Flameng. Same subject (30 in. ×
24½ in.), Metropolitan Museum, New York, from Collection of Lord
Palmerston; (probably by Frans, the younger) engraved by Jules
Jacquemart. Another, engraved by L. B. Coclers, has two hands crossed
holding a string attached to the owl. Still another, in Van Reede
Collection, Utrecht, formerly in Cremer Collection, ib., is a free
repetition by F. Hals, the younger. A Laughing Woman by Hals, (about
1645) in Lille Museum, is erroneously called Hille Bobbe.--Zeitschr.,
v. 78; Gaz. des B. Arts (1869), i. 162; (1872), vi. 476; Bode,
Studien, 103.
HILLEGAERT (Hilligaard), PAUWELS VAN, died in Amsterdam in Feb.,
1658. Dutch school; battle painter, shows in the landscape part of
his pictures the influence of Jan van Goyen. Works: Disbanding of
Mercenaries at Utrecht in 1618 (1627), Amsterdam Museum; A Surprisal,
Brunswick Museum.--Kramm, iii. 692; Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 424.
HILLEMACHER, EUGÈNE ERNEST, born in Paris, Oct. 13, 1818. History
painter, pupil of Cogniet. Fond of painting episodes in the lives
of famous men. Medals: 2d class, 1848, 1857; 1st class, 1861,
1863; L. of Honour, 1865. Works: Death of St. Sebastian (1842);
Magdalen at the Sepulchre (1845); Old Woman and Children (1847);
Neapolitan Fishermen, Confessional (1848); Chess Players under
Louis XIII. (1849), Rouen Museum; Satyr (1850); Siege of Rouen in
1418 (1852); Journey of Vert-Vert (1853), bought by Empress; Rubens
painting his Wife’s Portrait, Confessional at St. Peter’s (1855),
Luxembourg Museum; Two Scholars of Salamanca, Whist Party (1857);
Jupiter in Infancy, Molière consulting his Maid, Boileau and his
Gardener (1859); Offering a Taper to the Virgin in St. Laurent in
Paris, Cinq-Mars presenting Poussin to Louis XIII. (1861), Society
of Arts, Lyons; Gutenberg and Faust, James Watt, Post-Office in
its Infancy, Soap-Bubbles (1861); Napoleon I. with Goethe and
Wieland (1863); Death of Mark Antony (1863), Grenoble Museum; The
Two Corneilles (1863); Philip IV. and Velasquez, Don Juan (1864);
Psyche in the Lower World, The Bibliomaniac (1865); Margaret of
Anjou and the Robber, Indecision (1866); Little John de Saintré and
Lady with the Fair Cousins (1868); Aristides and the Peasant (1869);
Brother Philip’s Geese (1870); Latona, Three Friends (1872); The
Burgher Gentleman and his Professors (1873); Turenne Asleep on a
Gun-Carriage, The Marriage-Box (1874); Beauty Asleep in the Woods
(1875); Entry of the Turks into Church of St. Sophia in 1453 (1876);
Archimedes, Phidias (1877); Giuliano de’ Medici (1878); Astolfo and
Jocunda consulting Fiammetta, Piccolo Moneta (1879); Tarpeia (1880);
The Brothers de Witt (1881); Edward Jenner experimenting, Lisabetta
of Messina (1884); Æneas and Dido (1885).--Bellier, i. 769; Meyer,
Gesch., 661.
HILLIARD, NICHOLAS, born at Exeter in 1547, died in London, Jan. 6,
1619. Was goldsmith, carver, and portrait painter to Queen Elizabeth
and to James I., who gave him for twelve years the exclusive
privilege “to mint, make, grave, and imprint any pictures of our
image or our royal family.” He painted portraits of Elizabeth,
of Mary Queen of Scots, and of other notable personages, and was
the first English native artist of importance whose contemporary
reputation has been maintained. Hilliard was especially noted for his
miniatures, of which that of Jane Seymour in the Royal Library at
Windsor is one of the best. The influence of Holbein is traceable in
his works. His son, Lawrence Hilliard, who was living in 1634, was
also a miniature painter, and enjoyed the exclusive patent granted to
his father till its term expired. Work, Portrait of Queen Elizabeth,
National Portrait Gallery.--Wilmot-Buxton, 22; Redgrave; Walpole,
Anecdotes.
HILLIARD, WILLIAM HENRY, born at Auburn, N. Y., in 1836. Landscape
painter, pupil of Lambinet in Paris, sketched in England and
Scotland. Painted in the West before studying in Europe; has
since lived in New York and Boston. Studio in Paris, 1880–84.
Works: Battle-Field of Lookout Mountain; Alatoona Pass--Georgia;
Castle Rock; Campton Meadows; Wind against Tide (1878); View near
Sark--Maine (1879); In the Forest, Cernay-la-Ville near Paris, Canal
Boats near Montcourt--France (1880); Twilight (1882); At Pont Aven,
Cottage at Pau--France, Un Marais dans les Landes (1883); Windmill
near Giesen--Holland (1884).
HILLINGFORD, ROBERT ALEXANDER, born in England in 1828. Genre
painter, pupil in 1841–45 of the Düsseldorf Academy; studied in
Munich, Rome, and Florence, and returned to England in 1864.
Honorary member of St. Petersburg Academy. Works: Petruchio (1866);
Before the Tournament (1868); The Armourer and the Glee Maiden
(1872); Munchausen (1873); Wanderings of Charles Edward Stuart
(1874); Manager’s Troubles (1875); Incident in Early Life of Louis
XIV. (1877); Summons from the Invisible Judges (1879); Ich Dien
(1881); Last Days of Sir Philip Sidney (1882); The Duke’s Musicians
(1883); In Presence (1884).
HILLS, ROBERT, born at Islington, June 26, 1769, died in London,
May 14, 1844. Animal and landscape painter, pupil of Gresse; first
exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1791, and was one of the founders
of the Society of Painters in Water Colours in 1804, subsequently its
secretary; sometimes worked conjointly with Robson and Barret. Works:
Deer in a Landscape, Broken Plough (1804), Landscape with Cattle
(1807), Ox Team (1810), Wild Boars in a Wood (1826), Stags in Knole
Park (1827), Cows and Sheep, South Kensington Museum.--Redgrave, 211.
HILTENSPERGER, JOHANN GEORG, born at Haldenwang, Bavaria, Feb. 22,
1806. History painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Peter von
Langer, then of Düsseldorf Academy under Cornelius, with whom, in
1825, he returned to Munich. King Louis soon after sent him to
Naples and Pompeii, to study antique painting, and after his return
he executed a large number of decorative works in the Königsbau. In
1846–50 he painted a cycle of pictures in the St. Petersburg Museum,
became professor at the Munich Academy in 1851, and afterwards
received extensive orders for the decoration of the Maximilianeum.
Works: Duke Albrecht refusing Crown of Bohemia, Arcade of Royal
Garden, Munich; twenty-seven Scenes from Comedies of Aristophanes,
Scenes from Hesiod’s Poems, Illustrations to Homer’s Hymns, Cycle
from Ulysses, Königsbau, Munich; Pegasus and the Hours, Apollo and
the Muses, Royal Theatre, Munich; eighty-six Scenes from History of
Greek Painting (1846–50), St. Petersburg Museum; Herodotus at the
Olympian Games, Emperor Augustus as Protector of Arts, Maximilianeum,
Munich.--Nagler, Mon., ii. 1057; Reber-Pecht, ii. 57.
HILTON, WILLIAM, born at Lincoln, June 3, 1786, died in London,
Dec. 30, 1839. Son and pupil of William Hilton, portrait painter
(died 1822); also studied with Raphael Smith, mezzotint engraver,
and in 1806 in school of Royal Academy. Became an exhibitor in
1803, A.R.A. in 1813, R.A. in 1819, and keeper in 1827. He won
distinction as a subject painter, his works being marked by refined
taste in design, and by rich and harmonious colouring, though they
have much depreciated, owing to the excessive use of asphaltum.
Though his skill was recognized by the profession, his art was
not popular, and want of encouragement weighed heavily upon him.
Works: Serena rescued by Sir Calepine (Faerie Queen, vi. 8; 1831),
Edith discovering the Dead Body of Harold (1834), Cupid Disarmed
(1828), Meeting of Abraham’s Servant with Rebecca (1833), National
Gallery, London; Rape of Ganymede (1818), Christ crowned with Thorns
(1825), Royal Academy, ib.; Venus seeking Cupid at the Bath of
Diana, Sir Richard Wallace; Rape of Europa (1818), Earl of Egremont;
Crucifixion (1827), Liverpool Institution; Triumphal Entry of Duke of
Wellington into Madrid; Portrait of Keats, National Portrait Gallery,
London.--Redgrave; F. de Conches, 436; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise;
Sandby, i. 362.
HILVERDINK, JOHANNES, born at Gröningen, Jan. 28, 1813. Landscape
and marine painter, pupil of Daiwaille, and of Amsterdam Academy
under Pieneman, visited Belgium, Germany, and the coasts of the
Mediterranean, won several medals with his marines, and became
member of Amsterdam Academy in 1852. Works: Coast of England,
Pavilion, Haarlem; Calm Sea, Museum Fedor, Amsterdam; After the
Storm; The Y near Zeeburg. His son and pupil, Eduard Alexander
(born at Amsterdam, May 12, 1846), paints landscapes and city
views.--Immerzeel, ii. 40; Müller, 259.
HINCKLEY, THOMAS HEWES, born in Milton, Mass., in 1813. Animal
painter, pupil during one winter of an evening school in
Philadelphia, where he was taught perspective by Mason. Painted
portraits and landscapes in Boston until 1843, when he turned his
attention to animal painting. Visited Europe in 1851 to study
Landseer in England, and the Flemish painters. His pictures are in
many private collections in the United States; he rarely exhibits.
HIPPOCENTAUR, picture. See _Zeuxis_.
HIPPYS (Hippeus), painter, date unknown. Pliny (xxxv. 40 [138])
mentions his picture of Neptune and Victory, and Athenæus (xi. p. 474
D.) that of the Wedding of Peirithoüs.
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HIRE (Hyre), LAURENT DE LA, born in Paris, Feb. 27, 1606, died
there, Dec. 29, 1656. French school; history painter, son and pupil
of Etienne de la H., then of Lallemand at Fontainebleau, where he
studied also the works of that school. Painted many finely-executed
pictures, some of which have been copied in tapestry or engraved.
One of the twelve founders of the French Academy of Painting (1648),
and professor in 1648–51. Works: Laban looking for his Idols (1647),
Madonna (1642), Jesus appearing to Three Marys, St. Peter healing the
Sick with his Shadow (1635), A Sketch of the preceding, Pope Nicholas
V. opening Tomb of St. Francis of Assisi (1630), Landscapes (3),
Louvre, Paris; Assumption (in Vienna); Descent from Cross, Nativity,
Adoration of Shepherds, Education of the Virgin, Portrait of a Nun,
Rouen Museum; Mercury and Herse, Épinal Museum; The Trinity, Lyons
Museum; Repose of Holy Family (2), Palm Sunday, Nantes Museum;
Disciples at Emmaus, Portico with Figures, Rennes Museum; Christ
appearing to Magdalen, The Breaking of Bread, Grenoble Museum;
Judgment of Paris, Dijon Museum; Vision of St. Francis, Strasburg
Museum; Ruins of a Temple, Valenciennes Museum; Finding of Moses,
Landscape, Montpellier Museum; Rebecca and Laban, Lord Forester’s
Collection; Repose in Egypt, Galton Collection; Conversion of St.
Paul (1637); Theseus seizing the Arms of his Father Ægeus, Perseus
rescuing Andromeda, Palais Royal; Madonna, Carlsruhe Gallery; Infancy
of Bacchus, Abraham starting for the Promised Land, Hermitage, St.
Petersburg.--Bellier, i. 881; Ch. Blanc, École française; Lejeune,
Guide, i. 161; Larousse; Mémoires inédits, i. 104.
HIRSCHELY, KASPAR, born in Prague about 1701, died there in 1745.
German school; landscape, animal, and still-life painter, pupil
of Angermayer; endowed with an unusual talent for imitation, he
often finished and sold pictures, painted after his master’s
sketches. Works: Flower-pieces (2) (1741), Thistles with Birds
(2), Schleissheim Gallery; others in private collections in
Prague.--Wurzbach, ix. 53.
HIRT, WILHELM FRIEDRICH, born in Frankfort in 1721, died there in
1772. German school; landscape and animal painter, son and pupil of
Friedrich Christoph Hirt (1685–1763, landscape and portrait painter),
whom he surpassed in colouring; in 1757 became court-painter to the
Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, after whose death he sketched extensively
from nature on a tour through Switzerland; painted cattle especially
well, and often supplied them in the pictures of Christian Georg
Schütz. Works: Wood Landscapes (2) (1750), Landscapes with Herds
and Figures (2) (1768), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Landscape with
Fishermen (1754), Gotha Museum; Landscape with Herd, Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; do. (2), Cassel Gallery; do., Mannheim Gallery.
HJALTALIN, DORSTEIN ILLIA, born in Iceland in 1771, died at Brunswick
in 1817. German school; landscape painter, pupil at Salzdahlum,
Brunswick, of Johann Friedrich Weitsch, whom he even surpassed in
the treatment of trees. He was the sixteenth son of his parents,
was shipwrecked in Denmark, and wandered under great privations to
Poland, and thence to Brunswick. Studied diligently the famous works
in the Salzdahlum Gallery, and in 1802 visited Dresden, where he
painted two landscapes in the manner of Ruisdael that excited the
admiration of connoisseurs.--Allgem. d. Biogr., xii. 383.
HLAVÁCEK, ANTON, born in Vienna in 1842. Landscape painter, pupil of
Vienna Academy under Steinfeld and Albert Zimmermann; made a study
trip to the Bavarian Alps in 1863, then went to Worms, whence he
visited the banks of the Rhine and the Odenwald. Works: From Environs
of Vienna (1859); View near Gastein (1860); Mountain Landscape
(1861); View near Salzburg (1862); Morning on Hintersee (1863); View
of Worms from Meerstädt Height; Lindenfels in the Odenwald; Departure
of Burgrave of Rodenstein from Burg Schnellerts; Morning in Rhenish
Palatinate, Vienna Museum; Königsee (1869); The Imperial City on the
Danube (1884).--Allgem. K. Ch., ix. 147; Kunst-Chronik, xx. 269, 495.
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