in 1862, and professor at the Art School of Industry in 1868. Order of St. Michael, Belgian Order of Leopold, Bavarian Medal for Art and Science. Works: St. George, Peter delivered from Prison; Walk to Emmaus; Battle in Lech Valley in 955 (1860), Treaty of Pavia (both in Maximilianeum); Barbarossa's Wedding (1865), Burial of Walther von der Vogelweide (both in National Museum, Munich); Four Elements (1865); Telegraphy and Railroad Travelling (1862), Central Railway Station, Munich; thirty Scenes from Wagner's Operas (Royal Palace, Munich); Fancy and Poetry (1873); Aurora; Twelve Months represented by Children's Figures.—Brockhaus, v. 722; Kunst-Chronik, xiv. 369; Regnet, i. 104.
ECHTLER, ADOLF, born at Goritz,
Austria; contemporary. Genre and portrait
painter, pupil of Venice Academy under
Karl Blaas, of Vienna Academy under
Führich, and of Munich Academy. Lives
in Paris. Gold Medal, Berlin, 1875. Works:
Difficult Problem; Peaceful Company;
Honi soit qui mal y pense (1877); Souvenir
of Italy, "Thou whom I have always
Loved . . ." (1879); The Kiss (1880); Neapolitans
in Normandy, In the Morning
(1881); Repentant Sinner (1882); Ruin of
a Family, All is Vain (1883); Souvenir of
Venice (1884); Five Orphans (1885).
ECKARDT, CHRISTEN (FREDERIK
EMIL), born at Copenhagen, July 2, 1832.
Marine painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy,
but really self-taught; visited Germany
and Italy in 1853-56, and England,
France, and Italy in 1873. Works: View
of Venice; Fishermen fleeing from Storm
(1862); Fishermen boarding Yacht (1866).—Weilbach,
139.
ECKENBRECHER, (KARL PAUL) THEMISTOCLES
VON, born in Athens, Nov.
17, 1842. Landscape and marine painter,
pupil in Potsdam of Wegener, then in 1861-63
in Düsseldorf of Oswald Achenbach;
travelled in Germany and Switzerland, took
part in the campaign of 1870-71, then, after
visiting many parts of Europe, settled in
Düsseldorf, where, since 1880, has painted
panoramic views on a large scale. Works:
Thingvalla Lake, Almanadjao, six Icelandic
views, Square near Mosque in Stambool,
Chan Street in Stambool (1873); Vöring Fos
in Norway, North Cape, Evening on Bosporus
(1875); Brusa (1876); View on
Norwegian Coast (1877); Battle of Gravelotte
(1880); Battle of Nieuwpoort (1881),
Entry of Mecca Caravan into Cairo.—Brockhaus,
v. 726; Müller, 153.
ECKERMANN, KARL, born in Weimar in
1834. Landscape painter, pupil from 1849
of Preller, then spent 1855 in Brussels, and
in 1856 went to Carlsruhe to study under
Schirmer. Travelled afterwards through
Germany, Belgium, and Holland. Works:
Rhine Valley and Vosges; View on Isle of
Rügen; Landscape in Holstein; View on
Inn River; Lüneburg Heath; View on
Rhine; Landscape in Storm; series of Still-Life
(Castle Ettersburg, near Weimar).—Müller,
153.
ECKERSBERG, CHRISTOFFER VILHELM,
born at Varnaes, Jutland, Jan. 2,
1783, died in Copenhagen, July 22, 1853.
History and portrait painter, pupil of Copenhagen
Academy under Abildgaard; won
great gold medal in 1809, went in 1810 to
Paris, where he studied under David, and
after his return went to Rome in 1813; became
in 1817 member of, 1818 professor in,
and in 1827 director of the Copenhagen
Academy. Commander of Order of Dannebrog.
Works: Jacob's Death (1809); Loke
and Sygin (1810); Women at the Holy Sepulchre
(1812); Balder's Death (1817); Axel
and Walburg, Eight Scenes from History of
Oldenburg (1818-28); Christ at Gethsemane
(1824); Crossing the Red Sea (1815),
Russian Man-of-War (1828), Danish Ship
under Sail (1835), Sailing Vessels in Sunset,
Ships off Copenhagen Roadstead (1848),
four others, Copenhagen Gallery; Death of
Balder, Academy, ib.; Calm Sea (1832);
Swedish Fisherman's Boat (1833); Sermon
on Mount (1834); Meeting at Sea; Pirate
Schooner; Kronborg; Portraits of Oehlen-
