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 Bas-Breau, Border of a Pine Wood at Pornic (1875); Landscape, In the Woods (1876); Garden near Nîmes (1877); View near Étretat (1878); View in Provence, View at Bugey (1879); River Alberine, Road of Étroits near Lyons (1880); Souvenir of Bugey, Provence (1881); Road near Montmorency, View from the Heights above Sèvres (1882); Landscape, Autumn near Montmorency (1883); In Autumn, Diggers at Work (1884); Autumn Reminiscence, Shades (1885). Pictures in the Museums of Nîmes, Lyons, and Langres. His elder brother, Auguste René (1804-43), pupil of Ingres, was director of Lyons Academy.—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 556.

FLATZ, GEBHARD, born at Wolffurt, Vorarlberg, June 11, 1800. History painter, pupil of Vienna Academy; then studied at Munich, and went to Rome, where, excepting a short stay at Innsbrück, he has since lived, forming himself after the works of Fra Angelico and Raphael, allied in close friendship with Overbeck, and, like him, among the foremost modern painters of religious subjects. Most of his works have been bought for England and America. Works: Paris challenged by Hector (1827), Ferdinandeum, Innsbrück; Allegory on Incarnation of Christ (1842); Madonna (1843); Transfiguration of St. Francis (1845); Abraham and the Angels; Madonna adoring the Infant; Fiesole after a Vision painting the Madonna; Mary with Martha, John and Lazarus listening to the Lord; Christ bestowing upon Souls in Purgatory the Boon of his Sacrifice (1854); Bishop of Lodi, the Founder of Figlie del sagro Cuvre at Trent; Mary and Joseph adoring the newborn Saviour, Imperial Chapel, Vienna; St. Francis Xavier on his Death-bed; Cycle of Five Scenes in Life of Christ (1858). In fresco: Cycle representing the Teaching of Christ.—Wurzbach, iv. 264; xxvi. 379.

FLEMAEL (Flémalle), BARTHOLET, born at Liège, May 23, 1614, died there, July 10, 1675. Flemish school; history and portrait painter, son of Renier Flemael, glass-painter; pupil of Gerard Doufet and of Jordaens; went to Italy in 1638, stayed principally at Rome and Florence, and on his way homeward painted with great repute in the Carmelite and Augustin churches in Paris, where, on a second visit in 1670, he was made member and professor of the Academy. Returned to Liège in 1647, and two years later took up his abode temporarily at Brussels. Shows the influence of Nicolas Poussin. Works: Chastisement of Heliodorus, Brussels Museum; Flight of Æneas from Troy, Dresden Gallery; Alexander leaving for Asia, Death of Lucretia, Cassel Gallery; Raising of the Cross, Crucifixion, Liège Museum; Nativity, Caën Museum; Mysteries of the Old and New Testaments, Louvre.—Biog. nat. de Belgique, vii. 96; Helbig, Hist. de la peinture à Liège; Fétis, Les Artistes belges à l'étranger, ii. 374.

FLERS, CAMILLE, born in Paris, Feb. 15, 1802, died at Annet (Seine-et-Marne), June 27, 1868. Landscape painter, pupil of Paris. Bred in the old school of landscape painting, but became a leader of the new in 1831. His best works were painted before 1855. Medals: 3d class, 1840; 2d class, 1847; L. of Honour, 1849. Works: Cascade of Pissevache (1831); Mill on the Marne; View of the Meilleraye; Road in Normandy, Environs of Dunkirk; Animals in a Pasture, Castle of Arques; Environs of Compiègne; Mill of Toucque, Island of Samoïs (1838); Banks of the Marne (1848); Four Seasons (1855); eight views and interiors (1857); Willows on the Beuvronne; Mill of Coillour (1859); Hazel Trees on Banks of the Bresle; Orchard at Aumale; Henriette Island at Annet; Tuileries du Perrey at Havre; Water-Mill near Quillebœuf; Washing-Places on the Bresle; Mill at Annet (1861); The Allier at Vichy after an Inundation; Mill at Aunay (1863).—Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 557.

FLEURY, FRANÇOIS ANTOINE LÉON, born in Paris, Dec. 18, 1804, died Oct. 19,