CAMPHAUSEN, WILHELM German painter, was born in Dusseldorf on Feb. 8, 1818, and died there on June 18, 1885. He studied. under A. Rethel and F. W. von Schadow. As a historical and battle painter he rapidly became popular, and in 1859 was made professor of painting at the Dusseldorf academy. His "Frederick the Great at Potsdam," "Frederick II. and the Bayreuth Dragoons at Hohenfriedburg," and pictures of the Schleswig-Holstein campaign and the war of 1866 (notably "Lines of Diappel after the Battle," in the Berlin National Gallery), made him famous in Germany as a representa tive of patriotic historical art. He also painted many portraits of German princes, soldiers, and statesmen. He wrote a diary of the Schleswig-Holstein campaign, Der Maier auf dem Kriegs f eld (1865), with illustrations.