- rongen in the Midnight Sun (1846); Norwegian
Table-land (1861); Evening in Berner Oberland (1860 and 1867); Evening in Bavarian Highland (1862); The Eiger in Switzerland, Kaisergebirge in Tyrol (1864); Königssee (1874); Wallensee in Switzerland, Inundation on the Nether Rhine, The Dachstein (1876).—Brockhaus, ii. 669; Müller, 34.
BECKER, FERDINAND, born in Mentz;
contemporary. Painter of fairy tales, pupil
in Frankfort of Steinle. First exhibited at
Frankfort in 1874. Works: Story of the
Little Brother and Sister (1874); The Poor
Servant (1875); Story of the Three Esquires
of Roland (1877), Royal Cabinet of Engravings,
Dresden.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii.
271; Kunst-Chronik, ix. 398, x. 601, xii.
548.
BECKER, GEORGES, born in Paris
about 1845. Genre painter, pupil of Gérôme.
Medals: Paris, 1870; 2d class, 1872;
Philadelphia, 1876. Works: In the Catacombs
(1868); Orestes and the Furies
(1870); Martyr's Widow (1872); Rizpah
protecting the Bodies of her Children
(1873); Christian Martyr (1879); Image-Seller
of
Pompeii,
H. P. Kidder,
Boston.—Kunst-Chronik, viii. 71, x.
532; Am. Art Rev. (1880), 489; Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 271; Müller, 34.
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BECKER, JAKOB, born at Dittelsheim, near Worms, in 1810, died in Frankfort, Dec. 22, 1872. Genre and landscape painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Schirmer; after painting landscapes and romantic scenes, he took up genre, choosing his subjects chiefly from peasant life. In 1840 he became professor at the Städel Institute in Frankfort. Works: Knight and his Sweetheart, Praying Peasant Family, Evening at the Well, Departure of the Recruit, Returning Soldier; Wounded Poacher, Raczynski Gallery, Berlin; Shepherd struck by Lightning, Städel Gallery, Frankfort; Peasant Family on Pilgrimage, Husbandmen Surprised by a Storm, New Pinakothek, Munich; Returning Harvesters.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 267; Wolfgang Müller, Düsseldorf K., 236.
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BECKER, KARL (LUDWIG FRIEDRICH),
born in Berlin,
Dec. 18, 1820.
History and genre
painter, pupil of
Aug. von Klöber in
the Berlin Academy;
studied fresco under
A. Hess at Munich
(1843), and after a
year in Paris and two
years in Rome (1845-47)
returned to Berlin to paint historical and
mythological pictures. Visited Venice several
times and collected materials for painting
Venetian Renaissance subjects, in representing
which his improved colour showed
the influence of the masters of that school.
Professor and senator of Berlin Academy.
Works: Belisarius as a Beggar (1850);
Cecrops as Founder of Athens, Hyllus,
Mercury and Argus, Hypsipyle and Archemorus,
Cadmus as Dragon Slayer (frescos),
National Museum, Berlin; Christ on Lake
Genesareth, Fiddler in the Courtyard, Capuchin
Sermon, Jeweller at Venetian Senator's
(1855); Visit at Venetian Nobleman's
(1857); Visit of Sebastian del Piombo to
Titian (1861); Doge in Council (1864);
The Bravo, Carnival in Venice, Return from
Carnival, Venetian Balcony Scene, Charles
V. at Titian's, Scene from Götz von Berlichingen
(1869), Charles V. and Fugger (1870),
National Gallery, Berlin; Dürer in Venice
(1873); Bianca Capello (1874); Coronation
of Ulrich von Hutten as Poet Laureate
(1876), Cologne Museum; In the Picture
Gallery, Scene from Marriage of Figaro
(1874); Emperor Maximilian receiving
Venetian Embassy (1877); Othello (1880);
Carnival Festival in Doge's Palace (1881).
Works in the United States: Italian
Mother's Prayer, D. W. Powers, Rochester,
N. Y.; Cup of Tea, W. Richmond, Provi-
