The New International Encyclopædia/Mind, Gottfried

MIND, mĭnt, Gottfried (1768-1814). A Swiss painter, born at Bern. He was educated at Pestalozzi's charity school, and studied under Freudenberger. Naturally eccentric, and subject to a deformity, he studiously avoided society. He was fond of cats, his pictures of which are his most characteristic works. He was also successful in the delineation of bears. Although he died poor, some of his pictures have since been sold at very high rates, and have been frequently lithographed. Consult Wiedemann, Der Katzenraffael (2d ed., Leipzig, 1887).