Hans Bendel

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Hans Sigmund Bendel (18 October 1814 28 November 1853) was a Swiss painter.

Hans Bendel, of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, was an historical painter and lithographer, and attended the Academy of Munich, under Kaulbach. He commenced to paint a series of cartoons with scenes from Swiss history, but died in 1853 before they were completed. Among his other works are the illustrations for Goethe, for Pestalozzi's 'Lienhard und Gertrud,' for Hebel's 'Poems,' and for the 'Nüny Glöckly ' (the Nine o'clock Bell) at Schaffhausen.

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  • This article was initially translated from the German Wikipedia.

This article incorporates text from the article "BENDEL, Hans Sigmund" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.


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