HUYSUM, JAN VAN (1682-1749), Dutch painter, was born at Amsterdam on April 15, 1682, and died in his native city on Feb. 8, 1749. He was the son and pupil of Justus van Huysum, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases. His pictures of flowers and fruit, in oil and water colours, were finished in every detail and highly prized during his lifetime. He also painted landscapes with Arcadian scenery. His work may be seen in most of the European galleries. HVAR, an island in the Adriatic Sea (Ital. Lesina), forming part of Dalmatia, Yugoslavia. Pop. (1921) 3,568. It is 43 m. long and from 2 M. to 5 m. broad. The warm and equable climate lends itself to the successful growth of grapes, olives, figs, dates and the locust bean. Other industries of the islanders are the making of rosemary essence and liqueurs, bee-keeping, boat-build ing, fishing and marble quarrying. There are many villages but Hvar (Lesina) the capital, and Start Grad (Cittavecchia) are the chief towns and seaports. The f ormer possesses, among other beautiful Venetian buildings, the finest Loggia in Dalmatia, and has also an arsenal and an observatory. It is a Roman Catholic bishopric, and near by there is a Franciscan monastery, which was burned by the Turks in 1471 but rebuilt in 157i. Start Grad is one of the busiest ports in the Dalmatian islands, and still pos sesses "Cyclopean" walls, possibly raised by the primitive "Illyrians" whose stone cists and bronze instruments have been found near the capital. The island is memorable as the home of two Slav poets, Lucia, a writer of exquisite lyrics, and the more famous Hektorovic (1487-1572), a democratic noble, some cen turies ahead of his time, who devoted his genius to the writing of national songs. About 390 B.C., a Greek colony from Paros built a city on the site of the present Hvar and called it Paros or Pharos. In 229 B.C. Demetrius, the lieutenant of the Illyrian Queen Teuta, betrayed the island to the Romans, but as he proved false to them also, they razed his capital in 219 B.C. Neos Pharos, now Start Grad, took its place and flourished till the 7th century, when the Slays, fleeing from the Avars, settled upon the island. Throughout the Middle Ages, and on to the present day, it has remained purely Slavonic. The island became a bishopric in and received a charter from Venice in 1331; was sacked by the Genoese in 1354 and 1358; ceded to Hungary in the same year ; held by Dubrovnik (Ragusa) from 1413 to 1416, and incorporated in the Venetian dominions in 142o. During the 16th century Hvar had a considerable maritime trade and though sacked and partly burned by the Turks in 1571, it remained the chief arsenal of Venice in these waters until 1776. In 1797 it passed to Austria, was held by the French from 18o5 till 1813, when it was surrendered to Austria, remaining in the possession of that country until the close of the World War. In 1918 it was forcibly occupied by the Italians, until it was formally annexed to Yugo slavia.