class, 1885. Works: In Lorraine (1881); Study, In Lorraine (1882); In Lorraine (1883); At Gravelotte (1884); 1870-1880 (1885).
BETTO, BERNARDINO DI. See Pinturicchio.
BEVILACQUA. See Salimbeni, Ventura.
BEWER, CLEMENS, born at Aachen,
May 30, 1820, died at Bonn, Sept. 2, 1884.
History and portrait painter; pupil of the
Düsseldorf Academy under Karl Sohn;
went in 1841 to Paris, where he studied
with Delaroche and Ary Scheffer. Under
the latter's guidance he painted for French
churches copies after Raphael, Andrea del
Sarto, Titian, Rubens, and Murillo; returned
in 1847 to Düsseldorf thoroughly
imbued with French art; afterwards became
professor at the Academy. Latterly painted
portraits almost exclusively. Works: Romeo
and Juliet (1844); Mary Stuart's Flight
from Lochleven (1846), Cologne Museum;
The Elves (1847), Tasso reading at the
Court of Ferrara (1850), Contest of Minstrels
at the Wartburg (1851); Education
of Mary by Anna and Joachim (1852), Finding
of Moses (1862), Loreley (1867), Judith
(1872), Cologne Museum; Portraits of Minister
Stein, Gen. Blumenthal, Archbishop
von Droste-Vischering.—Müller, 47; Wolfg.
Müller, Düsseldorf K., 158.
BEYEREN, ABRAHAM VAN, born at
The Hague in 1620 or 1621, died after 1674.
Dutch school; still-life painter; master of
the guild at The Hague in 1640, at Delft in
1657; mentioned again as member of The
Hague guild in 1663, and of that of Alkmaar
in 1674. Works in Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
Lille, Frankfort, Berlin, Vienna, Pesth
Museums, Vienna Academy (1666), Dresden,
Hanover, Schwerin Galleries, Hermitage,
St. Petersburg.—Meyer, Künst. Lex.,
iii. 340.
BEYLE, PIERRE MARIE, born at Lyons
in 1838. Genre painter; was a house-*painter,
but with help from the designer
Philippon was able to send his first picture
to the Salon in 1867. Medal of 3d class,
1881. Works: A Bohemian Girl (1867):
Permission Refused (1868); Toilet of a Savage
Woman (1869); Tour of the City (1870);
Monkey's Toilet (1872); Dressing in a Studio,
Merchant of Knick-Knacks (1873);
Chevalier Bayard and Maidens of Brescia
(1875); Gossips of Briquebec (1876); Bazaar
at Casbah of Algiers (1877); From the
Mayor's Office to the Church, Party of
Ladies (1879); On the Cliff, Fleurs de
Pêchér (1880); Mussel Fishers at Dieppe
(1881); Fishing at Dieppe (1882); Farewell
Kiss (1883); Seaweed Burners (1884); Bad
News (1885).
BEYSCHLAG, JULIUS ROBERT, born
at Nördlingen, July 1, 1838. Genre painter;
pupil, at the Munich Academy, of Philipp
Foltz, studied afterwards in Paris and Italy.
His pictures are attractive in subject, and he
is noted for his graceful treatment of the
female form. Works: Iphigenia, Mowing
Woman (1860); Love Scene from Faust,
Sunday Morning (1862); Birthday (1864);
Girl crowning Youth with Flowers (1870);
Psyche (1872); Soap Bubbles (1873); Spring-Day
in the Middle Ages (1874); Happy
Mother, Wedding Procession, Orpheus and
Eurydice (1879); Sunday Afternoon in Middle
Ages, Samuel Hawk Collection, New
York; Before the Wedding, H. B. Hurlbut
Collection, Cleveland; Good Sister, T. Dolan,
Philadelphia.—Illustr. Zeitg. (1877), ii.
136.
BÉZARD, JEAN LOUIS, born at Toulouse,
Nov. 15, 1799. Pupil of Pierre Guérin,
of Picot, and of École des Beaux Arts.
Won the prix de Rome in 1829. Medals:
1st class, 1836, 1857, 1859; L. of Honour,
1860. Works: Magdalen in Desert, Magdalen
Resting, Interior of Church of Arcis,
Incident of Revolution of 1830, In the
Louvre, Martyrdom of St. Saturninus (1836);
Reign of Evil upon Earth (1837); Martyrdom
of St. Eutrope (ordered by State),
Mephistopheles, Angel and Child, Neapolitan
Sleeper, Seven Works of Pity, Assumption,
St. Roch praying for the Plague-Stricken,
St. Michael snatching Souls from
