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 during travels in Bavaria, the Austrian Alps, and Holland; his pictures show great feeling for the picturesque in their composition, masterly treatment of trees, and clear colouring. Lives in Düsseldorf. Order of Bavarian Crown, 1884. Works: Wood Landscape on Lake Ossiach, Wood Interior, View in Upper Bavaria, View on a Lake, View near Munich, On the Elbe, Carinthian Landscape, Walk to Emmaus (1879); Meteorological Station in Carinthia (1882); Dies iræ, Munich Art Union. His brother and pupil, Ludwig (born at Villach in 1845), is also a landscape painter of merit; lives in Munich, where he has done much towards reviving interest in the art of etching, and is honorary member of the Academy.—Allgem. K. C., viii. 48; Dioskuren (1866); Kunst-Chronik, xxi. 62; Kunst für Alle, i. 184; Müller, 560; Zeitschr. f. b. K., x. (Mittheilungen, iii. 75).

WILMARTH, LEMUEL EVERETT, born at Attleborough, Mass., Nov. 11, 1835. Genre painter, pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy in Philadelphia; studied at Munich under Kaulbach in 1859-62, and in 1864 at the École des Beaux Arts, Paris, under Gérôme. In 1870 professor of the National Academy free schools; elected an A.N.A. in 1871, and N.A. in 1873. Studio in New York. Works: Sparking in the Olden Time (1864); Little Pitchers have Big Ears (1865); An Afternoon at Home (1871); Guess what I've brought you? (1873); Ingratitude (1875); Study of Peaches (1877); Pick of the Orchard (1880); Who Wins may Wear (1883); Jack's Return, Please may I keep Him? (1884); Country Artist (1885).—Sheldon, 110.

WILMS, JOSEF, born at Bilk, near Düsseldorf, Aug. 2, 1814. Still-life and genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Schadow and Theodor Hildebrandt; visited Strassburg in 1848 and Amsterdam in 1862. Works: Peasant Still-Life (1834), National Gallery, Berlin; Student enriched by Heritage (1838); Punch Service by Lamp-*light (1840); Boar's Head (1841); Squirrel (1842); Revolution in Painter's Studio (1851); Münchhausen (1856); Breakfast with Champagne.—Müller, 560; Wiegmann, 410.

WILS, JOHANNES, born probably at Haarlem, died there before 1670. Dutch school; landscape painter, entered the guild at Haarlem in 1628, and was one of the masters of Berchem, who married his daughter. His rare works are compared to those of Jan Booth and Jacob Ruisdael. Works: Mountainous Wood and River Landscape, Chapel in the Forest, Schwerin Gallery.—Schlie, 697.

WILSON, RICHARD, born at Pinegas, Montgomeryshire, Aug. 1, 1713, died at Llanberris, Carnarvonshire, May, 1782. Landscape painter, pupil for six years of Thomas Wright, a London portrait painter of little ability. After painting portraits with some success, he went, in 1749, to Italy, where, by advice of Zuccarelli, he devoted himself to landscape painting. Returning home in 1755, he was disappointed to find that his classic style was not appreciated by the public. Though unfavoured by fortune, he continued the struggle, and in 1760 his ability attained some slight recognition when his picture of Niobe was exhibited at the Society of Artists, of which he was a member; yet he never became popular, and died in comparative indigence, a disappointed man. Long after his death the popular taste became educated to his standard, and he is now regarded as one of the greatest of English landscape painters. Wilson was one of the original members of the Royal Academy, and in 1776 was ap