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1, 1618, died at Boisschot in 1667. Flemish school; flower painter, pupil of Theodor Rombouts, and of Daniel Seghers in Antwerp, where he was master of the guild in 1641. Like Seghers, he painted garlands and flowers to enframe subjects by other artists. Works much esteemed by the King of Spain. Works: Bouquet, Lille Museum; Garland, do. with Madonna (1667), Antwerp Museum; Flowers around Statuette of St. Jacob, Madrid Museum; Madonna with Garland (1648), Flowers (2), Vienna Museum; Flower-Pieces in Amsterdam and Hermannstadt (1661) Museums, and Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna (2, 1659).—Ch. Blanc, École flamande; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 347; Immerzeel, iii. 137; Kramm, vi. 1623; Van den Branden, 1132.
THIERRIAT, AUGUSTIN ALEXANDRE, born at Lyons, March 11, 1789, died there, April 17, 1870. Genre, landscape, and flower painter, pupil of Revoil. Medals: 2d class, 1817, 1822. In 1827 became professor in Lyons, and gave up painting. Works: Interior of Old Cloister of St. André-le-Bas (1817); Bunch of Flowers (1820); Recreation; Soldier Retreating; Religious Festival; Funeral of a Monk (1827).—Larousse.
THIERRY, JOSEPH (FRANÇOIS DÉSIRÉ),
born in Paris, March 13, 1812, died
there, Oct. 11, 1866. Landscape painter
and decorator, pupil of Gros, later of Philastre.
He is best known as a scene painter
in partnership with Cambon, at the Grand
Opéra and the Opéra Comique. Medals:
3d class, 1844; L. of Honour, 1863. Works:
Party of Workmen picking up a Drunkard,
Police Patrol (1853); Edge of a Forest, Caravan
Road (1855); Wandering Jew (1857);
The Story (1859); Arrival of the Wedding
Party, Fairies' Kingdom (1863); Ruins of a
Temple (1865); Faust (1866).—Larousse;
Meyer, Gesch., 275, 417, 510.
THIERSCH, LUDWIG, born in Munich,
April 12, 1825. History and genre painter,
pupil of Munich Academy, at first in
sculpture under Schwanthaler, then in painting
under Heinrich Hess, Schnorr, and especially
under Karl Schorn; went to Rome,
and in 1852 to Athens, where he painted
frescos in St. Nicodemus; returned in 1855;
the year following was called to Vienna to
decorate the Greek church there, and in
1860 to St. Petersburg to paint pictures in
the chapels of Grand Dukes Nicholas and
Michael and in St. Catharine's Church.
Member of St. Petersburg Academy; Bavarian
Order of St. Michael; Greek Order
of the Redeemer; Russian Order of Stanislaus.
Works: Sakuntala (1848); Camisard
Scene; Charon, Entry of Bacchus into Grove
of Colonos, Lament of Thetis, Baron Sina,
Vienna; Daughter of Jairus, Christ at Gethsemane
(1865); St. Paul Preaching (1866),
City Hall, Athens; Christ at Pool of Bethesda;
Ceres seeking her Daughter; Christ
in the Desert (1874); Alaric as Victor in
Athens (1879); Temptation of Christ.—Meyer,
Conv. Lex., xvii. 894; Kunst-Chronik,
xvii. 435.
THIRION, EUGÈNE ROMAIN, born in
Paris, May 19, 1839. History and portrait
painter, pupil of Picot, Fromentin, and
Cabanel. Paints chiefly religious pictures.
His work is admired for good modelling
and fine colour. Medals: 1866, 1868, 1869;
2d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1872. Works:
Death of St. Mary the Egyptian (1863), Lisieux
Museum; St. Sylvain (1864), Tours
Museum; The Levite of Ephraim cursing
the City of Gaba (1865), Perpignan Museum;
St. Vincent (1866), Bordeaux Museum;
Perseus (1867); St. Paul the Hermit and
St. Anthony (1868); St. Severin distributing
Alms (1869); Eruption of Vesuvius
(1872); Judith's Return to Bethulia (1873),
Tours Museum; Rebekah at the Well (1874);
St. Sebastian (1875), Ministry of Fine Arts;
Joan of Arc (1876); Euterpe (1880); Orientale
(1881); Poet at the Source (1882);
L'Épave du vengeur (1883); Napolitaine
(1884); Exposure of Moses (1885), Luxembourg
Museum. He has painted also mural