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 in 1862, and professor at the Art School of Industry in 1868. Order of St. Michael, Belgian Order of Leopold, Bavarian Medal for Art and Science. Works: St. George, Peter delivered from Prison; Walk to Emmaus; Battle in Lech Valley in 955 (1860), Treaty of Pavia (both in Maximilianeum); Barbarossa's Wedding (1865), Burial of Walther von der Vogelweide (both in National Museum, Munich); Four Elements (1865); Telegraphy and Railroad Travelling (1862), Central Railway Station, Munich; thirty Scenes from Wagner's Operas (Royal Palace, Munich); Fancy and Poetry (1873); Aurora; Twelve Months represented by Children's Figures.—Brockhaus, v. 722; Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 369; Regnet, i. 104.

ECHTLER, ADOLF, born at Goritz, Austria; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter, pupil of Venice Academy under Karl Blaas, of Vienna Academy under Führich, and of Munich Academy. Lives in Paris. Gold Medal, Berlin, 1875. Works: Difficult Problem; Peaceful Company; Honi soit qui mal y pense (1877); Souvenir of Italy, "Thou whom I have always Loved " (1879); The Kiss (1880); Neapolitans in Normandy, In the Morning (1881); Repentant Sinner (1882); Ruin of a Family, All is Vain (1883); Souvenir of Venice (1884); Five Orphans (1885).

ECKARDT, CHRISTEN (FREDERIK EMIL), born at Copenhagen, July 2, 1832. Marine painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy, but really self-taught; visited Germany and Italy in 1853-56, and England, France, and Italy in 1873. Works: View of Venice; Fishermen fleeing from Storm (1862); Fishermen boarding Yacht (1866).—Weilbach, 139.

ECKENBRECHER, (KARL PAUL) THEMISTOCLES VON, born in Athens, Nov. 17, 1842. Landscape and marine painter, pupil in Potsdam of Wegener, then in 1861-63 in Düsseldorf of Oswald Achenbach; travelled in Germany and Switzerland, took part in the campaign of 1870-71, then, after visiting many parts of Europe, settled in Düsseldorf, where, since 1880, has painted panoramic views on a large scale. Works: Thingvalla Lake, Almanadjao, six Icelandic views, Square near Mosque in Stambool, Chan Street in Stambool (1873); Vöring Fos in Norway, North Cape, Evening on Bosporus (1875); Brusa (1876); View on Norwegian Coast (1877); Battle of Gravelotte (1880); Battle of Nieuwpoort (1881), Entry of Mecca Caravan into Cairo.—Brockhaus, v. 726; Müller, 153.

ECKERMANN, KARL, born in Weimar in 1834. Landscape painter, pupil from 1849 of Preller, then spent 1855 in Brussels, and in 1856 went to Carlsruhe to study under Schirmer. Travelled afterwards through Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Works: Rhine Valley and Vosges; View on Isle of Rügen; Landscape in Holstein; View on Inn River; Lüneburg Heath; View on Rhine; Landscape in Storm; series of Still-Life (Castle Ettersburg, near Weimar).—Müller, 153.

ECKERSBERG, CHRISTOFFER VILHELM, born at Varnaes, Jutland, Jan. 2, 1783, died in Copenhagen, July 22, 1853. History and portrait painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy under Abildgaard; won great gold medal in 1809, went in 1810 to Paris, where he studied under David, and after his return went to Rome in 1813; became in 1817 member of, 1818 professor in, and in 1827 director of the Copenhagen Academy. Commander of Order of Dannebrog. Works: Jacob's Death (1809); Loke and Sygin (1810); Women at the Holy Sepulchre (1812); Balder's Death (1817); Axel and Walburg, Eight Scenes from History of Oldenburg (1818-28); Christ at Gethsemane (1824); Crossing the Red Sea (1815), Russian Man-of-War (1828), Danish Ship under Sail (1835), Sailing Vessels in Sunset, Ships off Copenhagen Roadstead (1848), four others, Copenhagen Gallery; Death of Balder, Academy, ib.; Calm Sea (1832); Swedish Fisherman's Boat (1833); Sermon on Mount (1834); Meeting at Sea; Pirate Schooner; Kronborg; Portraits of Oehlen