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 second stay in Paris he won the favour of Napoleon III. and painted the Empress Eugénie for the palace at St. Cloud; spent the winter of 1874-75 in Italy and painted in Rome and Pompeii landscapes and architecture pieces. Works: Stable Boy's Joy (1836), Horse Stable (1845), Ride of Witches to the Blocksberg (1853), Russian Team, Death of Niclot (1857), Skirmish near Walsmühlen in 1719, Portraits of Fritz Reuter (1866), Gustav zu Putlitz (1866), Gaston Lenthe (1868), Friedrich Kücken (1869), Count Friedrich von Schack (1875), Grand Duke Paul Friedrich, and of himself, (1876), Schwerin Gallery.—Schlie, 67.

SCHLÖSSER, HERMANN (JULIUS), born in Elberfeld, Dec. 21, 1832. History painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Karl Sohn; took prize of Berlin Academy in 1860; lived several years in Paris, and settled in Rome. Gold medal, Berlin, 1870. Works: Maid of Orleans; Venus rising from the Sea (1871); Thetis surprised by Peleus (1872), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Theseus and Ariadne; Pandora before Prometheus and Epimetheus (1878), National Gallery, Berlin.—Müller, 469; Zeitschr. f. b. K., vi. 107; Leixner, Mod. K., ii. 14.

SCHLÖSSER, KARL, born in Darmstadt in 1836. Genre painter, pupil in Frankfort of Jakob Becker, and in Paris of Couture; settled about 1875 in London, where he exhibits at the Royal Academy and the Grosvenor Gallery. Medal, Vienna; Knight of Order of Merit. Works: Last Rehearsal; Political Adversaries (1871); First Bottle of Champagne; Obligatory Instruction (1875); Village Lawyer (1876); Forbidden Fruit (bought by Napoleon III.); Reprimand; Advice in Need (1878), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; The Refectory (1877); Carriage Accident, Grocer's Shop in Tyrol (1878); Political Discussion, Sunset at San Remo, Compulsory Education (1879); Souvenir de Palermo (1880); Singing Lesson, Finishing Touch, A Duet (1881); Out of Tune, Pianissimo, An Intermezzo (1882); Old Friends, A Book Worm, Palermo (1884); From Bordigherra (1885); An Old Bachelor (1886).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1865), xviii. 319, 522; (1867), xxii. 537.

SCHLOTTHAUER, JOSEF, born in Munich, March 14, 1789, died there, June 15, 1869. History painter, pupil of Munich Academy. Painted some of the frescos in the Glyptothek after Cornelius's cartoons. Visited Rome in 1830; became professor at Munich Academy in 1831; went to Pompeii in 1844 to study ancient painting. With Fuchs he invented in 1846 stereochromy, a method of preserving the colours of frescos, used by Kaulbach in the Berlin Museum. Works: Christ crowned with Thorns; Altarpieces (1838), Bamberg Cathedral.—Kunst-Chronik, iv. 181.

SCHMALZ, HERBERT, born in England; contemporary. Genre and portrait painter; exhibits at the Royal Academy and the Grosvenor Gallery. Works: Muriel, Sir Galahad (1881); Voices, Alas! (1882); Beyond, Temple of Eros, How Long!, Idaline (1883); Too Late!, Queen of the May, Felice, All is Vanity (1884); Elaine, Denise, Souvenir de Blankenberghs (1885); Topsy (1886).

SCHMID, MATHIAS, born at See, Tyrol, Nov. 14, 1835. History and genre painter, pupil of Munich Academy (1856) under Schraudolph, and of Piloty in 1869, when persecution by the clergy in Tyrol on account of his liberal ideas caused him to return to Munich. Medal, Vienna, 1873. Works: Ruth going to Bethlehem (1858); Entombment;