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 BACHE Time. Meyer, Kunst. Lex., ii. 509 ; Muller, 20. BACHE, OTTO, born at Roeskilde, Den- mark, Aug. 21, 1839. Genre painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy, under Marstrand, where he obtained prizes in 1856-57-6C ; completed his studies in Paris. Excels also in portraits and animals, and is noted for brilliant colouring. Medal, Copenhagen, 1872. Works : Drive to a Kirmess (1863) ; Wagons by Brickyard (1864), Copenhagen Gallery ; Badger with her Young (186(5) ; Centaur Playing with his Son (1869) ; Do- mestic Animals at Peasant's, Cart-Horses, Feeding the Dogs (1870); Father and Sou (1871); Daniel in the Lion's Den, Visit to Young Mother (1874); After the Boar-Hunt (1875) ; Admiral Tordenskjold at Carlsten (1876); Team of Horses by Tavern (1878); In the Mill (1879); Staghunt (1881); Winter Morning at the Exchange (1882). Sigurd Mttller, 18 ; Weilbach, 39. BACHELIEE, JEAN JACQUES, born in Paris, 1724, died there, April 13, 1800. Flower, ani- mal, and his- tory painter, pupil of Pierre. Received into the Academy in 1751 as flower painter, and in 1763 as history painter. In 1766 he estab- lished a free school of design for artisans, which, in 1767, passed into the hands of the Government. As instructor in the factory at Sevres he exercised a marked influence upon French porcelain p.. luting. He made / the first researches in the use of wax for en- caustic painting, and thus became intimate with Count Caylus and other French ar- chaeologists. His Cimon in Prison is in the Louvre. Ch. Blanc, cole fran<;aise, ii.; Meyer, Kunst. Lex., ii. 512. BACHELIN, AUGUSTE, born in Neuf- chatel, Switzerland, Sept, 27, 1830. His- tory, genre, and landscape painter, pupil in Neufchatel of Moritz and in Paris (1852) of Gleyre and Couture. Confined himself at first to genre and landscape, but after 1859, when he accompanied Garibaldi's vol- unteers, painted chiefly military scenes. Afterwards travelled through France ; spent the winter of 1864-65 in Italy, where he painted popular life. Works : March of a Swiss Battalion (1860) ; Bourbaki's Army Entering Swiss Territory ; Scene from De- fence of Switzerland (1866) ; Death of En- sign Montmollin (1866), Neufchatel Mu- seum ; Haymakers of the Alps (1863) ; Poachers of Uri (1863) ; Wrestlers of Hasli (1867) ; Two Fancy Scenes from Prehistoric Times. Meyer, Kunst. Lex., ii. 513 ; Mul- ler, 21 ; Kunst-Chronik, v. 189 ; vii. 108. BACKER, ADRIAEN, born in Amster- dam in 1636, died there in 1686. Dutch school ; history and portrait painter, nephew of Jacob B. ; followed at first the traditions of the school of Utrecht, afterwards formed himself entirely after Italian models. Works: Allegory, Antwerp Museum ; Semiramis (1669), Last Judgment, National Museum, Amsterdam ; Anatomical Lecture (1670), Athenteum, ib.; Managers of Medical Col- lege, ib.; male portrait, Rotterdam Mu- seum ; do. and female portrait, Endymiou and Diana, Sleeping Girl and Shepherd, Rape of Sabine Women (1671), Bruns- wick Gallery. Meyer, Kunst. Lex., ii. 519 ; Riegel, Beitriige, ii. 300. BACKER (Bakker), JACOB, born at Haerlingen in 1608 or 1609, died at Amster- dam, Aug. 27, 1651. Dutch school ; portrait painter, pupil at Leeuwarden of Lambert Jacobsz, then at Amsterdam (1635-38) of Rembrandt, but later yielded to the influ- ence of Van der Heist and others. Works : Syndics, Two Archery Pieces (one of 1642), National Museum, Amsterdam ; Venus, 89