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 Summer (1884); Watering Place, Down in the Meadows (1885).

HUBER, JOHANN KASPAR, born at Glattfelden, Canton Zürich, in 1752, died at Zürich, April 17, 1825. Landscape and marine painter, pupil of Johann Heinrich Wüst; studied four years in Frankfort, then in the Düsseldorf Gallery, where he devoted himself to marine painting, and after two years in Amsterdam, returned to Düsseldorf in 1784, and to Switzerland in 1789. Member of Düsseldorf Academy. Works: Surge, Landscape with Castle, Storm at Sea, Zürich Gallery.—Nagler, vi. 336.

HUBER, JOHANN RUDOLF, born in Basle in 1668, died there, Feb., 1748. Portrait painter, pupil in Basle of Kaspar Meyer, then in Berne of Jos. Werner; went to Italy when nineteen, and for six years studied Giulio Romano at Mantua, and Titian at Venice, where he painted figures in the landscapes of Pieter de Molyn (Tempesta); in Rome he profited much by the advice of Maratti, then visited France, and returned to Basle in 1693. In 1696 he became court-painter to the Duke of Würtemberg, but resigned after four years. With his growing reputation he could scarcely satisfy the demands made upon him by princes and persons of the highest standing. He is said to have painted 5,000 portraits. Works: Dr. Thomas Platter, portrait of himself, Basle Museum; Family of Margrave Frederic Magnus of Baden-Durlach (1693); Envoys to the Peace Congress in Baden (1713); Joseph I., and many other Sovereigns.—Allgem. d. Biogr., xiii. 231; Füessli, ii. 257.

HUBER, RUDOLF, born at Schleinz, Nether Austria, about 1844. Animal and portrait painter, pupil of Vienna and Düsseldorf Academies; took part in the Italian campaign of 1866 as an officer, visited Egypt repeatedly after 1870, and brought back numerous studies of Abyssinian types. Professor at Vienna Academy. Works: Cows in Pasture; Caravan; Maternal Joys, Cows Fighting, Equestrian Portraits of Duke Charles of Lorraine and of Count Stahremberg (1883); Washington on Horseback (1884).—Müller, 268; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 372.

HUBERT, ALFRED, born in Brussels (or Liège?); contemporary. Genre and animal painter; at first made his mark with pen-and-ink drawings of military life, but began to paint in water-colours in 1854. Is especially skilful in painting horses. Works: Horses and Cattle in Stable; Peasant Women in Town; Dog-Team; Camp-Scene; New Year's Presents; Coachmen; Umbrellas; Militaria; Railroads; Masked Ball; Horses in Gypsy Camp (1870); Artillery Resting (1872); Marine (1873); Evening after Battle (1874); Mounted Artillery (1875).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1876), xiii. 453; Müller, 269.

HUBERTI, ÉDOUARD, born in Brussels in 1818, died there in 1880. Landscape painter in the manner of Corot; his pictures commanded high prices in Belgium and England. Member of Société belge des Aquarellistes. Works: Heath in the Campine, King of Belgium; Harvest; On Border of Forest; Pond of Ramée; Spring; Gloomy Weather at Wilryk; Valley of Jehoshaphat in Morning Light; Autumn; Snow Landscape on the Scheldt.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xix. 473.

HÜBNER, EDUARD, born in Dresden, May 27, 1842. Genre painter, son of Julius, pupil of Schurig, then of Dresden Academy, and in 1860-67 of Düsseldorf Academy under Bendemann; repeatedly visited Italy, spent three winters at Rome, and (1869-70)