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A BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF


‘There is a good example of his art in the National Gallery. He died at Amsterdam in 1673.

SCHRODER, Frueprice, was born at Hesse Cassel in 1768, and wasa scholar of Klauber, an ongraver of ‘Augeburg. He confined himself chiefly to land- scapes, and engraved several after Swanevclt, Vernet, La Hire, Karel du Jardin, and Berumel, in the manner of Woollett, He also assisted in the backgrounds and ornamental parts of plates in which the figures were aie by other artists, among which were the ‘Sabines’ by Massard, and ‘Henry IV.’s Entry into Paris’ by Toschi,

SCHRODER, Gxoro Exoevnarp, a Swedish painter, born at Stockholm in 1684. He died in 1750.

SCHRODER, Tans, a German engraver, who flourished about the year 1600. He engraved sone plates of ornamental foliage, &c.

SCHRODER, Jouaxn Hernnicn, born at Meiningen in 1757, learned his art of Tischbein in Cassel, and practised as a portrait painter. He worked in Hanover and Brunswick, and then travelled through the Netherlands and England, where he painted several members of the Royal Family. On his return he painted a portrait of Frederick William Il., King of Prussio, He died at Meinin- gen in 1812.

SCHRODER, Kant, painter, was born at Bruns- wick in 1*02. “From 1817 to 1824 he attended the Academy Schools at Dresden, and then rettled for a tine at Munich. On his return to his native town he became known chiefly as a painter of humorous genre pictures, many of which were further popular: u by lithographs.

SCHRODER, Kart, engraver, born in 1761, at Brunswick, where, after studying in Augsburg and Paris, he settled down and engraved many plates, chiefly after pictures in the now dispersed Salz- dahlum collection, such as:

Abraham’s Sacrifice ; after Lievens.

"The Marriage Contract ; after Jan Steen.

‘The Youug Man in the Cloak; after Koninck.

Young Woman of Salzburg; after Pesne.

He etched a few plates.

SCHRODTER, Avoxr, born in Schwedt in 1805. In 1820 he entered the studio of Professor Buck- horn, the engraver; in 1829 he went to Dusseldorf, and studied under W. von Schadow; in 1831 he began to paint, and in 1855 was made professor to the Polytechnic at Carlsruhe, which post he re- signed in 1872, He died at Carlsruhe in 1875. He produced many book illustrations, and the Berlin National Gallery contains examples of his painting.

SCHROEDER, Witt1am Howard, English black- and-white artist ; the first real artist that South ‘Africa produced ; best known as a caricaturist ; many of his political cartoons in the ‘Press’ of Pretoria were copied by London papers; his early death occurred at Pretoria, in August 1892.

SCHROTER, Joann Frrepricr, engraver, born at Leipsic in 1770, was a pupil of Bause. In 1813 he appointed engraver to the Leipsic Uni- versity, He executed some plates aftcr Rembrandt, but his works were chiefly anatomical. He died at Leipsic in 1836.

SCHROTER, Jouann Friepricu Kart Konstax- nix, painter, born at Schkeuditz, between Halle and Leipsic, in 1795. In 1811 he went to the Drawing School at Leipsic, and in 1817 to Dresden, where he entered the atelier of Professor Pochinann. In 1819 he returned to Leipsic,where he earned his living by portrait-painting, which, however, he eventually abandoned, on the advice of Schnorr, for


In 1826 he ‘settled at Berlin, where he

Dre, Sled in 1835. His principal pictures are: Mother and Daughter Spinning.

‘The Sermon.

‘The Music Teacher. (Nationol Gallery, Berlin.)

‘The Village School.

‘The Sale of a Painter's Effects.

SCHTSCHEDRIN, Semen Febonowrrscu,

painter, a native of St. Petersburg, who after study- ing at the Academy went to Italy, and on his re- turn became painter to Catherine Il. He painted Italian landscapes. He died in 1804.

SCHTSCHEDRIN, Stivesrer Feporowriscy, painter, born at St. Petersburg in 1791, received his early training at the Academy under Iwanofi and Worobieff, and then studied in Germany and Italy, He showed a great talent for landscape. In the Hermitage at St, Petersburg are ‘The Colosseum,’ and the ‘Lake of Nemi,’ by him. He died_at Sorrento in 1830.

SCHUBACK, Gorriies Eat, German painter; born June 28, 1820, at Hamburg, where he became a pupil of G. Hardorff; he also studied with Cornelius and Hess at Munich, and, at Diisseldorf, with Jordan, while from 1843 to 1848 he worked at Rome, In 1856 he settled at Diisseldorf. His works include an altar-piece, ‘Christ on the Mount of Olives,’ a portrait of Gensler, ‘Das Wieder- schen,’ ‘Vorstellung des Neuen’ Schulmeisters,’ “Ausgang aus der Kirche, &c. He died in 1902.

SCHUBART, Cunistorner, a German painter of the 17th century, a native of ingolstadt. He prac- tised principally at Munich, but is said to have painted a portrait of Queen Anne of England.

SCHUBART, Prerer, (Scuupert,) was a native of Germany, but resided at Venice about the year 1696. Professor Christ ascribes to him the engrav- ings marked with the letters P. S. d. E., which he interprets, “ Peter Schubert de Ehrenberg.”

SCHUBERT, Franz Avcusr, German painter and etcher; born at Dessau, November 10, 1806; became a pupil of Becks, and also studied at the Dresden Academy and at Munich under Cornelius and Schnorr, After residence at Florence, Rome, Naples, and Venice, where he worked assiduously, he returned, at the invitation of Cornelius, to Berlin, In 1860 he was appointed professor at Anbalt- Dessau. His works include ‘Macht der Musik,’ “Grablegung,’ ¢ Urtheil Salomonis? and many sub- jects of a Biblical character, Twenty-five of his etchings were from Santi’s Psyche frescoes in the Farnesina. He died at Dessau in 1893,

SCHUBERT, Jonann Davin, painter and en- graver, born at Dresden in 1761, studied there under Hutin and Klass, and became in 1781 painter at the porcelain works at Meissen. In 1800 he became professor of historical painting, and alternate Director of the Dresden Academy. He executed many etchings for books. He died at Dresden in 1822.

SCHUBLER, A. G. J., a German engraver, who resided at Niiremberg about the year 1626. He was chiefly employed in engraving portraits for the booksellers, which are very indifferently executed. He engraved part of the plates for a work entitled “Tcones Bibliopolaram et Typographorum,’ pub- lished at Aldorf and Niremberg in 1626.

SCHULEL, or SCHUCHLIN, Hans, painter of the school of Ulm, born about 1440, died at Ulm,



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