BIN BIN, (JEAN BAPTISTE PHILIPPE) EMTLE, born in Paris, Feb. 10, 1825. His- tory painter ; pupil of Gosse, L. Cogniet, and Ecole des Beaux Arts, where be won the 2d prix de Rome in 1850. His principal work has been the decoration of public and private buildings. Medals in 1865, 18G9 ; L. of Honour, 1878. Works : " Peace, do not Grieve" (1861); Orpheus put to Death by Bacchantes (1863) ; Atalanta and Hippo- menes (1864) ; Perseus and Andromeda (1865), Tours Museum ; Hercules killing his Wife and Children while Insane (1866), Nantes Museum ; Prometheus Chained (1869), Marseilles Museum ; Venus Astatic (1874); Hail Gesar (1875). He decorated the Poly- teehnicon in Zurich (18G5-70), many of the ceilings of the Hotel du Louvre and of the Grand Hotel, Paris. Vapereau, (1880), 219. BINCK, JACOB, bom in Cologne between 1490 and 1504, died in Kiinigsberg, 1568 or 1569. German school; portrait painter; sup- posed to have been at Nuremberg and taught by Durer before he visited Italy at an early age. Included among the Little Masters, though portrait painting was his chief occu- pation, and engraving but an episode in his career. Appointed court painter to Christian HI. king of Denmark in 1531, he several times absented himself from Copenhagen in the service of Albert of Brandenburg, which he finally entered in July, 1551, and thence- forward resided at Konigsberg. He em- ployed himself in planning fortresses and redoubts, designing monuments, and in painting the portraits of his friends. Works : Portraits of Christian HI. and Queen Doro- thea, Copenhagen Museum. Fine Arts Quarterly (1864), 372 ; Scott, 115 ; Kugler (Crowe), i. 184 ; W. & W., ii. 491; Allg. d. Biog., ii. 642 ; Merlo, 35. BINDER, JOSEF, born in Vienna, Feb. 15, 1805, died there, April 16, 1863. His- tory painter ; studied in Vienna and in 1827-34 in Munich. Painted at first por- traits, then historical subjects, in which he excelled. In 1836 he became professor at the Stiidel Institute in Frankfort, but returned to Vienna in 1847; became member of the Academy in 1848, and professor in 1851. Works: Elopement of Psyche (1832); Angels' Watch (1836); Three Magi (1846); Emperor Albrecht II, Kaisersaal, Frankfort; Madon- na ; Conversion of Julian ; Door-Keeper of Heaven ; St. Florian ; St. Catherine of Siena visiting poor Family; St. Eustachius Hunt- ing, Romulus and Remus, Vienna Museum. Meyer, Con. Lex., iii. 488 ; Wiirzbach, i. 400. BINET, ADOLPHE GUSTAVE, bora at La RivitTe-Saint-Sauveur (Calvados); con- temporary. Genre and portrait painter ; pu- pil of Gcrome. Medal, 3d class, 1885. Works: The Omnibus (1881); Avenue des Champs- Elysees, The Villagers (1882); Idleness, Cor- ner of the Meadow (1883) ; Cab-Stand at Quai de lHotel de Ville, Sand-Loaders at Quai d'Austerlitz {1884); Timber Wagon at Mont- I'ouge, Les Anes de Robinson (1885). BINET, VICTOR JEAN BAPTISTE BARTHELEMY, born at Rouen ; contem- porary. Landscape painter. Medal, 3d class, 1882. Works : Seine at St. Aubin (1880) ; Cote-Pelee (1881) ; Passing Wave, Old Road of Arcueil (1882) ; Corner of Orchard at St. Aubin-sur-Quillebeuf (1883) ; On the Heights of Heurteauville, Morning at St. Aubin (1884); Old Road near Bicetre, September Morning (1885). BING, VALENTIN, born at Amsterdam, April 22, 1812. History and genre painter; pupil of Kruseman ; since 1838 his pictures have met with great success at exhibitions in Holland. Works : Mark the Evangelist ; Isaac and Rebecca ; John the Evangelist ; Woman from Isle of Schockland. Mflller, 52. BIRCH, THOMAS, born in London, England, in 1779, died in Philadelphia in 1851. Portrait and marine painter ; came to America in 1793. Painted portraits in Philadelphia until 1807, when a visit to the Capes of Delaware turned his attention to marine painting. He was also successful in snow-scenes. Works : Engagement between United States and Macedonian ; Engage- 169
