Summer (1884); Watering Place, Down in the Meadows (1885).
HUBER, JOHANN KASPAR, born at
Glattfelden, Canton Zürich, in 1752, died
at Zürich, April 17, 1825. Landscape and
marine painter, pupil of Johann Heinrich
Wüst; studied four years in Frankfort,
then in the Düsseldorf Gallery, where he
devoted himself to marine painting, and
after two years in Amsterdam, returned to
Düsseldorf in 1784, and to Switzerland in
1789. Member of Düsseldorf Academy.
Works: Surge, Landscape with Castle,
Storm at Sea, Zürich Gallery.—Nagler, vi.
336.
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HUBER, JOHANN RUDOLF, born in
Basle in 1668, died
there, Feb., 1748.
Portrait painter, pupil
in Basle of Kaspar
Meyer, then in Berne
of Jos. Werner; went
to Italy when nineteen,
and for six years
studied Giulio Romano
at Mantua, and
Titian at Venice, where
he painted figures in the landscapes of Pieter
de Molyn (Tempesta); in Rome he profited
much by the advice of Maratti, then
visited France, and returned to Basle in
1693. In 1696 he became court-painter to
the Duke of Würtemberg, but resigned
after four years. With his growing reputation
he could scarcely satisfy the demands
made upon him by princes and persons of
the highest standing. He is said to have
painted 5,000 portraits. Works: Dr. Thomas
Platter, portrait of himself, Basle Museum;
Family of Margrave Frederic Magnus of
Baden-Durlach (1693); Envoys to the Peace
Congress in Baden (1713); Joseph I., and
many other Sovereigns.—Allgem. d. Biogr.,
xiii. 231; Füessli, ii. 257.
HUBER, RUDOLF, born at Schleinz,
Nether Austria, about 1844. Animal and
portrait painter, pupil of Vienna and Düsseldorf
Academies; took part in the Italian
campaign of 1866 as an officer, visited
Egypt repeatedly after 1870, and brought
back numerous studies of Abyssinian types.
Professor at Vienna Academy. Works:
Cows in Pasture; Caravan; Maternal Joys,
Cows Fighting, Equestrian Portraits of
Duke Charles of Lorraine and of Count
Stahremberg (1883); Washington on Horseback
(1884).—Müller, 268; Kunst-Chronik,
xviii. 372.
HUBERT, ALFRED, born in Brussels
(or Liège?); contemporary. Genre and
animal painter; at first made his mark with
pen-and-ink drawings of military life, but
began to paint in water-colours in 1854. Is
especially skilful in painting horses. Works:
Horses and Cattle in Stable; Peasant Women
in Town; Dog-Team; Camp-Scene; New
Year's Presents; Coachmen; Umbrellas;
Militaria; Railroads; Masked Ball; Horses
in Gypsy Camp (1870); Artillery Resting
(1872); Marine (1873); Evening after Battle
(1874); Mounted Artillery (1875).—Gaz.
des B. Arts (1876), xiii. 453; Müller, 269.
HUBERTI, ÉDOUARD, born in Brussels
in 1818, died there in 1880. Landscape
painter in the manner of Corot; his pictures
commanded high prices in Belgium and
England. Member of Société belge des
Aquarellistes. Works: Heath in the Campine,
King of Belgium; Harvest; On Border
of Forest; Pond of Ramée; Spring; Gloomy
Weather at Wilryk; Valley of Jehoshaphat
in Morning Light; Autumn; Snow Landscape
on the Scheldt.—Meyer, Conv. Lex.,
xix. 473.
HÜBNER, EDUARD, born in Dresden,
May 27, 1842. Genre painter, son of Julius,
pupil of Schurig, then of Dresden Academy,
and in 1860-67 of Düsseldorf Academy under
Bendemann; repeatedly visited Italy,
spent three winters at Rome, and (1869-70)
