Lemnos (1876); Briseis and Patroclus (1878); Street at Capri (1880); Carmela, House at Capri (1881); Girls going to the Fountain (1882); Peonies, Alsacian Girl (1883); Belle of Scio, Poppies (1884); Poppies (1885).
BENNET, KARL STEFAN, born in
Sweden, May 26, 1800, died in Stockholm,
March 27, 1878. Landscape and genre
painter; studied in Italy, and became member
of Stockholm Academy in 1840. Works:
Homage to Charles XIV.; Military Review at
Ladugärdsgärdet; Unveiling of Equestrian
Statue of Charles John (1854); several
of his best works in National Museum,
Drottningholm.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii.
539.
BENNEWITZ VON LÖFEN, KARL,
born at Thorn, Nov. 15, 1826. Landscape
painter; pupil of Schirmer in Berlin and of
Albert Zimmermann in Munich. After
travelling in the Tyrol, Upper Italy, Southern
France, and Scotland, he settled in
Berlin (1856), and painted many pictures
now in private collections. Works: Fish
Pond before Sunrise, Wood Path, Beech
Wood on Rügen, Village in Brandenburg,
Wood Interior, Spring in Brandenburg,
Autumn Fog, On the Heath, Outlook
on Baltic Sea.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii.
540.
BENOUVILLE, ACHILLE (JEAN), born
in Paris, July 15, 1815. Landscape painter;
pupil of Picot; won in 1845 the grand prix
de Rome (landscape) for his Ulysses and
Nausicaa. Long resident at Rome, where
he painted many pictures of the Campagna
in oil and water-colour, remarkable for their
local truth and elegance in design. Medals:
3d class, 1844; 1st class, 1863; L. of Honour,
1863. Since 1867 he has resided in Paris.
Works: Etruscan Tombs at Sutri in neighbourhood
of Velletri; St. Peter's; Tivoli;
Torre de' Schiavi; The Via Nomentana, C.
C. Perkins, Boston; Castel Fusano; Coliseum
seen from the Palatine (1870); Pic du
Midi (1872), Mrs. A. T. Stewart, New York;
Château de Lugagnan (1873); After the
Bath (1883); Border of l'Aumance, Via Nomentana
(1884); Ford of Malavaux, Cascade
of l'Ardoisière (1885).—Gaz. des B. Arts, xvi.
285; xvii. 13.
BENOUVILLE, (FRANÇOIS) LÉON,
born in Paris, March 30, 1821, died Feb.
19, 1859. History and portrait painter;
brother of Achille B.; pupil of Picot; won
in 1845 the grand prix de Rome (history)
for his Jesus in the Judgment Hall. His
portraits are remarkable for truth and simplicity
of action. Medals: 2d class in 1852
and 1855, 1st class in 1853; L. of Honour,
1855. Works: Mercury and Argus (1839);
Hermit and Slothful Knights (1841); Judith
(1844); Esther (1845); Christian Martyrs
(1852); Francis of Assisi Dying (1853),
Louvre; two Pigeons, Raphael meeting the
Fornarina, Poussin on the Tiber (1857); St.
Clara receiving the Body of St. Francis,
Joan of Arc (1859); Portraits of Queen
Hortense, Napoleon, Artist's Wife and two
Daughters.—Ch. Blanc, École française;
Meyer, Gesch., 399.
BENOZZO. See Gozzoli.
BENSA, ALEXANDER VON, Ritter,
born in Vienna, July 15, 1820. Genre and
battle painter, self-taught, imitates, to a certain
degree, A. von Pettenkofen; painted
the figures in Ad. Obermüllner's North Pole
cycle. Many of his works were bought by
the Emperor of Austria; several are in the
Duke of Coburg's collection in Vienna.
Works: Retreat from Königgrätz, Skirmish
at Schweinschedl, Battle near Tannenberg,
Hungarian Market, On the Puszta,
Hungarian Election Scene.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., iii. 553.
BENSO, GIULIO, born in Pieve del Tecco,
about 1601, died in Genoa in 1668. Genoese
school; pupil of Gio. Battista Paggi;
excelled in architecture painting and in
perspective. Several works in fresco in
l'Annunziata del Gustato, Genoa, and in
S. Antonio, Pieve del Tecco. Was also an
architect and an engraver.—Lanzi, iii. 262;
Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
BENSON, EUGENE, born at Hyde Park,
New York, in 1839. Figure and genre
