FIKENTSCHER, OTTO, born at Aix-la-Chapelle, Feb. 28, 1831, died in Düsseldorf, Nov. 12, 1880. Battle painter and illustrator, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy under Theodor Hildebrand; spent several years in Stuttgart and Munich, then settled in Düsseldorf. Works: Blücher saved by his Adjutant at Quatrebras; Attack of Cuirassiers at Mars-la-Tour; French Dragoons Repulsed.—Kunst-Chronik, xvi. 122.
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FILDES, (SAMUEL) LUKE, born in
Liverpool, Oct. 14,
1844. Genre painter,
pupil of South Kensington
schools and
of Royal Academy.
Made many drawings
on wood for the London
Graphic, Cornhill
Magazine, and
other periodicals, and
illustrated the last
works of Dickens (Edwin Drood) and of
Lever. Exhibited his drawing called Nightfall
at Royal Academy in 1868, and his first
oil picture, Fair Quiet and Sweet Rest, in
1872. This was followed by Simpletons
(1873); Applicants for Admission to a Casual
Ward (1874); Betty (1875); The Widower
(1876); Marianina, Playmates (1877);
Return of a Penitent (1879); Doubts, Dolly,
Venetian Girl (1881); (Nina 1882); Village
Wedding (1883); Venetian Life, Venetian
Flower Girl (1884); Venetians (1885). Mr.
Fildes was elected an A.R.A. in 1879. Mrs.
Fildes is also a genre painter. Among her
works are: Cottage Door (1877); Peeling
Potatoes (1878).—Meynell, 103; Portfolio
(1878), 65; Century, Feb., 1884; Meyer,
Conv. Lex., xviii. 319.
FILIPEPI, SANDRO. See Botticelli.
FILIPPI, SEBASTIANO, called Bastianino,
born in Ferrara in 1532, died there,
Aug. 16, 1602. Lombard school. Called
also Gratella (Gridiron), from his custom of
covering large pictures with crossed lines to
reduce them to a small scale. Son and pupil
of Camillo Filippi, a painter of some
reputation in Ferrara; went when eighteen
years old to Rome, and became a favourite
disciple of Michelangelo, of whom he was a
weak imitator. His best work is the fresco
of the Last Judgment in the Cathedral of
Ferrara, now greatly damaged by restoration.
Works: Raising of the Cross, Certosa;
Madonna with Saints and Annunciation,
Ferrara Gallery.—Lanzi, iii. 205; Ch.
Blanc, École ferraraise; Burckhardt, 761.
FILIPPINO. See Lippi, Filippino.
FILIPPO, FRA. See Lippi, Filippo.
FILIPPO NAPOLITANO. See Angeli,
Filippo d'.
FINCHLEY, MARCH TO, William Hogarth,
Foundling Hospital, London. The
march of the Guards to Scotland in 1745.
While the straggling vanguard are winding
away to the horizon, the foreground is filled
with the confusion incident to departure.
The most prominent figure is a young and
handsome Guardsman hopelessly embarrassed
by the rival adieux of two ladies; a
drummer is drowning his grief by a vigorous
attack on his drum; an officer kisses a
milkmaid, while a soldier pours her milk
into his hat, and another steals the pieman's
wares while directing his attention to the
episode. Painted in 1750; engraved by L.
Sullivan. The picture was dedicated to the
King of Prussia, who made a handsome
acknowledgment of the honour.—Dobson,
Hogarth, 70.
FINISTÈRE, EVENING AT, Jules Breton,
John A. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
canvas, H. about 3 ft. × 4 ft. A
party of white-hooded Brittany women near
a hamlet at sunset. Painted in 1882; Seney
sale, New York, 1885.
FINSONIUS (Finson), LOUIS, born in
Bruges about 1580, drowned in the Rhône
near Arles in 1632. Flemish school, history
and portrait painter; passed his youth
in Italy and followed the school of Caravaggio.
Went to Naples in 1612, returned to
Aix in 1613, and settled at Arles in 1614.
Good colourist, style vehement, scrupulous
observer of material effects. Works: Resur-
