BEGAS, KARL German historical painter, was born in Heinsberg, near Aix-la-Chapelle, on Sept. 3o, 1794, and died on Nov. 23, 1854, at Berlin. He studied in Paris under Gros. In 1814 his copy of the "Madonna della Sedia" was bought by the king of Prussia. He was engaged to paint several large biblical pictures, and in 1825, after his return from Italy, continued to produce paintings which were placed in the churches of Berlin and Potsdam. Begas was also celebrated as a portrait-painter. His son OSKAR (1828-1883) was also a painter and professor of painting at Berlin. He executed the pictures in the lunettes of the Berlin Rathaus.