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and in Dresden, Antwerp, Düsseldorf, and Paris. In 1876 became one of the directors of the Boston Art Museum drawing and painting schools. Medal at Dresden. Paints chiefly interiors with figures, especially fishermen. Works: The Lorelei; Scene from Schiller's Kabale und Liebe; Portrait of Rev. Dr. Waterston and of Franklin.


GRÜNENWALD, ALEXANDER, born in the Rosenau, near Coburg, March 22, 1849. Genre painter, pupil of Munich Academy under Strähuber, Anschütz, and Diez; studied especially the Dutch masters of genre; visited England in 1875. Works: Meeting after Boar-Hunt (1875); End of Card Game (1876); Lansquenets at Dice (1877); Retainer (1878).—Müller, 221.


GRÜNENWALD, JAKOB, born at Bünzwangen, Würtemberg, Sept. 30, 1821. History and genre painter, pupil of Stuttgart Art School under Dietrich and Neher; continued his studies in Munich, and became professor at the art-school of Stuttgart in 1875. Works: Christ healing the Sick; Bridal Couple at Grandmother's; Shepherd's Return; Hail-Storm (1865), Stuttgart Gallery; Interrupted Wedding Procession (1868); Return Home; German Family of 16th Century (1879); Surprised Gypsies; Battle of Sendling (fresco, 1863), National Museum, Munich.—Brockhaus, viii. 572; Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 78; Müller, 221.


GRÜNEWALD, MATTHIAS, born at Aschaffenburg, died there after 1520. German school; history painter, one of the great masters, styled by Sandrart the German Correggio, with whose works his show a striking affinity; lived in his native town and in Mentz the greater part of his life, but called by contemporaries Matthes von Aschaffenburg. Works: Altar of Isenheim, Colmar Museum; St. Lawrence, St. Cyriac, Frankfort Museum; Conversion of St. Maurice, Old Pinakothek, Munich; Resurrection, Basle Museum (lately contested); St. Anthony, Cologne Museum; Crucifixion, Schleissheim Gallery; Last Judgment, Germanic Museum, Nuremberg; several (recently verified), Vienna Museum.—Allgem. d. Biogr., x. 52; Ch. Blanc, École allemande; Dohme, 1i.; Förster, Denkmale, VIII. iii. 11; Kunstblatt (1841), 104; (1846), 32, 48; Kunst-Chronik, xv. 633; xvi. 721; Repertorium f. K., i. 411; vii. 133, 245; Woltmann, D. Kunst i. Elsass, 247; W. & W., ii. 436; Zeitschr. f. b. K., i. 257; vi. 138; viii. 321.


GRUSS, ANTON, born at Schaab, Bohemia, in 1804, died in Vienna in 1872. History painter, pupil of Prague Academy under Kadlik; became director of the Harrach Gallery in Vienna. Works: St. Aloysius (1839); St. Peter and St. Paul; Madonna; St. Wenceslaus; Last Judgment; Faith, Hope, and Love.—Allgem. d. Biogr., x. 66.


GRUSS, JOHANN, born at Schaab, Bohemia, Nov. 22, 1790, died in Leitmeritz, Aug. 8, 1855. History painter, pupil of Prague Academy; perfected himself by copying in the Prague and Dresden Galleries. Works: Great Altarpiece, Stadtkirche, Reichstadt; St. Philomena; St. Cecilia.—Allgem. d. Biogr., x. 67.



GRÜTZNER, EDUARD, born at Gross Carlowitz, Silesia, May 26, 1846. Genre painter, pupil of Munich Academy and of Piloty; devoted himself to humourous genre, and at once attained great success with his scenes from Shakespeare. Afterwards the amusing sides of monastic and hunting life became his principal themes. Professor at the Munich Academy. Gold medal, Berlin, 1872. Honorary Member of Munich Academy, 1885. Works: The Seven Arts; In the Convent Cellar; Tasting Wine; Sleepless Night; Falstaff at the Inn (1869); Tippling Scene from Ivanhoe; Falstaff reviewing his Recruits; Falstaff and Companions in Woods (1870); Scene from