GEGERFELT, WILHELM VON, born in Gothenburg, Sweden; contemporary. Landscape painter, member of Stockholm Academy; studio in Paris. Works: Wood in Winter; Snow Landscape in Sweden; By the Sea; Return of Fishermen; Swedish Village; Landscape in Holland (1877); View on Coast of Normandy (1878); Winter Evening in Sweden, Sunset in Waxholm—Sweden, Dutch Marine View (1883); Village in Dalecarlia (1884); Winter Night near Siljan (1885).
GEIGER, KARL, born in Vienna, Dec.
14, 1822. History painter, pupil of Vienna
Academy under Führich, attracted attention
by his talent for composition when only
thirteen, was afterwards much influenced by
Kaulbach. Works: Altarpieces in St. Stephen's,
Vienna; Allegorical Paintings in Palaces
of Duke of Coburg and Prince Kinsky,
and Hôtel Imperial, ib.—Brockhaus, vii.
682; Wurzbach, v. 122.
GEIGER, PETER JOHANN NEPOMUK,
born in Vienna, Jan. 11, 1805, died there,
Oct. 29, 1880. History painter, pupil of
Vienna Academy, but formed himself chiefly
by studying the old masters. In 1850 he
accompanied the Archduke Ferdinand Max
to the East. Was professor at the Vienna
Academy from 1853 to 1871. Although little
known to the public at large, he ranks
among the most excellent artists of Austria.
Works: Storming of Malborghetto, Battle
of Lützen, Battle on the Iselberg, Entry of
Archduke Leopold into Brussels, collection
of Emperor of Austria; Slave Market in
Smyrna, Banquet at a Pasha's, A Ferry,
Castle Miramar, near Trieste.—Brockhaus,
vii. 682; Kunst-Chronik, xvi. 182; Wurzbach,
v. 123.
GEIRNAERT, JOZEF, born at Eecloo,
East Flanders, Aug. 27, 1790, died in Ghent,
March 20, 1859. Flemish school; history,
genre, and portrait painter, pupil of Ghent
Academy and in Antwerp of Herreyns, and
then in Ghent of Paelinck; obtained the
first prize in 1818, and a gold medal in
Paris in 1835. Works: Warrior bringing
to his Family the Saver of his Life (1818);
Harp Lesson (1820), Seizure for Debt
(1835), Ghent Museum; Consultation at the
Doctor's, Brussels Museum; The Schoolmaster,
Mechlin Museum; Doctor's Visit,
Haarlem Museum; Proposal; Card-Players;
Painter's Studio; Peasant Women Resting;
Little Fruit-Thieves; Return from Kirmess;
Children blowing Soap-Bubbles; Bride and
Bridegroom; Return of Fisherman; Capture
of Count Egmont (1823); Dürer visiting
Grave of Hubert van Eyck; Jan Steen and
van Goyen; Maria Theresa visiting a Poor
Woman (1837).—Biog. nat. de Belgique,
vii. 557; Immerzeel, i. 272; Kramm, ii.
554.
GEIST, AUGUST CHRISTIAN, born in
Würzburg, Oct. 15, 1835, died in Munich,
Dec. 15, 1868. Landscape painter, pupil of
his father, Andreas (died 1860), and in Munich
of Fritz Bamberger. On his return
from Italy, in May, 1867, he settled at Munich.
Works: Ideal Landscape (1856);
View near Polling (1857); View in Rhön
Mountains, View near Miltenberg (1857-58),
Munich Art Union; Rhön Landscape
(1860); Idyl (1861), Wiesbaden Gallery;
Rainy Day (1861), Sunday Morning on
Kochel Lake (1863), Cologne Art Union;
View in Tyrol Mountains (1862); Evening
on the Main (1863); Lonely Mountain-Lake,
View in Franconian Switzerland (1864);
View in the Campagna (1866), Ruins of
Theatre in Tusculum, Ravine near Tivoli
(1867), Ruins of Aqueduct in Campagna
(1868), Munich Art Union; Italian Landscape
(1867), Würzbach Art Union.—Allgem.
d. Biogr., viii. 528; Andresen, iii. 207; Kunts-Chronik,
iv. 142; Regnet, i. 148; Zeitschr.
f. b. K., vii. 197.
GELDER, ARENT or AART DE, born
at Dordrecht in 1645, died there, or in Amsterdam,
in 1727. Dutch school; history
and portrait painter, pupils of Samuel van
Hoogstraten, then for two years (1665-67)
of Rembrandt, whose manner he closely
followed. He was a fine colourist, fond of
picturesque effects, and had a broad and
