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 after Troyon and the French idyl-painters. He then continued his studies in Belgium in 1858-61, and in Holland in 1863-67, and settled in Düsseldorf. Member of the Amsterdam Academy. Works: After the Storm (1857), Liège Museum; Afternoon on the Heath (1859), Interrupted Milking (1871), Cows on the Strand (1872), Passing Storm (1873), Afternoon in the Meadow (1874), Autumn Morning, Evening (1874), The two Friends (1875), Wood Path (1876), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Wild Bull, Brussels Museum.—Müller, 87.

BURNITZ, KARL PETER, born in Frankfort in 1824. Landscape painter, self-taught; was a lawyer; went in 1850 to Paris, where he painted for ten years; since 1860 in Frankfort. Works: Wood Landscape (1860), Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Starnberg Lake (1871); Three Landscapes (1879).—Müller, 87.

BUSCH, FRIEDRICH, born in Düsseldorf in 1808, died there, Jan. 6, 1875. Genre painter; pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy. Works: Spinning Maiden, Huntsman and his Sweetheart, Girl at the Well.—Kunst-Chronik, x. 236.

BUSH, NORTON, born at Rochester, N.Y., in 1834. Landscape painter; pupil of James Harris in Rochester, and of Cropsey in New York. Lives in San Francisco. In 1853, 1868, and 1875, sketched in South and Central America. Works: Lake Nicaragua; Bay of Panama; Summit of the Sierras, River San Juan—Nicaragua, Crocker Gallery, Sacramento; Mt. Chimborazo; Volcano of Elmisti—Peru; Mt. Meiggs—Andes of Peru; Western Slope of Cordilleras; Cordilleras of Ecuador.

BUSI, LUIGI, born at Bologna in 1838, died there, June 2, 1884. Genre painter, pupil of Bologna Academy, studied afterwards in Rome, and visited Germany and France. Professor in Bologna Academy from 1871. Order of Italian Crown. Works: Tasso and Cardinal Aldobrandini; Visit of Condolence; Illegal Marriage; Visit to Young Mother.

BUSS, ROBERT WILLIAM, born in London in 1804, died there in 1875. Genre and history painter; pupil of George Clint. Painted theatrical scenes, and executed many illustrations for books. His genre pictures, many of which were engraved, were chiefly humorous. Works: Christmas in Time of Queen Elizabeth; Wooden Walls of Old England; Bitter Morning; Stingy Traveller; Musical Bore; Master's Out; Old Commodore; Watt's first Experiment with Steam; Introduction of Tobacco; Soliciting a Vote; Biter Bit; Time and Tide wait for no Man.

BUSSE, GEORG HEINRICH, born at Bennemühlen, near Hanover, July 17, 1810, died at Hanover, Feb. 26, 1868. Landscape painter; first instructed in drawing by Giesewell in Hanover, studied engraving in Dresden, and spent nine years in Italy (1835-1844). After his return in 1844 he began to paint in oil, and from 1849 exhibited almost every year at Hanover with distinguished success. Works: Grove of Diana (1849); Ruins of Imperial Palace in Rome (1850); Monte Aventino (1852); Wood in Albanese Mountains (1853); Ruins at Albano (1855); Lago d'Agnano (1857); Ruins of Lambessa (1861); Hermit's Rock and Ear of Dionysius near Syracuse (1862); Monks disputing (1862); Lago Trasimene (1863); Constantine (1865); Cefalù (1866); View near Athens (1867).—Allgem. d. Biogr., iii. 650; Andresen, iii. 230.

BUSSON, CHARLES, born at Montoire (Loir-et-Cher), July 15, 1822. Landscape painter; pupil of Rémond and Français. Medals: 3d class, 1855-57-59-63-67; 1st class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1866. Works: View near Sassenage (1846); The Loire, View in Auvergne (1852); Woods in Touraine, Hay (1853); Environs of Montoire (1855); Ford near Montoire (1857), Tours Museum; The Heath, Before the Storm (1859); Evening on the Loire, Sun