director of the Breslau Museum. Works: two Views in Primeval Forests of New Granada (1852); Views in the Tropical Woods; do. in Rhodes and in Lycia; Cairo from Road to Boulak, Kata-men Gate at Peking (1873).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 595; Kunst-Chronik, viii. 806.
BERG, ALBERT (JOSEF ALBERT
SOULT), born in Stockholm, Sept. 19, 1832.
Marine painter; pupil of Stockholm Academy,
then of Düsseldorf Academy, under
Andreas Achenbach; visited Holland and
Belgium, studied in Paris under Ary Scheffer,
then visited Italy and Sicily, and in 1865
settled in Stockholm. He is a deaf-mute,
and one of the most ardent promoters of
the education of deaf-mutes in Sweden.
Works: Fight between Swedish Ship and
English Men-of-War in 1704 (1870), and two
others, Stockholm Museum.—Meyer, Künst.
Lex., iii. 596.
BERG, JACOBUS EVERARDUS JOSEPHUS
VAN DEN, born at Rotterdam,
Nov. 8, 1802, died at The Hague, July 20,
1861. History painter; son and pupil, at
Rotterdam Academy, of Gysbertus Johannes
van den Berg (1769-1817), then pupil
of Antwerp Academy, and of Herreyns.
After eight years in Italy attained great
success in Paris, then became professor,
and in 1844 director, of The Hague
Academy. Works: Self-Sacrifice of Admiral
de Ruyter; Scene from Maid of Perth
(1839); Scenes in Lives of Jacoba van
Bergeren, Jan van Schaffelaar, and Claudius
Civilis; Fall of the Angels; St. Lawrence;
Supper at Emmaus.—Immerzeel, i.
44; Kramm, viii. 11.
BERG, SIMON VAN DEN, born at
Overschie, near Rotterdam, Nov. 4, 1812.
Animal and landscape painter; pupil at
Rotterdam Academy of Gillis de Meyer,
and at The Hague of Pieter G. van Os, then
settled in Amsterdam, in 1841 at Heemstede,
near Haarlem, and in 1875 became
conservator, and in 1880 director, of the
Royal Gallery at The Hague. Gold medal,
Amsterdam, 1838; member of Amsterdam
(1839) and Ghent (1841) Academies. His
pictures represent mostly cows or sheep at
pasture.—Immerzeel, i. 45.
BERGAMASCO. See Lotto, Lorenzo.
BERGAMASCO, IL, born at Bergamo
about 1500, died in Madrid in 1579. Genoese
school. Real name Giambattista Castello,
but called Bergamasco to distinguish
him from the noted miniature painter of
the same name, who died at an advanced
age in 1637. Came early with the painter
Aurelio Busso to Genoa, where he won reputation
as a painter; studied painting, architecture,
and sculpture in Rome. In 1567
went to Spain, at invitation of Philip II.,
and executed works in the Escorial, the
Pardo, and other palaces.—Lanzi, iii. 246;
Ch. Blanc, École Génoise.
BERGEN (Berghen), DIRK VAN, flourished
in Haarlem in 1661-90. Dutch
school; landscape and animal painter; pupil
of Adriaan van de Velde, whom he imitated
successfully. About 1673 he opened
a studio in London; afterwards returned
home (about 1680?). Sometimes painted
figures in the landscapes of Philips de Koninck.
Works: Two Landscapes (one dated
1688), Louvre; do., Amsterdam, Berlin, and
Vienna Museums; four, Schwerin Gallery;
four (one dated 1682), Dresden Gallery.—Meyer,
Künst. Lex., iii, 599.
BERGER, JULIUS VICTOR, born at
Neutitschein, Moravia, July 10, 1850.
History, genre, and portrait painter; pupil
of Vienna Academy and of Ed. Engerth;
won the grand prize for Rome in 1874, and
spent three years in Italy. Professor at Industrial
Art-School in Vienna since 1881.
Works: Baptism of Borivoi; Emperor Rudolph
II. and Keppler (1871); Spring's Entry
(1878); Portrait of Botanist Fenzl (1879),
Vienna Academy; All Soul's Day (1881);
Decorative Paintings (1882), Palazzo Zierer,
Vienna.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 605; Neue
illustr. Zeitg. (1878), ii. 663; (1881), i. 85.
BERGERET, DENIS PIERRE, born
at Villeparisis (Seine-et-Marne); contemporary.
Still-life painter; pupil of Karl Dau-
