ŒDIPUS AND THE SPHINX, Dominique Ingres, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 6 ft. × 4 ft. 9 in.; signed, dated 1808. Œdipus, nude, standing at the entrance of a cavern, with one foot raised upon a stone, looks fixedly at the Sphinx in front of him as he explains the enigma; in background, right, the city of Thebes, and a man with arms uplifted in terror; below are the remains of those devoured by the Sphinx. Painted in Rome; acquired by Duc d'Orleans in 1839, and sold at his sale; bequeathed by Comtesse Duchatel in 1878. Replica, variation (1864), Émile Pereire, Paris. Engraved by F. Gaillard.—Annales des B. Arts, Salon of 1827, Pl. 65; Villot, Cat. Louvre; Ch. Blanc, Life, 29.
OEFELE, FRANZ IGNAZ, called Il Bavarese,
born at Posen in 1721, died in Munich,
Sept. 18, 1797. German school; history
and portrait painter, studied in Augsburg
and Munich, then for six years in
Venice under G. Nogari, and in Rome under
Giovanni Barca; on his return to Munich
was made court painter and professor at the
Academy. Member of Düsseldorf Academy.
Works: Potiphar's Wife and Joseph; Woman
of Samaria; Daughter of Dibutades;
Portrait of Electress Adelheid, Hofkirche,
Munich; Portrait of himself, Schleissheim
Gallery.—Lipowsky, i. 220; Nagler, x. 309.
OEHME, ERNST (FERDINAND), born
in Dresden, April 23, 1797, died there,
Sept. 10, 1855. Landscape painter, pupil of
Dresden Academy under Friedrich; visited
Italy in 1819-25. Works: Avenue of Trees
on Autumn Evening (1830), Dresden Museum;
View near Castle Tyrol (1842), Nymph
Grotto (1850), Leipsic Museum; Mountain
Chapel; View near Castle Moritzburg.—Cotta's
Kunstbl. (1844), 173.
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OEHME, ERWIN, born in Dresden,
Sept. 18, 1831. Landscape and genre painter,
son and pupil of preceding, and pupil
of Ludwig Richter. He entered the Dresden
Academy in 1846, but formed himself
more especially by studying nature in Germany,
Switzerland, England, and France.
Honorary member of Dresden Academy in
1865; Professor. Works: Stone Quarry in
Saxon Switzerland
(1860), Dresden Gallery;
Young Couple
before Bridal Night;
Funeral in the Spreewald;
Bear-Hunt;
Confirmation (1880);
Album with Views of
Compiègne; In the
Deer Park (Jubilee
Exhibition, Berlin,
1886).—Müller, 399; Illustr. Zeitg. (1881),
i. 311, 316.
OEHMICHEN, HUGO, born at Borsdorf,
near Leipsic, March 10, 1843. Genre painter,
pupil of the Dresden Academy under
Julius Hübner; visited Italy in 1866-67, and
settled in Düsseldorf in 1870. His works
show deep feeling, and are characteristic as
well as attractive in colouring. Works:
Grandfather's Blessing (1864); Leaving
School (1865), Leipsic Museum; School
Examination (1870); Tax-Day (1871), Dresden
Gallery; Convalescent Soldier (1872);
Death Message (1873), Wiesbaden Gallery;
Church Decoration before Wedding; Market
Scene; After the Christmas Tree (1884);
Village Mayor's Office (1885); Music not
Mathematics, D. W. Powers, Rochester.—Müller,
399.
ŒNIAS, painter, date unknown; mentioned
by Pliny (xxxv. 40 [143]) as the
painter of a syngenicon, probably a family
group.—Brunn, ii. 300.
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OENICKE, CLARA (WILHELMINE),
born in Berlin, July 29, 1818. History
painter, pupil in Berlin of Remy, then of
Begas and Magnus. Works: Elector John
Frederic of Saxony refusing to accept the
Interim, Schwerin Gallery; Charlemagne's
Reconciliation with Thassilo of Bavaria; St.
Elizabeth; Luther comforting the Ailing
Melanchthon,
Martinsstift at
Erfurt; Luther's Devotions at Home; Christ
the Good Shepherd; Christ on Mount of
