- pil of Waldmüller, then in Paris of Cogniet;
travelled extensively, and settled in Vienna in 1868. Works: The First Friend, Vienna Museum; Painter's Studio; Little Congratulators; Falconer; Pan with Bacchantes; Portraits of Professor Rokitansky, of Anton Rubinstein, and of Duke Philip of Würtemberg.—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xviii. 310; Zeitschr. f. b. K., viii. (Mittheilungen, i. 43).
FELTRE. See Morto da Feltre.
FELU, CHARLES, born in Belgium in
1820. Born without arms, but learned to
draw with his right foot, and having made a
fine sketch in pen and ink, was admitted in
1859 to the Antwerp Academy, where he
learned to paint. Chiefly copies other masters,
but also paints good portraits, among
which that of the actress Victoria Lafontaine
is notable. Works: Widow Wadman and
Uncle Toby, William Warner, Philadelphia.
FEMME COUCHÉE, Jules Joseph Lefebvre,
William Astor, New York; canvas,
H. 5 ft. × 10 ft. Female figure, full-length,
nude, lying, with back to the spectator,
upon crimson cushions, the head resting
upon the left hand; only the profile of the
face is seen, as she glances towards a perfume-burner
near her feet.—Art Treasures
of America, ii. 70.
By Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Alexandre Dumas, Paris; canvas. Female figure, full-*length, nude, lying, on right side, front to spectator, on cushions covered with drapery, the right hand doubled up under the chin, the left extended along the back of the lounge. Painted in 1865. Study in colour (12 in. × 18 in.), John Wolfe, New York.—Art Treasures of America, ii. 54, 56.
FENDI, PETER, born in Vienna, Sept.
4, 1796, died there, Aug. 28, 1842. History,
genre, and portrait painter, pupil of the Vienna
Academy under Fischer, Haubert,
Maurer, and Lampi; visited Venice in 1821,
and received the gold medal for his view of
the Grotto of Corgnole near Trieste. Works:
Archduke Ferdinand and Philippine Welser;
Eginhard and Emma; Girl in front of Lottery
Shop (1829), Vienna Museum; Officer's
Widow; Seizures; Cloister with Worshippers;
Girl at Post-Office; Inundation Scene;
Emperor Francis and the Sentry; Poor
Fiddler; Christmas Eve; Milkmaid; Morning
Prayer; Portrait Group of Imperial
Family (1834).—Allgem. d. Biogr., vi. 618.
FERABOSCO (Forabosco), GIROLAMO,
born at Padua, flourished in Venice about
1630-60. Venetian school; history and
portrait painter, considered one of the best
Venetian artists of his time. Especially excelled
in portraits. Works: Young Woman
seized by the Hand of Death, Dresden
Gallery; David, Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna.—Lanzi
(Roscoe), ii. 252.
FERG, FRANZ DE PAULA, born in Vienna,
May 2, 1689, died in London in 1740.
German school; genre and landscape painter,
pupil of Joseph Orient and Hans Graf. Went
to Dresden in 1718 and to London in 1724.
Works: Two Italian Market Scenes, Vienna
Museum; Towerlike Buildings with Bridge,
Ruins with Bridge and Figures, Buildings
on Lake with Figures, Landscape with
Bridge, Landscape with Figures, all in
Dresden Gallery; Marine, Cassel Gallery;
Four Seasons, Market Scene, Rural Feast,
Brunswick Museum; Landscapes with Ruins
and Figures (2), Market Scenes (2), Kunsthalle,
Hamburg.—Allgem. d. Biogr., vi.
711; Ch. Blanc, École allemande; Wurzbach,
iv. 184.
FERGUSON, HENRY A., born at Glens
Falls, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1842. Landscape and
architecture painter, studied in Paris and
Rome (1876-78), having previously spent
three years in Chili (1870-73), where he
painted local scenery with success. Went
from Venice to Egypt in 1878, returned to
New York in 1879, visited Mexico in 1881,
and Europe again in 1884. Elected A.N.A.
in 1885. Studio in New York. Works:
Baths of Caucanies (1873), replica, Lake
Aculeo, View on Doule River—Ecuador;
Morning in Peruvian Andes (1874); Street
of Bab-el-Nasr—Cairo, Chimborazo, Entrance
to Rug Bazaar—Cairo (1880); Dogana
and Ducal Palace—Venice (1882), Mrs. T. A.
