HANS VON

BARTELS (1856– )  , German painter, was born in Hamburg, the son of Dr N . F . F. von Bartels, a Russian government official . He studied first under the marine painter R . Hardorff in Hamburg, then under C . Schweitzer in Dusseldorf and C . Oesterley in Hamburg, and finally at the Berlin School of Art . After travelling extensively, especially in Italy, he settled in Munich in 1885 and was appointed professor of painting in 1891 . An oil painter of great power, he is one of the leading German water-colour painters, mainly of marines and scenes of fishing life, painted with rude vigour and a great display of technical skill . He excels in storm scenes and in depicting the strong, healthy fishing-folk of the northern coasts . He became an honorary member of leading English, German, Dutch, Belgian and Austrian art societies . Among his principal works are:—" Sturmflut " (Berlin Gallery); " Lonely Beach " (Hungarian National Gallery); " Potato Harvest—Riigen " (Prague); " Storm—Bornholm " (German emperor's collection) ; and " Moonlight on the Zuyder Zee " (New Pinakothek; Munich) .