Temesvar (1853); Battle of Zorndorf (1861); numerous horse-pieces and small genre scenes and portraits.—Allgem. d. Biogr., i. 44; Brockhaus, i. 128; Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 65; Regnet, i. 1.
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ADAM, BENNO, born in Munich, July 15, 1812. Son and pupil of Albrecht, and one of the best animal painters of the Munich school. Has been called the German Landseer on account of his skill in treating domestic animals, combined with human figures. Works; Fox Chase, Prince Karl of Fürstenberg, Donaueschingen; Wounded Stag, Prince Max of Fürstenberg, Prague.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 69.
ADAM, EMIL, born in Munich, May 20,
1843. Painter of horses, equestrian portraits,
and hunting scenes; pupil of his
father Benno, and his uncle Franz, and in
figure painting of Portaels at Brussels (1865).
Works: Meet at Pardubitz (60 hunters on
horseback, 1868, Princess Maria Kinsky);
Hunt at Lippspring (40 persons, 1871, Duke
of Nassau); Hungarian Stud Horses during
an Inundation; Stud of Horses (R. G. Dun,
N. Y.)—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 72; Müller, 5.
ADAM, EUGEN, born in Munich, Jan.
22, 1817, died there, June 4, 1880. Genre
painter, third son and pupil of Albrecht,
whom he accompanied (1848) to the seat
of war in Italy, where he remained until
1856. Able painter of soldier life in peace
and war, as also of picturesque customs and
manners in Hungary, Croatia, and Dalmatia,
which he visited in 1844-47. Manœuvre
under command of the Emperor of Austria
(1851); two scenes from Conquest of Malghuera
(1852), Collection of Emperor of
Austria; Wounded Soldier (1859), Munich
Gallery; Cavalry Skirmish (1868).—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., i. 71; Kunst. Chronik, xv. 646;
Illustr. Zeitg. (1880), i. 513.
ADAM, FRANZ, born in Milan, May 4,
1815. Painter of military subjects and Hungarian
scenes, like his father and master
Albrecht, and his brother Eugen, with whom
he followed the Italian and Hungarian campaigns
in 1849 and 1850. Settled at Munich
in 1850. Member of Munich and Vienna
Academies; Order of St. Michael; great
gold medal at Berlin, 1875. Works: Equestrian
Portrait
of Francis Joseph
(1857);
do. of Field
Marshal Radetzky;
Episode
from battle of
Solferino
(1867); Skirmish
between
Austrian Uhlans
and Piedmontese
Dragoons (1868); Retreat from
Russia (1869), National Gallery, Berlin;
Battle of Sedan (1874), Duke of Saxe-Meiningen,
replica (1879), National Gallery, Berlin;
Bavarian Corps before Orleans (1879),
Munich Gallery; Transportation of Prisoners
after Sedan (1880); Hungarian Horses
on the Danube (1881).—Brockhaus, i. 129;
Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 70; Müller, 4.
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ADAM, HEINRICH, born at Nördlingen in 1787, died in Munich, Feb. 15, 1862. Landscape painter, brother of Albrecht, studied at Augsburg and Munich in 1808. Visited Italy in 1811, 1813, and 1819, after which time he gave up etching and devoted himself to landscape painting. His views of the Bavarian Alps, Switzerland, and Upper Italy are true to nature, though somewhat sober and dry in execution. Works: View of Como (1822); Max-Joseph Square, and 11 views of monumental buildings; Marienplatz with 14 frame pictures, Munich Gallery.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 68.
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ADAM, JEAN VICTOR, born in Paris, Jan. 28, 1801, died in Viroflay, Jan. 1, 1867. Military and genre painter, pupil of Meynier and Regnault. After 1840 chiefly occupied himself with designs for lithographic albums. Works: Entry of the French into Mentz, Battles of Castiglione, Neuwied, Montebello,
