whose adequate treatment demanded higher powers and much greater technical skill than he possessed, prevented Barry from attaining that measure of success to which his talents fairly entitled him. His picture of Venus (Society of Arts), Jupiter and Juno, and the Wounded Philoctetes, illustrate his ambitious weakness; his Death of General Wolfe, who, together with all the dramatis personæ, is represented nude, proves the absurd extent of his faith in the academic style; while his six pictures of the Civilization and Regeneration of Man, two of which are 42 feet in length, painted for the Society of Arts between 1777 and 1783, though remarkable for the inventive qualities displayed, attest his feebleness as a draughtsman and colourist. Among his other works are his own portrait in the National Portrait Gallery, and his Adam and Eve at S. Kensington.—Fryer, Works of J. Barry (London, 1809); F. de Conches, 283; Ch. Blanc, École anglaise; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 45; Sandby, ii. 182; Portfolio (1873), 150.
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BARTH, FERDINAND, born at Partenkirchen,
Bavaria,
Nov. 11, 1842.
History and
genre painter,
pupil in Nuremberg
of Kreling,
then of the Munich
Academy
under Piloty and
Caspar Braun.
He took part in
the campaigns of
1866 and 1870,
travelled through Germany, France, Italy,
and Switzerland, and became professor at the
Academy and at the Art School of Industry
in Munich. Medals in Vienna and Munich.
Works: Quarrelling Landsknechts, Dance
of Death, Merchant of Venice, Torquato
Tasso, Paganini in Prison (1883), Parsifal,
Cupid at the Door.—Müller, 27.
BARTHEL, GUSTAV ADOLF, born in
Brunswick, in 1819. Portrait painter, son
and pupil of the engraver Friedrich Barthel
(1785-1846), and pupil of Stieler and Kaulbach
at Munich, and of Lessing at Düsseldorf.
In 1852 he was appointed painter to
the Duke, and in 1857 inspector of the Gallery
in Brunswick. Works: Portraits of
Dukes Ferdinand, Frederic William, Charles
William, and William of Brunswick, Portrait
of Princess Alexandrine of Hohenlohe.—Müller,
28.
BARTLETT, WILLIAM HENRY, born
in London; contemporary. Landscape
painter, pupil in Paris of Bouguereau and
of Tony Robert-Fleury. Exhibits at Royal
Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, and Paris
Salon. Works: Return from Seal-Hunt—Ireland
(1881); On the Alert, Loading Corn—West
Ireland, Ellestrin Bay—West Ireland
(1882); Summer-Time—Lagoon of
Chioggia near Venice, Netting Granchios—Chioggia
(1883); Bad Wind for Fish (1884).
BARTOLI (di Bartolo), TADDEO, Sienese
school, born in Siena in 1363, died there
in 1422. Son of Bartolo di Mino, a barber;
early began a successful practice; in 1389
was a member of the council on the works
in the cathedral of Siena. In 1390 he
painted for S. Paolo of Pisa the Virgin and
Saints now in the Louvre, and in 1393 for
Cattaneo Spinola and for S. Luca, Genoa,
two altarpieces. An altarpiece of the Madonna
and Saints was executed in 1395 for
S. Francesco, Pisa, and this was followed by
a series of frescos in the same church,
among the best of which is the Apostle's
Visit to the Virgin, a work of great spirit.
The breadth and motion of drapery, the
firm decision in the drawing, and the bold
freedom of action in difficult positions are
worthy of the 16th century. After completing
his labours at Pisa, Taddeo returned
to Siena, and painted several years
in the cathedral. A few panels by him yet
remain, but most of his frescos there are
obliterated. He next painted some pictures
for the Duomo of S. Gimignano, two of
which are preserved in the Palazzo Communale.
In 1403 he was at work in Perugia,
