(1855); Adoration of the Magi and Shepherds (1855), Reims Museum; Saint Agnes, Education of Tobias (1859); Rest (1864), Luxembourg Museum; Sarah's Arrival at the Home of Tobias (1866); Moss-grown Rocks at Cauterets, Sea Rocks at Biarritz (1867); Calypso (1870); ceiling of the great Hall in the Palais de Justice, and of the École de Droit, mural paintings in the Throne Hall, Luxembourg Palace, etc.; Portrait of himself, Uffizi, Florence.—Appleton's Art Jour., Feb., 1870; Bellier, i. 982; Bitard, 804; Meyer, Gesch., 360, 374, 611; Larousse; L'Art (1883), i. 79; Courrier de l'Art (1882), 107, 221; Art Journal (1874), 169; Kunst-Chronik, xvii. 494.
LEHMANN, RUDOLF, born at Ottensen,
near Altona, Aug. 19, 1819. Genre
and portrait painter, son and pupil of Leo
Lehmann, and pupil of his brother Heinrich;
travelled in Germany, lived for some
time in England, settled in Rome, and in
1866 removed to London. Medals: 3d
class, 1843; 2d class, 1845, 1848. Works:
Women of Procida in a Boat (1841), Kunsthalle,
Hamburg; Spinning Woman (1842);
Pilgrim Woman in the Campagna (1845);
Sixtus V. blessing the Pontine Marshes
(1847), Lille Museum; Carnival Scene,
Sibyl, Graziella (1854); Morning in the
Pontine Marshes (1860); Tasso returning
to Sorrento; Roman Serenade, Collection
of Prince of Wales; Foundling Hospital at
Rome; Fortune-Teller, Favour of an Answer
requested (1868); After the Fire (1869); Out
of the World (1870); May we come in? (1871);
Confessions (1872); Ave Maria (1874); Alma
and her Pet Kittens (1875); After the Sitting
(1876); Dolce far Niente (1881); Plaiting
her Golden Hair, Roman Flower Girl
(1883); Homewards (1884); Portraits of Earl
of Stair, Duchess of Northumberland, Lady
Herries, Lord Houghton, etc.—Meyer,
Gesch., 540; Förster, v. 553; Müller, 327.
LEHNEN, JACOB, born at Hinterweiler,
Rhenish Prussia, Jan. 17, 1803, died at Coblentz,
Sept. 25, 1847. Still-life painter,
pupil of Düsseldorf Academy; painted especially
kitchen pieces with different kinds
of vessels, also hunts and landscapes.
Works: Breakfast (1830), Still Life (1831),
Pantry (1854), National Gallery, Berlin; Still
Life (1839), Ravené Gallery, ib.; do. (1836),
Königsberg Museum.
LEHOUX, PIERRE ADRIEN PASCAL,
born in Paris, Aug. 9, 1844. History painter,
pupil of Cabanel. A vigorous and effective
painter, who won the Salon prize on
its first bestowal, 1874. Medals: 2d class,
1873; 1st class, 1874. Works: Mercury
and Argus (1869); Hemon beside the Body
of Antigone (1870); Bellerophon conquering
the Chimera (1872), Valenciennes Museum;
David and Goliath, An Oceanide
(1873); St. Lawrence the Martyr (1874),
Luxembourg Museum; Samson breaking
his Bonds (1875); The Constellation of
Boötes (1876); St. Stephen the Martyr
(1877); Surprise, The Wrestlers (1878); St.
John the Baptist (1879); The Miraculous
Draught of Fishes (1880); The Baptist,
Mars (1881); The Suicide, In Flight (1882);
Shepherd choking a Lion (1883); Calvary,
Baptism of Christ (1884).—Larousse.
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LEIBL, WILHELM, born in Cologne,
Oct. 23, 1844.
Portrait and genre
painter, pupil in
Munich of Piloty;
took Van Dyck for
his model; went
to Paris in 1869,
where he took up
genre painting;
received a medal,
and returned to
Munich in 1870.
Works: Portrait of his Father (1866), Cologne
Museum; Female Portrait (1870);
Lady in Old German Costume (1873);
Smoking Woman; Female Head (1879),
Dresden Gallery; Conversation in a Tavern,
Peasant Politicians, At Church (1882),
Vienna Exposition.—Zeitschr. f. b. K., xvii.
343; Müller, 328; Illustr. Zeitg. (1882), ii.
9; N. ill. Zeitg. (1882), i. 30.