LINDENSCHMIT, WILD ELM vox, the young cr ( 1829-95) . A German historical painter. born at Munich, son of Wilhelm, the elder. First in structed in I\ lainz by his uncle, Ludwig Linden splunit, he studied subsequently at the Academy of Munich, at the Stlidel Institute in Frankfort, then in Antwerp, and finally in Paris. where he produced "The Harvest" and "Duke Alba and the Countess of Rudolstadt." now both in the Ham burg Gallery. From 1853 to 180 by lived in Frankfort, then settled in Munich. where lie was appointed professor at the Academy in IS75 and soon attracted a large followiwy. Among, a series of subjects from the age of the 'Reforma tion, to which for a time he more especially de voted his brush, may he noted the "Disputation at Alarburg;" the "Institution of the Order of Jesuits" (1868) ; ••Clrch von Mitten Fighting French Nobles" ( 1869, Leipzig AI usemn ) ; Disputation with Cardinal Cajetan at Augsburg" (Wiesbaden Gallery). To the same
period belong "Knox and the iconoclasts." "Walter Raleigh in the Tower Visited by Ilk Family" ( 1873, Niinigsberg Museum) ; and "Assassination of William of Orange" Vienna Museum), with life-size figure,. Hitherto a peculiar brownish tone had marred the effect of his otherwise powerful compositions, but from 1874 on they gradually partook more and more of the luminous coloring associated \\ill( the modern Munich school. while at the same time the artist turned to other fields for his subjects. Examples of this phase are: "Venus by the Body of Adonis" (1874, New Pinakothek. Munich) ; "Narcissus;" "Entry of Abide into Rome" (1886) ; and "Prometheus Bound" I Mainz Gal lery). For the Magistrates' Room in the new City Hall at Munich lie executed the mural painting, "Progress of Munich tinder Ludwig 1."