BOIS, CORNELIS DU, flourished about 1650. Dutch school; landscape painter, in the style of Jacob Ruisdael, possibly his pupil. Works: Wood Landscape (1649), Brunswick Gallery; do., Cassel Gallery; do. (attributed to Guillam du B.), Schwerin Gallery.—Riegel, Beiträge, ii. 395.
BOISSELIER, FÉLIX, the elder, born at
Damphal (Haute-Marne), in 1776, died in
Rome, Jan. 12, 1811. History painter;
pupil of Sieti, or Cieti, an Italian decorative
painter, and later of Regnault. Won the
grand prize for painting twice successively
(1805-06), the two subjects being the Death
of Demosthenes and the Return of the
Prodigal Son. Went to Rome in 1806, and
sent from there his Death of Adonis, now
in the Louvre, which was exhibited in 1812,
after his death. His younger brother, Antoine
Félix, called the younger, was a
painter of history and historical landscapes.
His Death of Bayard is at Fontainebleau.—Villot,
Cat. Louvre.
BOISSIEU, JEAN JACQUES DE, born
at Lyons, Nov. 30, 1736, died there, March
1, 1810. Landscape and genre painter; pupil
of Lombard, and of Jean Charles Frontier,
and formed himself after the Dutch masters;
studied also in Paris and Italy. Works:
Landscape with Washerwomen, Louvre,
Paris; Hilly River Landscape, Valley with
River (1773), Berlin Museum.—Larousse,
ii. 886; Notice de Tableaux du Louvre
(1882), iii. 14.
BOIT, EDWARD DARLEY, born in Boston;
contemporary. Marine painter; studied
first in Boston, later in Paris under Français;
has also lived and painted in Rome.
Studio in Paris. Works: La Plage de Villers—Calvados
(1876); Beach of Villers—Normandy
(1878); Terrace at Grove Farm
at Leatherhead—England (1884); Tunbridge
Wells—England (1885).
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BOKELMANN, LUDWIG (CHRISTIAN
LOUIS), born at St. Jürgen, near Bremen,
Feb. 4, 1844. Genre painter; pupil of
Düsseldorf Academy under W. Sohn; has
attained considerable reputation with serious
as well as humourous scenes, and secured a
place among the foremost genre painters of
Germany. Medals:
London, Vienna
(1873), Ghent, Berlin,
and Brussels.
Works: House of
Sorrow (1873);
Shoemaker's Apprentice
(1873); Extreme
Unction
(1873); Dawn of
Day (1874); Mountebank
(1875); Pawnbroker's Shop (1876),
Stuttgart Gallery; Failure of a Bank (1878);
Camp in Winter-Time; Opening of the Will
(1879), National Gallery, Berlin; Last Stage
of Election Contest (1880).—Müller, 63;
Illustr. Zeitg. (1879), i. 10; (1881), ii. 469;
Land und Meer (1884), i. 426; Zeitschr. f.
b. K., xv. 48, xvi. 149.
BÖKER, KARL, born at Barmen, in 1836.
Genre painter; pupil of the Düsseldorf Academy
under Karl Sohn and Schadow; painted
at first biblical pictures, but turned to
genre subjects; excels especially in humourous
scenes. Works: Chastity of Joseph;
St. John; Flight into Egypt; Magdalen;
Revision of Passport; After School (1866);
Crab-Fishing and Repast (1867); The
Good Testimonial (1868); Little Recruits
(1868); Spectacle-Dealer (1869); Walk
to Kirmess (1870); Cupid in the Sculpture
Gallery (1871); Canary Bird Seller (1872);
Large Hotel-Bill (1873); Children Swinging,
Mother's Joy (1875); At the Fair (1876);
Great Misery; Christmas-Box; Bird-Thieves
arraigned; Your Health!—Müller, 63; Illustr.
Zeitg. (1873), i. 255.
BOKLUND, JOHAN KRISTOFER, born
at Kulla-Gunnarstorp, Sweden, July 15,
1817, died in Stockholm, Dec. 10, 1880.
History and genre painter; studied from
1832 in Lund under Körner, then at the
Copenhagen Academy, in 1837 in Stockholm,
1846 in Munich, and 1854 in Paris
under Couture; returned to Sweden in 1856,
became member of and professor in the
