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 BIN, (JEAN BAPTISTE PHILIPPE) ÉMILE, born in Paris, Feb. 10, 1825. History painter; pupil of Gosse, L. Cogniet, and École des Beaux Arts, where he won the 2d prix de Rome in 1850. His principal work has been the decoration of public and private buildings. Medals in 1865, 1869; L. of Honour, 1878. Works: "Peace, do not Grieve" (1861); Orpheus put to Death by Bacchantes (1863); Atalanta and Hippomenes (1864); Perseus and Andromeda (1865), Tours Museum; Hercules killing his Wife and Children while Insane (1866), Nantes Museum; Prometheus Chained (1869), Marseilles Museum; Venus Astarte (1874); Hail Cæsar (1875). He decorated the Poly-*technicon in Zurich (1865-70), many of the ceilings of the Hôtel du Louvre and of the Grand Hotel, Paris.—Vapereau, (1880), 219.

BINCK, JACOB, born in Cologne between 1490 and 1504, died in Königsberg, 1568 or 1569. German school; portrait painter; supposed to have been at Nuremberg and taught by Dürer before he visited Italy at an early age. Included among the Little Masters, though portrait painting was his chief occupation, and engraving but an episode in his career. Appointed court painter to Christian III. king of Denmark in 1531, he several times absented himself from Copenhagen in the service of Albert of Brandenburg, which he finally entered in July, 1551, and thence-*forward resided at Königsberg. He employed himself in planning fortresses and redoubts, designing monuments, and in painting the portraits of his friends. Works: Portraits of Christian III. and Queen Dorothea, Copenhagen Museum.—Fine Arts Quarterly (1864), 372; Scott, 115; Kugler (Crowe), i. 184; W. & W., ii. 491; Allg. d. Biog., ii. 642; Merlo, 35.

BINDER, JOSEF, born in Vienna, Feb. 15, 1805, died there, April 16, 1863. History painter; studied in Vienna and in 1827-34 in Munich. Painted at first portraits, then historical subjects, in which he excelled. In 1836 he became professor at the Städel Institute in Frankfort, but returned to Vienna in 1847; became member of the Academy in 1848, and professor in 1851. Works: Elopement of Psyche (1832); Angels' Watch (1836); Three Magi (1846); Emperor Albrecht II., Kaisersaal, Frankfort; Madonna; Conversion of Julian; Door-Keeper of Heaven; St. Florian; St. Catherine of Siena visiting poor Family; St. Eustachius Hunting, Romulus and Remus, Vienna Museum.—Meyer, Con. Lex., iii. 488; Würzbach, i. 400.

BINET, ADOLPHE GUSTAVE, born at La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur (Calvados); contemporary. Genre and portrait painter; pupil of Gérôme. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: The Omnibus (1881); Avenue des Champs-Élysées, The Villagers (1882); Idleness, Corner of the Meadow (1883); Cab-Stand at Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, Sand-Loaders at Quai d'Austerlitz (1884); Timber Wagon at Montrouge, Les Ânes de Robinson (1885).

BINET, VICTOR JEAN BAPTISTE BARTHELEMY, born at Rouen; contemporary. Landscape painter. Medal, 3d class, 1882. Works: Seine at St. Aubin (1880); Côte-Pelée (1881); Passing Wave, Old Road of Arcueil (1882); Corner of Orchard at St. Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf (1883); On the Heights of Heurteauville, Morning at St. Aubin (1884); Old Road near Bicêtre, September Morning (1885).

BING, VALENTIN, born at Amsterdam, April 22, 1812. History and genre painter; pupil of Kruseman; since 1838 his pictures have met with great success at exhibitions in Holland. Works: Mark the Evangelist; Isaac and Rebecca; John the Evangelist; Woman from Isle of Schockland.—Müller, 52.

BIRCH, THOMAS, born in London, England, in 1779, died in Philadelphia in 1851. Portrait and marine painter; came to America in 1793. Painted portraits in Philadelphia until 1807, when a visit to the Capes of Delaware turned his attention to marine painting. He was also successful in snow-scenes. Works: Engagement between United States and Macedonian; Engage