BENZ, SEVERIN, born at Marbach, St. Gall, Switzerland, March 14, 1834. History, portrait, genre and landscape painter; pupil of Munich Academy, under Anschütz and Piloty, then made a study trip to Venice and North Italy. His religious paintings are elevated in conception and brilliant in colour. Works: Christ Appearing to Magdalen (1857); Bandits in Ambush, Mother's Happiness (1862); St. Joseph, Madonna, Resurrection (1863); Come, ye that are heavy-laden! Descent from the Cross (1866); Crucifixion, Christ and the Woman of Samaria (1869); Landscape at Wallensee; Flight into Egypt (1879); Christ on the Cross (1883). In fresco: Siege of Carmagnola by the Elector Max Emanuel in 1691 (1865), National Museum, Munich.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 565.
BENZON, CHRISTIAN ALBRECHT
VON, born in Copenhagen, June 11, 1816,
died in Paris, Sept. 30, 1849. Historical and
genre painter; pupil of Copenhagen Academy;
went to Düsseldorf in 1840 or 1841,
to Paris in 1845, where he received a gold
medal from Louis Philippe. Works: Last
Confession (1842); Sinner on his Deathbed,
Death of Don Juan; Death of St. Canut
(1844); Norman Chief taking Italian City
(1846); Louis IV. of France recognizing at
Rouen Richard I. and Descendants as Dukes
of Normandy, Town Hall, Rouen.—Weilbach,
56.
BÉRANGER, ANTOINE, born in Paris,
May 19, 1785, died at Sèvres, April 21,
1867. History, genre, and portrait painter;
studied under several masters, and was one
of the best artists of the older school. For
years employed at the porcelain factory at
Sèvres, and contributed largely to its celebrity.
Medals: 3d class, 1839; 2d class,
1840; L. of Honour, 1841. Works: Woman
and Children at Husband's Grave
(1814); Autumn (1819); Wandering Musicians;
Rural Wedding (1822); Seduction
(1824); Susanna (1827); Young Shepherd
Asleep, Wounded Traveller (1833); Prisoner
(1835); Old Man interpreting a Holy Book
to a Young Girl (1836); Music Lesson
(1837); Return to the Country (1838);
Christ Asleep (1839); Consequences of Seduction
(1840); Guardian Angel (1846);
Peasant Family (1849); The Rich and Poor
Children (1852); Children Surprised by
Rain (1853); Sleep, The Professor (1857);
Repentant Fisherman, Fruit-Seller (1859).
His daughter Susanne Estelle (Mme. Apoil),
distinguished herself as a flower and fruit
painter. Medal, 2d class, 1858.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii. 570; Larousse, ii. 563.
BÉRANGER, CHARLES, born at Sèvres,
Nov. 21, 1816, died in Paris, May 15, 1853.
Still-life, animal, genre, and portrait painter;
son of preceding; pupil of École des
Beaux Arts and of Delaroche. Medals: 3d
class, 1839; 2d class, 1840. Works: Kitchen
Interior (1837); Scene in Life of Henriette
of France (1839); Peasant Woman at
the Well, Maid watering Horse, Laundress
(1840); Fruit-seller's Booth (1842); View of
Marché des Jacobins, Dog Portraits (1846);
Dog and Game (1848); Dogs Running,
Working Horses, Child with Chickens
(1851); Two Roosters (1853).—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., iii. 571.
BÉRANGER, ÉMILE (JEAN BAPTISTE
ANTOINE), born at Sèvres, Aug. 30, 1814.
Genre painter; brother of preceding; first
employed in decorating porcelain at Sèvres
with his father, Antoine B. His favourite
subjects are young women of the working
class in pretty costumes, fresh and clear in
colour. Medals: 3d class, 1846; 2d class,
1848. Works: Simon Memmi painting
Laura (1840); Seamstress, Young Girl
boiling Milk (1846); Day after the Ball,
Reading Lesson, Hiding a Letter (1848);
Order and Disorder (1863); First Joys
(1864); The New Maid (1866); Hopeful
Lad (1868); Young Mother, Wm. H. Vanderbilt,
New York; Bouquet, C. Parsons,
St. Louis; Voice of the Shell, T. Dolan,
Philadelphia; Fair Oyster-Opener, Glass of
Lemonade, Where has it Gone? Mrs. R. L.
Stuart, New York; Consoling the Widow,
C. P. Huntington, New York; Madam's
