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 GEGERFELT, WILHELM VON, born in Gothenburg, Sweden; contemporary. Landscape painter, member of Stockholm Academy; studio in Paris. Works: Wood in Winter; Snow Landscape in Sweden; By the Sea; Return of Fishermen; Swedish Village; Landscape in Holland (1877); View on Coast of Normandy (1878); Winter Evening in Sweden, Sunset in Waxholm—Sweden, Dutch Marine View (1883); Village in Dalecarlia (1884); Winter Night near Siljan (1885).

GEIGER, KARL, born in Vienna, Dec. 14, 1822. History painter, pupil of Vienna Academy under Führich, attracted attention by his talent for composition when only thirteen, was afterwards much influenced by Kaulbach. Works: Altarpieces in St. Stephen's, Vienna; Allegorical Paintings in Palaces of Duke of Coburg and Prince Kinsky, and Hôtel Imperial, ib.—Brockhaus, vii. 682; Wurzbach, v. 122.

GEIGER, PETER JOHANN NEPOMUK, born in Vienna, Jan. 11, 1805, died there, Oct. 29, 1880. History painter, pupil of Vienna Academy, but formed himself chiefly by studying the old masters. In 1850 he accompanied the Archduke Ferdinand Max to the East. Was professor at the Vienna Academy from 1853 to 1871. Although little known to the public at large, he ranks among the most excellent artists of Austria. Works: Storming of Malborghetto, Battle of Lützen, Battle on the Iselberg, Entry of Archduke Leopold into Brussels, collection of Emperor of Austria; Slave Market in Smyrna, Banquet at a Pasha's, A Ferry, Castle Miramar, near Trieste.—Brockhaus, vii. 682; Kunst-Chronik, xvi. 182; Wurzbach, v. 123.

GEIRNAERT, JOZEF, born at Eecloo, East Flanders, Aug. 27, 1790, died in Ghent, March 20, 1859. Flemish school; history, genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Ghent Academy and in Antwerp of Herreyns, and then in Ghent of Paelinck; obtained the first prize in 1818, and a gold medal in Paris in 1835. Works: Warrior bringing to his Family the Saver of his Life (1818); Harp Lesson (1820), Seizure for Debt (1835), Ghent Museum; Consultation at the Doctor's, Brussels Museum; The Schoolmaster, Mechlin Museum; Doctor's Visit, Haarlem Museum; Proposal; Card-Players; Painter's Studio; Peasant Women Resting; Little Fruit-Thieves; Return from Kirmess; Children blowing Soap-Bubbles; Bride and Bridegroom; Return of Fisherman; Capture of Count Egmont (1823); Dürer visiting Grave of Hubert van Eyck; Jan Steen and van Goyen; Maria Theresa visiting a Poor Woman (1837).—Biog. nat. de Belgique, vii. 557; Immerzeel, i. 272; Kramm, ii. 554.

GEIST, AUGUST CHRISTIAN, born in Würzburg, Oct. 15, 1835, died in Munich, Dec. 15, 1868. Landscape painter, pupil of his father, Andreas (died 1860), and in Munich of Fritz Bamberger. On his return from Italy, in May, 1867, he settled at Munich. Works: Ideal Landscape (1856); View near Polling (1857); View in Rhön Mountains, View near Miltenberg (1857-58), Munich Art Union; Rhön Landscape (1860); Idyl (1861), Wiesbaden Gallery; Rainy Day (1861), Sunday Morning on Kochel Lake (1863), Cologne Art Union; View in Tyrol Mountains (1862); Evening on the Main (1863); Lonely Mountain-Lake, View in Franconian Switzerland (1864); View in the Campagna (1866), Ruins of Theatre in Tusculum, Ravine near Tivoli (1867),	Ruins of Aqueduct in Campagna (1868),	Munich Art Union; Italian Landscape (1867), Würzbach Art Union.—Allgem. d. Biogr., viii. 528; Andresen, iii. 207; Kunts-Chronik, iv. 142; Regnet, i. 148; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vii. 197.

GELDER, ARENT or AART DE, born at Dordrecht in 1645, died there, or in Amsterdam, in 1727. Dutch school; history and portrait painter, pupils of Samuel van Hoogstraten, then for two years (1665-67) of Rembrandt, whose manner he closely followed. He was a fine colourist, fond of picturesque effects, and had a broad and