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 BE1MJ director of the Breslati Museum. Works : two Views in Primeval Forests of New Granada (1852) ; Views in the Tropical Woods ; do. in Rhodes and in Lycia ; Cairo from Road to Boulak, Kata-men Gate at Peking (1873). Meyer, Kdnst. Lex., iii. 595 ; Kunst-Chronik, viii. 806. BERG, ALBEET (JOSEF ALBERT SOULT), bom in Stockholm, Sept. 19, 1832. Marine painter ; pupil of Stockholm Acad- emy, then of Dtisseldorf Academy, under Andreas Achenbach; visited Holland and Belgium, studied in Paris under Ary Schef- fer, then visited Italy and Sicily, and in 18G5 settled in Stockholm. He is a deaf-mute, and one of the most ardent promoters of the education of deaf-mutes in Sweden. Works: Fight between Swedish Ship and English Men-of-War in 1704 (1870), and two others, Stockholm Museum. Meyer, Kttnst. Lex., iii. 596. BERG, JACOBUS EVERARDUS JO- SEPHUS VAN DEN, born at Rotterdam, Nov. 8, 1802, died at The Hague, July 20, 1861. History painter ; son and pupil, at Rotterdam Academy, of Gysbertus Johan- nes van den Berg (17G9-1817), then pupil of Antwerp Academy, and of Herreyns. After eight years in Italy attained great success in Paris, then became professor, and in 1844 director, of The Hague Academy. Works: Self-Sacrifice of Admi- ral de Ruyter ; Scene from Maid of Perth (1839) ; Scenes in Lives of Jacoba van Bergeron, Jan van Schaffelaar, and Clau- dius Civilis ; Fall of the Angels ; St. Law- rence ; Supper at Emmaus. Itumerzeel, i. 44; Krnmm, viii. 11. BERG, SDION VAN DEN, born at Overschie, near Rotterdam, Nov. 4, 1812. Animal and landscape painter ; pupil at Rotterdam Academy of Gillis de Meyer, and at The Hague of Pieter G. van Os, then settled in Amsterdam, in 1841 at Heem- stede, near Haarlem, and in 1875 became conservator, and in 1880 director, of the Royal Gallery at The Hague. Gold medal, Amsterdam, 1838; member of Amsterdam 1 (1839) and Ghent (1841) Academies. His pictures represent mostly cows or sheep at pasture. Immerzeel, i. 45. BERGAMASCO. See Lotto, Lorenzo. BERGAMASCO, IL, born at Bergamo about 1500, died in Madrid in 1579. Genc- ! ese school. Real name Giambattista Cas- tello, but called Bergainasco to distinguish the same name, who died at an advanced age in 1637. Came early with the painter Aurelio Busso to Genoa, where lie won repu- tation as a painter ; studied painting, archi- tecture, and sculpture in Rome. In 1567 went to Spain, at invitation of Philip H., and executed works in the Escorial, the Pardo, and other palaces. Lanzi, iii. 246 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecole Genoise. BERGEN (Berghen), DIRK VAN, flour- ished in Haarlem in 1661-90. Dutch school ; landscape and animal painter ; pu- pil of Adriaan van de Velde, whom he imi- tated successfully. About 1673 he opened a studio in London ; afterwards returned home (about 1680 ?). Sometimes painted figures in the landscapes of Philips de Ko- niuck. Works : Two Landscapes (one dated 1 1688), Louvre ; do., Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna Museums ; four, Schwerin Gallery ; four (one dated 1682), Dresden Gallery. Meyer, Kunst. Lex., iii, 599. BERGER, JULIUS VICTOR, born at Neutitschein, Moravia, July 10, 1850. History, genre, and portrait painter ; pupil of Vienna Academy and of Ed. Engerth ; won the grand prize for Rome in 1874, and spent three years in Italy. Professor at In- dustrial Art-School in Vienna since 1881. Works : Baptism of Borivoi ; Emperor Ru- dolph H. and Keppler (1871); Spring's En- try (1878); Portrait of Botanist Fenzl (1879), Vienna Academy; All Soul's Day (1881); Decorative Paintings (1882), Palazzo Zierer, Vienna. Meyer, Kiinst. Lex., iii. 605 ; Neuo illustr. Zeitg. (1878), ii. 663 ; (1881), i. 85. BERGERET, DENIS PIERRE, bom at Villeparisis (Seiue-et-Marne); contempo- 145
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