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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES AN D INDEX
AN DERS ( E . ) Germany
a nter of enre su ec s . u o n A p i g bj t St di in Mu ich .
MOTHER A N D IN FA N T
BARNSLEY ( J . M . ) United States
Contempo rary .
A FRE N CH VILLA GE
BEBN E -BELLECOUR ( ETIENNE ) France
Etienne Berne-Bell ecour was born at Boulogne-sur
t . t e e f n ne een he Mer on the 28 h o f July, 1 888 At h ag o i t
n sel w le became a pupil in Paris o f Picot, supporti g him f hi
e he studied by working as a pho to grapher. In 1 868 th
w s t er-in -law nduce painter Vibert, ho had become hi bro h , i d him to give up photo graphy and devote himself entirely
w e to painting, and his success as almost immediate . H
o t e s s n com aband ned landscape, took o figur ubj ect , a d menced to paint the military pieces o n which his future
n was es n a o a e o rs in es reputatio to r t, maki g v y g t Algie qu t
wa w ec nce o f mo tives . The r ith Prussia r alled him to Fra , - n and he served in a regiment o f franc tireurs, receivi g a military medal fo r gallantry under fire . At the end o f the w ar he surrendered himself entirely to the painting o f ml ar su ec s w w c he oo e i it y bj t , ith hi h t k mdal after medal ,
ra elle in n lan re i t v d E g d , sided n Russia as the guest o f the l ar e an er . Cz A x d II , practised with success as a sculpto r and an e c er an w t h , d as made a member o f the Legio n o f o no r i H n 1 878 .
EA RLY MORN IN G IN THE RE DOUBT
BOEHMER ( G. ) Germany
u il f the se o D s ldo rf e . P p ii Acad my Studio in Munich. enre ain er A g p t o f repute.
THE PA RK
BONNAT ( LEON JOSEPH FLORENTIN )
er B orn at Bayonne in 1 888 . H e fi rst studied und n n Madrazo i Madrid, a d after some time with his Spanish master he went to Paris and became a pupil o f Leo n
i I e Co gn et. n th competition fo r the Prix de Rome he
the s ze ll too k econd pri , which did not entitle him to a fu w sc olars . is r en s e er s s nce h hip H f i d , ho v , came to hi assi ta ,
n he s e r e w a te a d p nt fou y ars studying in Italy, here he p in d a o li a s s e g od many Ita n ubj ects , chiefly tudies o f peasant lif .
He h rece e n i s s n e as iv d many ho ors n hi pro fes io , th chief o f w c r n n t e hi h a e medals at the Salo n i 1 861 , 1 863 a d at h
o s o o f 1 a f n lo Exp iti n 867 , and medal o ho or at the Sa n w in 1 869 . He as made Chevalier of the Legion o f Honor in 1 8 cer n e 1 a 69, Ofli i 1 874, Command r in 882, and Gr nd
omman er i f t e e f rance. C d n 1 897 . Member o h Institut o F
A LITTLE ROMA N GIRL BOUDIN (LOUIS EUGENE ) France
w in w e te w his It as Boud ho advised Mon t, dn us d ith
r e e er ence in the s to n onl rom b i f xp i tudio o f Gleyre, pai t y f
o natu re . Amo ng the marine and landscape painters f
France he occu pies a foremost rank . Whether painting th coas o f ranc or ses o f er o rts o r ra e t F e, glimp h p , f g men s o f r er scener e s la s a n o o f t e ma n t iv y, h di p y n i tuiti n h i c r c e s cs f t e scene an ren e em in as o n ha a t ri ti o h , d d rs th f hi
s s s o n e . ew a n ers pirited or impre sive, as th e o cca i n eds F p i t have ever rivalled himin the skill with which he depicted the animatio n o f wharves and S hipping ; his atmospheric effects are particularly goo d ; he could saturate the scene with
res m stu re o en e w ree e is a l to f h o i r liv n it ith b z . H bi ity
e ress in ro S la ice-wo r o f asts s ars xp b ad impli city a tt k m , p
and n o r an r c sk n as re is riggi g, ample st et h o f y a d p tu ,
“ o equally admirable . His studies o f cattle also rank am ng
w e an ed at th s . He rn o n ur in 1 8 4 d e be t as bo at H fl 2 , di
ea lle us 8 1 8 8 . D uvi , Aug t , 9
CO WS IN TH E VA LLE Y
THE BEA CH A T ETRE TA T
BROWN (JOHN LEWIS ) France
orn at or eau the l th f u s 1 o B B d x, 6 o A gu t, 829, f a
a o l n s e ec e w f mily rigina ly E gli h . H b am kno n by his
n c studies o f horses a d do gs, spo rting s enes and milita ry
su ec s. He a ne me als in 1 8 5 1 8 an n bj t g i d d 6 , 66 d 1 867, a d
h . w a gold medal at t e Exhibitio n o f 1 889. Mr B ro n was
ec a w e d or ted ith the L gion o f Hono r in 1 870. He died in
s he 1 h f o e r t 41t a e 1 0 . Pari d y o N v mb , 89
THE MORN IN G OF THE H UN T C ALLCOTT ( SIR AUGUSTUS W . ) England
o r in ensin n n to on on in 1 77 . ro r f B K g , L d , 9 B the o Dr. Call cott the mus cian i , and himself began life as a chorister
in es mns e W t i ter Abb y . Studied at the Academy under
Ho ner firs e i ed or ra s a er pp ; t xhib t p t it ; ft 1 803, landscapes, c e r er and coas sce nes . a er s hi fly iv t L t vi ited Italy, and painted Italian landscapes ; also executed two subj ect
ctures ael an e pi , Raph d th Fo rnarina and Milton Dic ” a n- to i t ti g h s Daughters . Appo inted Surveyor o f the
R o al c ures . e in Rem n to y Pi t Di d i g n in 1 844 .
CLA S S ICA L LA N DS CA PE
C AZIN (J EAN CHARLES ) France
t c n o e Bo rn a Samar, in Pi ardy, a d a pupil f L coq de
w at B oisbandrau, Jean Charles Cazin on his first medals
vent t he Salo n in 1 876 and 1 877, by figure subj ects . E u
his a en o to l n s re ally turning tt ti n a dscape, he spee dily ecu d
w s n l in r eco gnition as the creato r o f a ne and di ti ct schoo ,
in oe c se i en d which are comb ed p ti nt m t an broad, free and
n t w close ere ce e o r an c s imple treatme t, bu ith adh n to th g i
f acts of nature . He had been a Member o f the Legion o f
v e ates Hono r since 1 882 . In 1 894 he isited th United St , a nd made an exhibition of his works at the American A rt
w so are Galleries with great success . His ife and n also
a e t his co n r near ar s artists of ability . C zin di d a u t y seat P i
in 1 901 .
l zin is on f the os o r nal M . Jean Char es Ca e o m t igi
a nd fascinating personalities in contemmrary French art.
t ra Fo r this man painting is not a commerce, bu an inspi t ion ; he does not sit down with the commonplace purpose o f making a mere literal transcript o f reality but rather uses na ure as the means o f e ress on w t xp i , and, as it ere, the vehicle o f an intimate ideal ; possessin g su perabundantly
a n r ca e com na on o f n u e th t i t i t bi ti i t itiv perceptions, feel
n s ex er ence and memo r w c we call o i g , p i , y hi h imaginati n, he domna es na i t ture, and manifests in harmonious creations the en us asm the ass on the e n th i , p i , mla choly, the tho usand s a es o f e w e h d j oy o r gri f, hich h feels in his communion w ”— ’ ith the great sphinx . THE ODO BE CHILD in Harper s M a azi g ne .
THORN FIE LD CA S TLE
CHASE ( HARRY ) United States w i . a Born at Woodstock, Vermont, n 1 853 He as pupil
the oo o the a onal e n f th o f sch l f N ti Acad my of Desig , o e
l e c o e Bavarian Roya Acad my in Muni h, f Soy r in Paris, and o f Mesdagat The Hague. He was an Associate o f the
e f a e ' Natio nal Acad my o Design, nd a Member of th Ameri
n er ol e 1 . ca Wat C or Society . Di d 889
FLOWERS
FR UIT
A N S WERIN G THE S IGN A L—OFF THE FREN CH COA S T 79
CHIALIVA (LUIGI) Italy
One o f the Italian colony o f painters in France,
Chialiva has chosen the neighborhood o f Ecouen, in N or
hi ctures . e s ows a reference mandy, for many o f s pi H h p fo r as l scenes w a r er p tora ith glimpse o f iv , and is fond of
n ro ucin s e r esse an e- rl w e r i t d g h phe d s d goos gi s ith th i flecks .
A S HEPHERDES S
THE GOOS E GIRL
GIRL TEN DIN G TURK E Y’S
COROT ( JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE ) France
1 . he o a co ur o s e Bo rn in Paris , 796 T son f t m di t ,
w s e o r r e wa r e Corot as de tin d f t ad , but at length s pe mitt d
s a er w o o w hi n ann to study art by hi f th , h all ed m a uity of twelve hundred francs . From the studio o f Michallon he t o f er n w w e so s passed o that B ti , ith hom h al made hi
first visit to Italy . With figure subj ects and landscape in the classical manner he made his entrance at the Salon and
w er o n rs . I t btai ed sundry hono n 1 843 , ho ever, af his re
u n ro is r v s o e n e in t r f m h thi d i it t Italy, h came u d r the
fluence of o sseau an w o reco e R u , d as led by him t gnize th
f nc l . beauty o Fre h ands cape Though nearly fifty, he set t wor s s en n rs o k a a tud t, and duri g the next eight yea gradually reached that style o f delicate truth to nature and o f exquisite poetry in which he is unapproachable.
wen -five ears were re f r n ri T ty y still in sto o him, a d du ng
es th e he produced his masterpieces . Devoted to music and
is s r to h friend , Pe e Coro t retained his yo uth to the end, w hich came peacefully in 1 875 . On his death-bed his friends brought him a medal struck to commemorate the j ubilee o f his seventy-ninth w birthday, and he said : It makes me happy to kno that
on s e is so loved : I have had good parent and dear friends . ’ I amthankful to God. With these wo rds he passed away nineteenth century .
LA N DS CA PE
LA TOUR B ’ ES ELY
ITA LIA N MA IDEN
France CUVILLON ( R . DE
Co ntempo rary .
THE E GUN DELA Y
DAGNAN -BOUVERET ( PASCAL ADOLPHE JEAN )
This artist was a pupil o f Gerfime and made his début in the Salo n in 1 877 and in 1 878 he received a medal for ” In 1 8 0 . nan his Burial o f Mano n Lescaut . 8 M Dag B ouveret received a first-class medal ; in 1 885 the Legion o r e o f ono r at the alon f Hono , and in 1 889 the mdal s h S
w r co ul and the Universal Expo sitio n . Mo re his o n count y d
t fo r e su o himw er a rona e no do him, xcept to pp rt ith h p t g ,
c n n the foun and this she has honestly done. Commen i g o — datio n o f neo classical art which characterizes the Gérfime
f his own in w c sc . sc l hool, M Dagnan has created a hoo o , hi h
w a so tel free rom an he has many foll o ers . He is b lu y f y o f the mannerisms or conventionalities o f academic train ' ing and equally free from any perso nal afi ectatio ns o f — . t s o r technique B astien Lepage, himself an ar i t f a ve y s e n s nc the imilar typ , held him in the highest esteem, a d i e
e o f a es l to n s d ath his friend , M . D gnan com c oser taki g hi
lace a a r . a an a es p th n ny o ther a tist o f the day M . D gn t k his surname o ere s e o n , B uv t, fromhi mo th r, in o rder t disti
l fl4fi c r uis l ro no er e w g h him f ma th artis t o f th name no deceased .
He is a na e Of ar s w e r cal tiv P i , h re p acti ly his entire life has been spent in the studies and the labo rs o f which his works
re r a the ich if not numerous fruit.
THE WA TERIN G TROUGH
DAUBIGNY ( CHARLES FRANCOIS France
n in r s 1 . Bor Pa i in 81 7 After S tudying with his father,
me ran o s he s i r r s Ed F c i , vi ited Ita ly, and o n h s etu n pent so w me time in th e studio Of Dela roche . From 1 838 he as a cons an e o r at the lo n and ec e en fied t t xhibit Sa , b am id ti w su ec s rawn ro m the e ne rne an ith bj t d f S i , Ma d Oise,
n w rs navigati g these ate in a floating studio . He had ’ spent much o f his childhoo d in the country near L Isle
m and a an ar s urned unreserve l to ure Ada , , s ti t , t d y nat
s . The o th r o n o u tudy youngest f e Ba biz gr p, he entered
o the ar es r o w e er n His int h v t o f eco gniti n o n by th old me . w art was delicately individual . He sa everything with the
l a c an es e is e e his cu riosity and ove o f hild, d d pit h d xt rity work always retained a delightful spo nta neity and fresh
i ea u rr in ness . H s d th occ ed 1 878 . It is quite probable that other men o f the Barbizo n school at times were greater artists than he ; they may have po ssessed a livelier poetic fancy ; they may have displayed a nobler creative genius and wro ught with a mo re intense dramatic power ; they may have been better craftsmen and attained greater heights in the pure do main o f art ; but
clos o ns ear in an ear out all for e, daily compani hip, y d y , true lovers o f the beautiful in nature must have somewhere ' in their secret heart a snug little co rner o f afi ectio n fo r ’ n s ncere lo a le a er o f the rc ar the this fra k, i , v b p int O h d, ’ — e s e nd th r ers t . t Riv r id , a e Bo d o f he S ea E:r rac tc
rombi ra hical t : Tr aubi n b t f og p no e on oyon and D g y, y he
lat . e W H FU LLER.
BA N KS OF THE OIS E
DEFREGGER (FRA NZ) Austria
rn o n a arm at ro n t e rol . In 1 85 Bo f St nach, i h Ty 7,
w en he was wen - o his h t ty two years o f age, the death f
a e ma e him mas er he n t s use e f th r d t o f t farm, a d he fir t h made o f his inheritance was to sell it and go to Innsbruck t s o study the art o f sculpture under Pro fesso r Stoltz . Hi master advised himto undertake the study o f painting in t n s ead, a d he took his first lessons at Muni ch under Pro fes
h fo a e so r A nsc iitz. Ill health sent him to Paris r tim ,
w nce he re rne to is ill n nu n his he tu d h native v age, co ti i g
st i s ro na ll h entere t e t ud e f m ture ti , in 1 866, e d h Pilo y
sc ool t r ress h a Munich . Hi s eputation pro g ed from city
to c n o o e ity, a d from exhibiti n t xhibition throughout E u
ro e . e r e da a r an no r r r p H eceiv d me ls t Pa is, d ho a y membe
s o f the i enna erl n the ship academcs of Munich, Vi , B i ; grea t
l me al o f n c t e rs o f erl n a finall go d d Mu i h, h fi t prize B i , nd y,
in 1 . 883 , his patent o f nobility
LO VE-MA RIN G
DELA CROIx ( FERDINAN D VICTOR EUGENE )
orn are B at Ch nton in 1 799 . He made his début as a
a n er at the earl a e o f wen - ree w his n p i t ” y g t ty th ith Da te and r l w en e was s ill a il e n Vi gi , h h t pup o f Gu ri . But he
not lon ollow t anner o f the c did g f he b lassicists, fo r he ro e new roun for msel r e e b k g d hi f, t av ll d in England, Spain and or r ca and al ou al s N th Af i , , th gh way in feeble health,
ro uce a mar ello us n p d d v umber o f pictures , covering a great range o f subj ects and notable for wonderful richness o f co lor and o l ness b d o f executio n . He received medals at
ar s in 1 8 4 an 1 P i 2 d 848, and the Medal of Honor at the
os o w Exp iti n in 1 855 . He as made Chevalier o f the Legio n of ono r in 1 83 1 fficer 1 n H , O in 846, a d Co mmander in
1 855 . He was a em er o f the ns e M b I titu t o f France. Died
in 1 863 .
A N A RA B FA N TA S IA
DE NEUVILLE ( ALPHONSE MARIE ) France
- - o . all a rn t r ala s 1 . r n B a St Ome , Pas de C i , 836 O igi y
aws t l o f co l tuden in Paris, but later ado pted art . Pupi Pi t
als s S s . and Pil . Made a pecialty o f military ubj ects Med ,
1 an 1 1 . e o n o f cer o f Le 859 d 86 L gi Honor, 1 873 . Ofi w h on 1 81 . e in ar s 1 5 . e eu lle as t e gi , 8 Di d P i , 88 D N vi founder o f the powerful and modern schoo l o f military
w s cee e s l and art hich has uc d d that o f his ma ters . Pi s
Vernet .
lle i That France accepted the death o f De Neuvi , n
1 5 as a na e t s s le r 88 , tio nal misfortun was he mo t p ndid t ib
is ute that could be paid to the artist and the man . H
e e whole life had been a romance . Out o f his lov o f art h
s n t e ma er al an a s had urrendered, at its beginni g, h t i adv t ge is Of the career fo r which his family had destined him. It said that upo n his bed o f death he thought himself once
n l o f a le m ne in his las ours more o fie ds b tt , and i agi d, t h , the reality o f the pictu res in which he had made his coun ’ r e e o re hi s a n s o a e t y s h roism immortal . B f f di g ight fl t d
’ i a s crow wa c n The ass n e men sto ne , n va t d , t hi g P i g R gi t, ’ w e e s firs and is depicted to the life . The picture as D taill t ” w lo to the ench ernmen . great success, and no be ngs Fr Gov t
RE CON N OIS S A N CE FROM THE WIN DMILL
DE THOREN ( OTTO) Austria
n a n er. Born in Vienna in 1 828 . A imal and landsca pe p i t r n n in 1 85 Studied in Brussels and Pa is, taking up pai ti g 7 , after having served in Austrian army in the campaigns o f 1 848- 49 ; returned to Vienna in 1 865 and afterwards settled
e the bes of l n animal a n ers . Mem in Paris . On o f t ivi g p i t
e ers r es . ber o f the Vienna and St . P t bu g Academi
un 1 8 enna 1 882 . Medals : Paris , 1 865 ; M ich, 69 ; Vi ,
ss an r er Chevali er o f the Order o f Francis Joseph . Ru i O d o f Vladimir.
POLLA RD WILLOWS
H UN GA RIA N MA RKE T
ON THE ROA D TO MA RK E T
DIA z DE LA PENA ( NARCISSE VIRGILE ) France
He was orn in 1 80 at or ea w s aren s b 7 B d ux, hither hi p t , w w s ha a e ho ere Spani h , d t k n refuge from the Revolutio n
across the renees . s n his w Py Lo i g father early , he as
to ar s er w bro ught P i by his moth , ho suppo rted herself by
n lesso ns in anis an givi g Sp h d Italian. Thro ugh the bite o f a po iso nous insect he lost his legand stumped the streets o f Paris as a lame errand boy until he obta ined emplo y
in he o rcela n a a ment t p i f ctory t Sevres . But his inde endence co s im his os o n an ro w o n his own p t h p iti d, th n up
s re o u rces, he painted little figure subj ects o f nymphs .
nall he met o usseau w ose n uence rewhim to Fo n Fi y , R , h i fl d
i l c e t ta nebeau and to landscape . N o w o mm nced he art on — which his fame endures subj ects drawn fro mthe recesses o f the o res w ere he a f w s enc n F t, h t pl y o li ght as mo t hanti g, and rich harmo nies o f tone called fo rth his brilliant po wers
c lo r s . as a o i t Often he wo uld peo ple them with figures,
o w n gl i g masses o f hue set amidst the verdure . In 1 876 he was attacked with an affection o f the chest and so ught
en one i . M t , but o nly to d e there
THE LA P D OG
THE MA RS H
DUPRE ( JULES ) France
o rn at an es 1 81 2 . earne t B N t , L d o paint o n po rcelain .
u ed rom na ure and t e old as rs i t St di f t h m te n he Louvre .
te at the alo n 1 1 w Exhibi d S , 82 , and o n the favor o f the
u e o f rleans; rs alon e D k O Fi t S m dal , 1 833 ; L egio n o f
o no r 1 84 Oflicer o f e o n 1 8 0 . e ear H , 9 ; L gi , 7 Di d n Pa ris , 1 889
T o a purchaser who was teas ing him to finish a pic
ure in a few o w t i o f t h urs, ith he a d that sureness o f hand
and e e w c he has ac u re ules e re l y hi h q i d, J Du pr p ied in my presence
Y o u n hen a no wm ro ess o n ' thi k, t , th t I k y p f i Why,
m oo r ellow h o y p f , if I ad n thing mo re to find out and to ’ learn co ul o t n n l , I d n pai t a y o nger.
In ese wo r s is his w ole li e o f searc and s u th d h f h t dy .
rul he da w e sel - T y , t y h n f do ubt sho uld vanish from an ’ a r s s n th w e ti t mi d, e day h n he sho uld no t feel before his — canvas the trouble which thro ws the brain into fever o u that day he would be no better than a workman taking up
in he o e as f e eve e o t m rning th t k o th ning b f re, ploddingly
an w s w u e a d itho ut hesitation, but al o itho t mobility . Th d y when Jules Dupre should open his studio without a thrill
e w co and leave it without discourag ment, he ould nsider that — he had arrived at the end of what he co uld do and he ”— would be right . Extracts fromN o te: mr la Cent Chefs ’ d muvrec LBERT OLF F . , by A W
LA N DS CA PE
THE VILLA GE ROA D
A WIN D Y DA Y
GALLEGOS ( J Spain
A Spanish painter who has wo n fame for his technique lle os resem les Fo r and brilliant harmo ny o f color, Ga g b
e s to e c rocess ons and assem l es tuny, and he d light d pi t p i b i ,
scenes to which he can give infinite colo r and life .
THE MA RRIA GE CON TRA CT
GOUBIE (JEAN RICHARD) France
l o f érOme . a nter o f . G Born in Paris, 1 842 Pupi A p i
o f la es and en lemen in a cos umes . a nimals, and also di g t g y t n well nown in fferen He has a wide reputation, bei g k di t
s wo r s a e foun a rea sale amo n countries , and hi k h v d dy g
a mateurs .
A RIDIN G PA RTY GREUZE (JEAN BAPTISTE )
at o u rn near aco n in . r Bo rn T us, M , 1 725 Afte study
n on o n he e ere t e c e ingwith Gra d at Ly s, nt d h A ad my Scho ol in ar s 1 755 and the same ear e te a er P i , , y ” xhibi d F th Reading the Bible to His Children . It was greatly ad
an t the close o f the he w s e mired, d a year a tak n to Italy by the Abbé Go uj enot . After his retu rn he exhibited at
l n l 1 w en r the Sa o n u ti 767, h he etired fromParis, indignant that he should have been received into the Academy not as
n e o s or ca l t o e su ec . e rn a pai t r f hi t i bu f g nre bj ts He r tu ed,
w r n e i stu o his es a ho eve , a d xhibited n his di , pictur ttract
w w ness o ing all Paris . The times ere it ing a reacti n fro m ’ n o h n w the previous lice ti usness o f t e Co urt, a d it as Greuze s
t n t o mé ier to pai t he beauty f virtue, the sentiment o f a
us he w happy and innocent bourgeois ie . Th as the father
- o f French genre painting, though he lives to day mainly
his a s r s through ide l head o f gi li h beauty . He amassed a
ar e or ne w we er was los l g f tu , hich, ho v , t at the Revolutio n.
He e ne lec nd in oor c rcumsta i di d, g ted a p i nces , n 1 805 .
TETE DE GA RCON
GRISON ( JULES ADOLPHE ) France
ules ol e r son is a na e o f J Ad ph G i tiv Bordeaux , and he
is a l o f e i . s pupi L qu en His ubj ects, almost entirely drawn
rom the l e o f the se e een a e f if v nt th nd ighteenth centuries,
him as an r ist o f e exhibit a t infinit humo r, acute j udgment
of c aracter and ec n cal s ll o f a re h , t h i ki ra order. His color
is a and r ll a t his ouc ra c r g y b i i n , t h pid and lea , and he pos sesses the acul once un ue w isson er o f ty, iq ith Me i , f impart THE S TIRR UP C UP
HAMZA ( J . )
Co ntempo rary .
A QUIE T GA ME
HART (WILLIAM ) United States
ll the el e o the tw ro ers a Wi iam, d r f o b th H rt, was bo rn
in 1 . s aren s em ra n rom il 822 Hi p t , ig ti g f K marnock, Scot
n se l i l an ew o 1 1 la d, tt ed n A b y , N Y rk, in 83 , and in time a ren c e r ns to a local rr a r pp ti ed th i so ca i ge builde . But
s en s i both had p t their pare t me in studying art . In 1 853
n s w WilliamHart o pe ed a tudio in N e York, and five years w - later as elected an Academician . During 1 870 1 873 he w s res e o the er n e lo r a P id nt f Am ica Wat r Co Society . He died in 1 894 .
CA TTLE A T WA TERIN G PLA CE
HARPIGN IES ( HENRI ) France
We confront a passio nate lover o f art in Henri Har
r h l was e c ennes his e ul pignies . His bi t p ace Val n i ; adv nt, J y
w o . all in o il and a er c lo rs he has a en 28 , 1 81 9 Equ y t t k
e s u e w ch ar is tal and highest rank . H t di d ith A d, v ited I y ,
s n w c e made his manners to the Salon in 1 853 , i ce hi h dat
s e he has exhibited regularly . Hi Ev ning in the Roman i 1 w Campagna received a medal n 866, hich was so co r dially granted that it repaired so mewhat the neglect o f the
c u re is at the u em o ur . He year preceding . This pi t L x b g l 1 8 8 e o n was medalled in 1 868 and 1 869 ; Seco nd C ass, 7 ; L gi
i es came o f a cer 1 883 . Har ni o f Hono r, 1 875 ; Ofli , p g
n s who res ra ne his en enc wealthy family o f mercha t , t i d t d y
e was wen - se en ears Old w en he a eare to art . H t ty v y h pp d
w o wa the i n fie em o imen in the studi o o f Achard, h s d g i d b d t
re ro un o f ou r me his o f aca demic methods . In the fo g d ti ,
l ro ust s uare- s oul ered ro u s na urall figure, tal , b , q h d , g p t y,
wi a o usseau and u re. tho ugh much yo unger, th Di z, R , D p His productio ns affirm that landsca pe art was not bu ried ” when Co ro t died .
THE B RID GE A T S A IN T PRI VE
TH E WILLO W N EA R THE RI VER
HENN ER (JEAN JACQUES ) France
o at emwill er lsace 1 8 . l B rn B , A , 29 Pupi o f Drtilling
nd cot . Won the ran r ze o e 1 8 . e ls a Pi G d P i f Ro m , 85 M da ,
1 5 1 1 8 e o f r 86 , 866, 78 ; L gion Honor, 1 873 ; Office
n . i o f Legio , 1 878 Studio n Paris . N o painter since Titian and Co rreggio had suc ceeded in securing in the rendition o f the nude such charm
c l and r o f e ress on n he w o l o f o o r pu ity xp i , a d as n t o ng in
o creating a unique place f r himself in his art. His Susan ’ nah in 1 8 4 carried the fo r i s w s , 6 , day him n Pari , and a
r e f t m o r aller w pu chas d o r he Luxe b u g G y, o f hich it is o ne
o f the mas terpieces . Amo ng his nymphs and magdalens Henner produced also a number o f paintings on religious
s f a n s le o f e ec subj ect , o gra d ty x ution and a noble elevatio n
e s o f feeling . On o f his mo t o riginal and dignified wo rks ’ o f s o r e is is o the thi d r h J hn B aptist, the head o f the de w l r d e n a capitated saint being sho n on a sa ve , an b i g mas ’ ” terly po rtrait o f one o f the artist s friends .
HOWE (WILLIAM H . ) United States
. o f o v Bo rn at Ravenna, Ohio , 1 846 Pupil Ott o n
e o f o r es and mos Tho ren and Vuillefroy, Paris . On u b t t w w el w e rs . o e wa f r id y kno n cattl painte , William H H s o
ten years a successful exhibitor at the Salon, and bes ides
m ls e al e being the recipient o f a lo ng list o f eda , is a Ch v i r
o f the Legion o f Ho nor. Elected a National Academician,
1 897 .
RE TURN FROM PA S TURE
ISRAELS (JOSEF) Ho ll and
t r en r ll 8 . A s a Born a G oning , No th Ho and, in 1 24
w r l sc n er boy he ished to be a abbi, but o n eaving hool e t ed ’ n w his father s small ba king business , and in 1 844 ent to Amsterdam to study under the fashionable portrait
n r t w the f t e c painter, J a K useman . Bu it as ghetto o h ity, w w n l e a ffecte his ina n . The s armi g ith if , th t a d imag tio follo wing year he pro ceeded to Paris and wo rked under ’ e e the l e s l Picot and Delaroch , ntering att r s tudio sho rt y
lle le . e h ncl o after Mi t had ft it Lik Millet, e had no i inati n
n e for grand pai ting, and, tho ugh h tried to practise it
was in e l a upon his retu rn home, it th litt e village o f Z nd
w we i e l fCord, hither he nt fo r h s h a th, that he discovered
e n . l e ll he oun his s ra his tru be t Again, ik Mi et, f d in pi tio n
f oor t nl t c in the lives o the p ; bu , u ike he Fren h master, in s tudio coll ection produced the notewo rthy retu rn o f o ver
francs .
THE S HEEPFOLD
S HEEP UN D ER THE TREES
J ACQUET ( JEAN GUSTAVE ) France
o rn at aris in 1 4 ac e alw B P 8 6, J qu t has ays been a thor o ugh Parisian in his art. He co mmenced to exhibit at the
alo n e o re he was wen e he S b f t ty years o f ag . In 1 868
a ne his firs al an f r o g i d t med , d o a peri d produced pictures o f a o r l c a er e s w hist ica h ract , th ubj ects being usually dra n fromthe past . It was not until his admission into the Le
o n o f o no r i 1 h gi H , n 879, that e began to give his atten
t r t ion o mode n life.
THE FIRS T VIS IT
JON GKIN D ( JOHAN BARTHOLD ) Holland
o r 1 1 at tro near o er a came B n June 3 , 8 9, Y a p , R tt d m;
w e n u o f to France hen y t very you g, and entered the st dio
o r en was no red E ugene Isabey . F many years his tal t ig , and the Jury o f the Salon ruthlessly rej ected his pictures .
w t e alo n From1 872 o n ard Jongkind ceased to exhibit a th S , which had always shown itself averse to reco gnizing his
i o e e to e n a r -class merits, ts n and o nly r ward him b i g thi d
e re en t his medal given in 1 852 . Jongkind lived in r ti m t a
r n r sere an ere he ed c ountry ret eat C6té St . A d e ( I ) , d h di ,
1 1 . February 9, 89
h s n e o n is most Like t e old Netherlandi h pai t rs, J ngki d a t in re o n e w an ouses s s ease gi s co nnect d ith hum ity . H , hip , wi mll s s ree s and lla es mar e - laces and all s o s nd i , t t vi g , k t p , p t l ” n race f an r are ear to hi . that have a y t o hum abo , d m
M UTH EE .
A D UTCH CA N A L
K AEMME RER ( FREDERIK HENDRIK) France
l of o i en e . e ecame a u B rn n Gh t , B lgium H b p pi
réme in a s n c ures wh c are s ro n l in Ge P ri , a d his pi t , i h t g y
l w re e er ll ro o i es su este d ividua , e g n a y painted f m m t v gg d
e has en the by Parisian life du ring the Directory . H be
r e n 1 01 . ecipient o f numerous medals . Di d i 9
TH E BA TH ER
KAUFFMANN ( HUGO) Germany
in r th in er Bo rn Hambu g, 1 844 ; son o f e pa t Hermann ' mann and u l o f S tfi el ns u e ran or no w K aufi , p pi d I tit t , F kf t ;
a resident o f Munich .
.WA KIN G HI M UP
er an K NAUS ( PROF . LUDWIG ) G m y
en 1 . l o f ac n Bo rn in Wiesbad , 829 Pupi J obi , a d o f the w A cademy o f Diisseldo rf under So hn and Schado . After
w he l e w e n ard a li d himself ith Lessing, Leutz a d Weber.
em er f the e es o r n enna un c A M b o Acad mi f Be li , Vi , M i h, m
sterda n we d s d n o t m, A t rp an Ch ri tiania, an K ight f he
r o f e . 1 os t o n O der M rit Medals : Paris, 1 853 , 855 ( Exp i i
Un erselle 1 . al o o no 1 o n iv ), 859 Med f H r, 867 ( Expo siti n erselle . e on o f onor 1 85 ce U iv ) L gi H , 9 ; Ofi r o f the same,
1 8 . l 67 e a s : enna 1 882 un c 1 883 . ro esso r M d Vi , ; M i h, P f i h n t e c em at r . o w A ad y Be lin Medal f Ho no r, Ant erp,
1 885 .
Ludwig Knaus enj oys the unique distinction o f being acce e he c pt d by Germany as r hief painter o f genre, and by the wo rl as f d one o the leading mas ters in that art . He was a pupil at the Dii sseldorf Academy and o f Sohn and
c w but his a l S hado , gradu tion in art, after a coup e o f visits to al oc in a s w re It y , curred P ri , he he spent eight years s the t tudying methods o f he French painters .
PORTRA IT OF THE A RTIS T A N D HIS FA VORITE DOG
n KAULBACH (PROF . HERMANN ) Germa y
l . is o r a enre Born in Munich, Ju y 26, 1 846 H t ic l g
lm the cel r t s or cal painter, so n o f Wilhe Kaulbach, eb a ed hi t i
n il f P ot . e als in enna and painter, a d pup o il y M d Vi
o o rar em er o f th un c ca em Munich . H n y M b e M i h A d y ,
1 885 .
MA DON N A A N D IN FA N T
LAMBERT ( LOUIS EUGENE ) France
in e r 5 1 5. u l of ela Born Paris, Sept mbe 2 , 82 P pi D
enre an er es ec all no e as a cro ix . G d animal paint ; p i y t d ls careful and humoro us painter o f cats and dogs . Meda f ono r 1 . e on o 1 865 , 1 870 ; Third Clas s, 1 876, 886 L gi H ,
1 874 .
A CA T FA MILY LEADER ( BENJA MIN WILLIAM) England w rn at orces er n n 1 1 . e s e Bo W t , E gla d, in 83 H ho d ' l in l e n n n e ea r y if a decided tale t for painti g, a d, after som
t es wen o n er the sc ls preliminary s udi , t to Lond n a d ent ed hoo o f the Ro yal Academy . Figure painting and sculpture
n re w alo e a taught in this school , but he as not diverted fromhis purpose to become a landscape painter, and in a
e s short time began to exhibit . His xceptional skill and hi choice o f subj ects soo n made himpo pular, and he has long
e been a most successful painter o f domestic landsca pes . H was elected an Associate o f the Royal Academy in 1 883 and a Member in 1 896.
E VEN IN G ON THE THA MES A T MA RGRA VE
LEFEBVRE ( J ULES JOSEPH ) Contempo rary
e b t ro n L febvre, proba y he most p nou ced in academic n n c w methods amo g co tempo rary Fren h painters, as born - - 1 . at Tournan , Seine et Marne, in 836 He became a pupil
ni t th s o f Léon Co g e at e Beaux Art , and made his debut
t the alo w r ra in 1 w a S n ith a po t it 855, since hich year he has been a regul ar contributor. In 1 861 he secured the
ri de ome w a ea o f r am and five ears P x R ith D th P i , ”y la er a al e al or his c t S on md f Nymph and Ba chus, which w s o as purchased for the Luxembourg. Hi l ng list o f hon
r h o s includes the Grand Prix at t e Exposition o f 1 889 .
i a He s a Member o f the Institute, Commander o f the Le
o n and at s la s os on was : onc s is gi , thi t Exp iti Hor C our . H pictures figure in the Museum o f the Luxembo urg and in the re l s r g at gal erie o f F ance and fo reign countries .
P S Y CHE LEPIN E ( J . France
. e ne w na o w J L pi as a tive f Cam, and as a pupil o f
o ro . His wor s ow er e C t k , h ev , giv no indicatio n o f the
n uence o f i fl that mas ter, either in style o f treatment or
selec on o f su ec . He w a ti bj t as an ble and o riginal artist, and his os on in mo ern renc wa p iti d F h art s amply assu red .
S T O EN . U
LHERMITTE ( LEON AUGUSTIN ) France
o rn at o n . e B M t St P re, France, in 1 863 . Pupil of the
cole des E Beaux Arts and o f Lecoq de Boisbaudran. Mem er f e l b o the L gion o f Hono r. Wide y known as designer and ra e d ughtsman before he became a paint r. Also ex
i . cels n etching and pastel Studio in Paris .
H is th os e e o c en e e m t xp rt f living harco al draughtsm , and as a draughtsman in pastel has no peer. His colo r gro ws more fo rcible and ripe as he gets farther away from ’ his n ears o c n a w e ma y y devo ti n to graphi art , a d as at r colo rist and an etcher he has wo n the highest ho no rs . He adheres to the rustic subj ects with which his youth made him a li r o f i the a le f mi a , and it has been said h mthat m nt of
Millet could no t fall on worthier shoulders .
TH E BLA ZE OF N OON DA Y
n lan LINNELL , S R. (JOHN ) E g d
e ec e a u il o f o n Bo rn in Lo ndon, 1 792 . H b am p p J h
e fro his ellow- u l ulrea Varley, but learn d more m f p pi , M dy ,
was r a in than fromhis mas ter. His pro gress so apid th t 1 807 he contributed to the Academy exhibitio n A Study fro a e n w e t e m N tur a d A Vie near Reading . Lik h
a les o f his co n e r es e ora a or b t t mpo ari , h coul d paint a pan m
a minia e r . w t en tur , o engrave a po rtrait He as he recipi t
o f an o n to m y h no rs . In 1 852 Linnell retired fro mLo don
e hill w ere he R d , h died in 1 882 .
MILKIN G TIME
MADRAZO ( RAIMUNDO DE ) Spain
rn in me 1 841 . n Bo Ro , First i s tructed by his father
e r ea o f the an F de ico , h d Sp ish Academy in Rome, he after
wa e e co le des ea in rds nter d the E B ux Arts Paris, and also stu died under Léon Co gniet. In 1 878 he was awarded a
o f t e rst class a the n o f e n medal h fi nd Ribbo the L gio . A ’ - - w n e e c bro ther in la o f Fortu y, h xhibits mu h of the latter s
ll in sc n ll a n co lor and v ski i ti ti g , can la ish on his pictures a
n c captivating rococo grace, or i trodu e with taste and deft i ness symphonic schemes o f color, as n the Girl in Red,
e t c i 1 o rre e exhibit d a Muni h n 883 , r in the Pie tt of the
Expo sition Universelle of 1 889.
DRES S IN G F OR TH E BA L MA S QUE
LA PIERRE TTE
MARIS ( JACOB Holl and
orn at The a ue 1 83 . u l o f the local a B H g , 7 P pi cademy ,
trti el Van e De e ser Van Leriu an S b , Hov , K y , s d Hebert .
e 1 . Di d, 899
is the eco n i o n o f Jakob Maris s d, n p i t age, o f three bro thers distinguished as painters of the modern Dutch
o l a the s ron es f em. e rn sch o , nd t g t o th H tu ed by natural n l selection to landscape pai ting, a though equally strong in his reatmen o th fi re a the w r w c e t t f e gu , nd o ks by hi h h is best known are of the former order o f subj ects . Jakob
r s wor n ssels an e Ma i ked partly i B ru d partly at The Hagu , but i c e s o h s hi f tudio and h me was at the Belgian capita l . His pictures both in character and choice of subj ect are thoroughly representative of th e Netherlands : rivers,
l o canal s, quaint villages that doze under the she ter f the earthen M parts which defend the land fromthe encro ach
en of the wi e an m ts sea ; d reaches o f farm d pasture land, s n e low preading u der gray and humid skies . Th y are kept in one w c e t , and are in the most po erful s h mes of subdued colo r, painted with great breadth and a massive vigo r o f handling and effect, and rank their creator at the head o f h ” t e Dutch landscape painters o f our time.
LOA DIN G A S A N D BA RGE
llan MAUVE , ANTON Ho d
It was truly said when Anton Mauve died that Hol
ra el land had sustained a national los s. Though compa tiv y
h wer ress o n on the a yo ung man, e had made a po ful imp i
i con em art of his country, and did mo re than any of h s t po raries to in fuse into the minds o f his fello w-artists higher
n t e w close s a wth aims, a d o lead th m to ard that ymp thy i
e e u c nature which was his o wn inspiratio n . H loved th D t h
es n an n h lo l and farms, dyk a d heaths , d he pai ted t em vingy
en erl a e wa o him co n r was t d y in dir ct, simple y. T his u t y
w s ll an er r wo a e not al ay du , gray d damp , as o th a tists uld h v
a el a ows an us believe . He saw nd f t, nd sh us, its light d
e s c ures w n w ol sunshin , too . Throu gh hi pi t e may k o H l n land as it is, with its peaceful peasant life in bo th fie d a d — cotta ge no t tha t life o f hard and hopeless to il that Mill et
Diisseldorf Academy in 1 842 to install himself in the dig nit o f a o o f s wn w y studi hi o , it as as a painter of religious wo r s o f the lar es s e w k g t iz tha t he aspired to fame . It as not lo ng before he discovered that his talent had mistaken its e n dir ctio . His heart was not in these academic and ar fic al co o ons w l — ti i mp siti , hi e all around him nature and, a o e all — b v , human nature invited him to more congenial
fiel ds . S o the painter o f tradition soon became the painter of fac an i t, d h s exquisite little cabinet pictures of domes tic scenes and omel e s es f e e - w re h y ”pi od o v ry day life e not lon in sec n r g uri g favo .
EX PE CTA TION
MON ET ( CLAUDE ) France
A ll s l e n n f rain ne is art hi if i tolera t o rest t, Mo t in h ha ee - s he s s b n rigidly self disciplined . A a boy kipped ’ sc l n e s n le s hoo o fin day , a d as a young man found G yre studio impossible for him; was acquainted with the pictures o f the o u re t to w e in ever L v , bu never tried dra th m, and y way so ught to emancipate himself from the traditions o f n the old masters and the influence o f co ntemporaries . O the o t ther hand, fromthe day that Boudin directed his a
e t ntion to nature he never deviated fromthe study of it . ’ ne is a an ro ar s rn ere arc Mo t Parisi f mP i , bo th M h
2 , 1 840. But five years later his family moved to Havre, ' where w e in r w his boyhood as spent . His earliest fl o rts d a in w g ere caricature po rt raits, for which, by the time that h w fi ee e e n a es n e as ft n, h b gan to fi d purchasers t pric ra g in ro te ra g f m n to twenty f ncs . In 1 i 865 be exh bited two marines at the Salon, and ’ the ollown r w o f i g yea The Woman in Green, hich , up n ’ n n t a wo r o f anet s con the o peni g day, ma y took o be k M , w t in the a er c to his c a r n . h s as Mo gra ulat g l tt , mu h h g i T i ’ n net s last appearance at the Salon . By 1 867 his ma
— wa t ou he ner had shaped itself it s plain air ; bu , th gh ' w ts f l r was beginni ng to experiment ith efl ec o light and co o , he had not yet adopted the principle o f the subdivision
n 1 he ane and ecame one of the o f colo rs . I 869 met M t, b gro up o f younger men who gathered round Manet in a w ca at a nolles . ere he as soc a e also e as fé B tig . Th i t d ith D g ,
’ - le no r anne s ler ola Fantin Lato ur, Sis y , Re i , Cez , Whi t , Z , ’ n ers w o o w a e em er calle c le a d oth , h f rmed h t th m b s d l E o ’ des Bati gnolles .
S N OW EF FE C T
MORLAND ( GEORGE) England
Bo rn in Lo ndon in 1 763 . The so n o f a po rtrait
nte h r n c i n ro his a er s u ie a pai r, e eceived i stru t o f m f th , t d d t
n sl e the c the Academy schools, a d assiduou y copi d Dut h
l as s e c es were and Flemish pictures . A s ear y 1 779 hi sk t h
in s exhibited at the Academy . His pictures, dist gui hed by
r nes f re es on s l l ec ni ue and ual t u thful s o p r entati , ki fu t h q , q i
t is w e d ties o f col or and ligh , were prized during h o n lif an
l . a re stil so ught by co nno isseurs Died October 29, 1 804
ON THE COA S T, IS LE OF WIGH T
MUN KACS Y ( MIHALY DE ) Austria
1 84 t e n acs in w In 6 he rud village o f Mu k , Hungary, as the birthplace o f a child o f poverty who was christened
e n n c Michael Lieb . H had o future but o e o f misery, su h
h i e en o i ro as ad preceded him n th experi ce f h s p genitors, and he co mmence a os as l a le a o l d, lm t as so o n he cou d h nd t o , ’ to ear ce e n his meagre living as a carpenter s apprenti . H
a wa t a n u elf to raw a a e o . t ght hims d , nd, in crud y, p i t
n a - - f u l oo The good natured, poor po rtrait painter o G y a t k him r t s mas er up and taught him a little mo re. F om hi t
e as e n t e a s of th e em and h p s d i to h h nd e Vi nna Acad y, , by ' a n supreme efl ort, finally secured admission into the Mu ich , w s Ecole des Beaux Arts , here Pro fessor Adam became hi fr en an r ere th o ar s ma e suc i d d instructo . H e y ung ti t d h w l w nn strides in advance that he as enab ed, by the i i ng o f several prizes, to set himself up at Dusseldo rf in 1 869 as a
a n e wor s f na s a er ncl ne himto p i ter. Th k o K u and V uti i i d genre painting, and in 1 869 his Last Day o f a Co n
n was r dem ed Man made himfamous . His style so o igi nal and so unlike the conventional methods o f Ge rman art
1 e wa that it attracted attention in Paris, and in 872 h l em rece m a boldened to settle in that city . He had ived a ed l w t the o so w . a Sal n in 1 870, and as not unkno n there In
1 8 e w e no r f w c 77 h as receiv d into the Legion o f Ho , o hi h
ha c a enna e he d been an oncer since 1 878. Muni h nd Vi hav n w l made him a member o f their A cademics, a d the ho e world in which art finds patronage has accepted him. His case is an illustration o f the triumph o f artistic genius over apparently insurmo untable difi culties almost unique
in the . 0 . history of modern art Died May 1 , 1 90
S TUD Y OF A HEA D COURTS HIP
N ICZKY ( C Germany
e als : n h e na w . eters ur . M d Mu ic , Vi n , Mosco , and St P b g
IN EX PEC TA TION 65 OEDER (GEORG) Germany
u en in as won co s e o St d t Munich . H n id rable reputa ti n as a a n er o f p i t Dutch coast scenes .
IN THE S A N D D UN ES
PASIN I (ALBERTO) Spain
Among livin g painters Pasini is unrivall ed in his de
linea n o f n al n . e s sse tio Orie t sce es H i a native o f Bu to ,
ear a n e e re t n Parm , a d enj oy d th instruction of th ree g a masters . FromCiceri he acquired his firmdraughtsman l ship, from Isabey his color and bo d and fluent execution o f the rus and rom o usseau the ee eeli n and b h, f ”R d p f g lan . o an ca e sentiment o f dscape Fo r he is a master f l ds p , and introduces into themsuch animated groups and figures
that they become, as well, charming examples of genre . It was his good fortune to visit the Orient early in his artisti c ’ er e rs nce r e care , and during several y a reside in Tu k y, Arabia and Persia he accumulated a vast sto re o f innpres
ns t colo r r an sio , and tho ro ughly absorbed he , atmosphe e d
animatio n o f the East . He is an ho no rary pro fesso r o f the Academies o f
n n all s t th e r a e ons Farms a d Tu ri , a med i t a g e t xhibiti ,
and since 1 878 an Ofi cer o f the Legion o f Honor.
THE DES PA TCH BEA RER
PEARCE ( CHARLES SPRAGUE ) United States
use s in 1 851 . He Was born in Boston, Massach tt ,
n has res e in rance studied in Paris under Bonnat, a d id d F
n enre su ec s w c a e met fo r ma y y ears , painting g bj t hi h h v w muc o lar a u recia on. e l ith h p p pp ti M da o f Paris Salon,
1 883 . ol me als in os on G d d B t , Philadelphia, Ghent and
unic . loma o f no M h Dip Ho r, Berlin ; Chevalier o f the e on of on 1 L gi H or, 894 ; Order o f Leopo ld (B elgium) ; r er of Red a le r O d E g ( P ussia ) .
THE LITTLE HOUS EKEEPER
PENNE DE ) France
' o rn in ar s anuar 1 B P i , J y 1 , 1 881 . Landscape and mal an ainter. Pu l o f Leo i p pi n Co gniet . Second Grand r de ome 1 85 . e 7 als . r s P ix R , M d Thi d Clas , 1 875 , Second lass C , 1 888 .
H O UN DS IN LEA S H
RENOIR (AUGUSTE ) France
eno w w R ir, h o as born in 1 840, early determined to be c me a a e is a w c w o p int r, and, as h p rents ere not ri h, he o rked i o n a po rcelain factory in his native town f Limoges,
a l le s th p inted pictures in the ca fés, and so d litt ubj ects to e s o res i t s u t , until he had gained sufficient to enable h m o t dy in s t e o n e Pari . Arriving there in 1 860, at h age f ni et en,
le an az e he entered the studio o f Gleyre, having Sis y d B ill - il as fellowpupils , and remained fo r four years, u nt , at ’ n s e l a n on . n s Mo et prompting, th y a l ba d ed it Duri g thi ’ time he was seen at the Salo n in a po rtrait o f S isley s
w hi se eral ot er co ss ons . He father, hich procured m v h mmi i w w r en in n ul ra-roman c e n co r n his firs as o king th a t ti v i , s i g ”t success at the Salo n with a picture entitled Esmeralda . Before the beginning of ho stilities in 1870 he shared a
t w a ll e w n w t o s udi o ith B zi , hose death du ri g the ar cu sh rt
w e n lea the a career o f great promise . Mean hil , si ce ving s f l r n h een t n ma e of tudi o o G ey e i 1 864 , e had b he i ti t ’ onet and the tw r s n r eac er s ns a ion M , o f iend , u de h o th i pir t ,
e al n made rapid pro gress . In 1 868 he exhibited at th S o
The n w c w nc Woma in White, hi h sho ed a tende y to
wa o h rds his new style o f painting ; timid en ugh, yet at t e perio d suflicient to aro use hostility and to secure his ex
l i ro w ort f c us on f m the Salon until 1 880, hen his P rait o
e o Madame Charpentier was accepted . But lo ng b f re this he had ceased to co ncern himself with official honors .
THE BA THER
RICO ( MA RTIN ) Spain
f his rs s in A native o Madrid, he received fi t lesson
wn s t e dra i g from a cavalry captain, and then pa sed o th
ca e li i he Madrid A d my, gaining a ving n t intervals o f s u raw n d en avin o n r t dy by d i g, an gr g mod. Du ing the s ummers he would wander o ff on foo t into th e country con so n wt es an en l n e a rti g i h gyps i d herdsm ; ivi g a fre , h ppy
e x s ence nd la n s o re r es . e w n the i t , a yi g by a t o f memo i H o
an s w lle c Sp i h Prix de Rome, never befo re a arded fo r exce n e in lan e an c ose r o i dscap , d h Pa is f r h s place o f study in
r c w e i prefe en e to Rome . Here he as kindly receiv d by h s
un r ma a co w r to u co t y n Z ma is, ho int oduced him Da bigny
n n a er e e a d Meisso ier. L t he became the intimat fri nd o f
F o rtun wi w om e e c me in al I 1 y, th h h sp nt mu h ti It y . n 878 he was aw t o arded he Cross o f the Legi n o f Hono r.
A S IDE CA N A L IN VEN ICE ROBERT-FLEURY ( TONY ) France
o . B rn in Paris Chevalier o f the Legio n o f Hono r.
S o o f - n Joseph Nicolas Robert Fleury . Pupil o f Delaroche n n a d Cog iet. Received his first medal in 1 866 for his ars e l V o vi , the 8th o f Apri ,
ROUSSEAU ( THEODORE ) France
Bo rn in Paris, 1 81 2 . He had an early taste for mathe
atics d s t c a o m , an is aid to have intended o be ome pupil f the Polytechnique, but entered instead the studio o f Le
ene. a l n to s re e thi F i i g ecu the Prix d Rome, be repaired to the la n o f o n martre and his firs c ure e h e P i M t , ” t pi t , x ibit d in e ele r a s 1 826, Th T graph Tower, p ocl ims hi nature
e study . In 1 888 he mad his first visit to Fo nta inebleau, and the follown ear a his first mas er ece i g y” p inted t pi , r e e ce e a r -class e C6tés de G andvill . H re iv d thi d mdal
t e w a the Salon, but for th following fourteen years as re
ec e rom the e ons en a er the evo on j t d f xhibiti . Ev ft R luti o f 1 848 his green pictures were hailed as epinac and it was not until the Expos ition o f 1 855 that the world w ackno ledged him as belo nging to the class of Ruysdael,
o ns a le is las ears were ar ene Hobbema and C t b . H t y d k d
wo by domestic cal amity . He had married a young man o f t w e s ‘ w he Forest, and h n he as seized with madness, he spent his s en e n e e nall t o tr gth in t ndi g h r. Wh n fi y he fiicership o t w w e f he Legion, hich as his due for s rving as President o f t t t e wa en e he Jury a h Exposition o f 1 867, s d i d him,
e ucc m o t c e es h s u bed t he bitterness o f his hagrin. H li
lle in t e ll . buried near Mi t, h churchyard o f Chai y
LA N DS C’A PE
SOUZA-PINTO ( JOSE JULIO) Po rtugal
o rn in th s n o f e eira r al an B e i la d T n , Po tug , d at an earl a e e n e s o f i is n v n y g b ga th tudy art n h ati e co u try . Aftersome preliminary work he went to Paris and entered the l a t n r a a w Eco e des Be ux Ar s u de C b uel , at the time hen ’ that master s studio was in the height o f its po pularity
e e es s and success . H d vot hi atten tion to modern domes
nd oc en hi wo c a e tic a s ial g re, and s rk is har ct rized by great
emen colo r accu ra e ren r n f e refin t of and by t de i g o ffect .
c - f- c His mo tives are hi efly found in out o doo r in idents, which he paints with di stinc t charmand appreciation . He was awarded a silver medal at the Universal Expositio n at
s i e the ross e Pari n 1 889, and rec ived C o f the L gion of
o H nor in 1 895 .
TH E BA TH ERS
TROYON ( CONSTANT ) France
w in the or 1 0 . e or ed as bo Bo rn at Sevres, 81 H k a y p
re t e o wer a n er au celain factory , where Rioc us, h fl p i t , t ght
t w ue lan w om he met on one o f his him o dra . Roq p , h
n encoura ement but sketching tours, gave him advice a d g , it was Rousseau and Dupre who established firmly his o wn
e ra e to o n a ne predilection fo r nature study . H mig t d F t i
8 commence the ser es o f his mas er bleau , and from 1 36 d i t
ese he e a er a is to pieces in landsca pe . To th add d, ft v it
n in o ca le in w c he stan s Holland in 1 847 , the pai t g f tt , hi h d
e e e in 1 8 5 and a lon l s o f o nors unapproach d . H di d 6 , g i t h was crowned at the Expositio n o f 1 878 by the Dipl oma to the Memory of Deceased Artists . nd his l nes are He had the true picto rial sense, a if i
ill - ance his masses are er o ften insignificant and bal d, p tl o e s al es re a l r e his fec y pr po rtio n d , hi v u a dmirab y g ad d,
n l s a l s effec is l te i le eness . to a ity i f ult ess, hi t abso u n comp t
' His e s l r s ra o m tho d i the a ge, erene , and bhe l expressio n f great craftsmanship ; and with the interes t and the grace
his r c c o f art colo uni tes the harmof individuality, the ri h ness and the po tency o f a natural fo rce . His training in landscape was varied and severe ; and when he came to his right work he applied its results with almost inevita ble as surance and tact . He does not sentimentalize his ani mals no r co ncern msel wi the rama o e r c arac , hi f th d f th i h an e es as co o nen i en ter d gesture. H tak them mp ts n a g eral scheme ; and he paints them as he has seen them in na e —e n lo e ere and a tur ve p d in atmosph light, and in n
en o n r n le environm t f grass a d st eams and livi g afage . His wor is n t to a e the o r ra s o f rees or an als k o t k p t it t , im , or s e t s ec oes f r l c t a it s, bu a h o Vi gi ian musi o suggest nd
i t co n w w typ fy he u try, ith its tranquil meado s, its lumino us
s es it e wa ers and ha a un ance o f ocks and ki , s qui t t , t t b d fl ” er s t once the s l an t e rce f s e h d , a ymbo d h so u o its pro p rity .
— ILL N ES EN E W IAM ER T H L Y .
THE WA TERIN G PLA CE
ETUDE DE BCEUF
VAN MARCKE ( EMILE ) France
The mo st distinguished pupil through whom Troyon bequeathed to the succeedi ng generation a reflection o f his w own genius was Emile van Marcke . Van Marcke as bo rn
c . w lo e in at Sevres in 1 827, o f artistic sto k He as emp y d the porcelain wo rks as a deco rato r when he attracted the
e la er was in the rac ce o f attention o f Troyon . Th tt p ti
n w l t his er w o res t e res maki g a eek y visit o moth , h ided a S v , and so the young deco rato r and the elder artist were fre
e const se n f was quentl y in contact. Th ant rmo o Troyon that the gifted youth should go to nature, and Van
Marcke, in the time spared fromhis trade, obeyed the in ’ j unction . Van Mareke a early pictures betray strongly n l re the feeling and influence o f Troyo . Whi e more ca l r ful in drawing and mo re elaborate in detail, their co o
n ec e r t a d t hnique show th association o f the maste . Bu w c e ce r V rc e ith in reasing co nfid n and expe ience, an Ma k created a style with whi ch he is now tho roughly identified. w He as a master draughtsman, equally a master o f compo
i n n o f are sit on, a d the grouping a d modelling his cattle w o l al ays pictorial and true. His landscapes are f an equa
e o w the c o f a degr e f excellence, and are replete ith harm
s e j oyous and smiling nature . Effects o f mid umm r mid day and of showery skies over pastures enriched by a
humid so il find particularly happy rendition at his hands . w Van Marcke appeared first at the Sal on in 1 857, and as l 0 repeated y medalled in 1 867, 1 869, 1 87 , and at the Ex position Universelle o f 1 878 he received a medal of the first
class . He was invested with the Legion o f Honor in 1 872 ,
and since then he received many additional medals of honor.
Died January 7, 1 891 .
RE TURN FROM PA S TURE
VIBERT (JE HAN GEORGES) France
One o f the stro ngest individualities among the artists
was o f ar s is ert. e l a P i Vib H not on y painter, but a sat
i rist o f ras c w r d ti po er and an autho o f pointed excellence .
ar s irt s to A P i ian by b h, and if he may be aid be a pupil
o f an o ne is mas er ns er to y , h t must be co id ed be Barrias , al o u he also s l w e th gh did o me ear y ork under Picot . H
firs e e at the lo n o f 8 d a e r u al t xhibit d Sa 1 68 , an m d a vi t
a f ilure . His active intelligence gave a new di rectio n to
his art and se en ea er t t e a r he was , v y rs lat , a h ge of thi ty, decorate w th e Cross o f the Le on fo r his oll Call d ith ” gi R - o a fter the Pillage . His good hum red satires on the hy pocrisy and self-indulgence o f monkish and ecclesiastical
li e i d c war c o n f d mu h to d advan ing himin p pularity, a d one ’ ” la r s na o o f the tte , The Mis io ry s S t ry, may be recalled as ’ l c e . s having been so d in this ity, at th sale o f Mrs Morgan
collec o w co ti n in 1 886, fo r Vibert as not ntent w i o t the lo ith triumphs n Oil al ne, bu , spurred by exp its o f w Fo rtuny in ater colo r, he began in it a series of experi ments that have placed him among the first aquarellists of
w e w e o the orld . H as th leader in the m vement that resulted in the formation o f the now powerful Society o f French
i o s andar Water Colo rists, a so ciety that, by ts l fty t d, really
fo rced the Salo n into a marked reformin the character, and
impro vement in the quality, o f the pictures it accepted for
n . . exhibitio Died July 28, 1 902
TH E CH URCH IN DA N GER
VOLKHA RT ( MAX ) Germany
S o n o f Geo rg Wilhelm Volkhart, historical and por
ra a n er Max Volkhart was orn at Dii sseldorf and in t it p i t , b ,. time entered its Academy, studying under Eduard von wer r s Gebhardt . Later he studi ed in B russels, Ant p , B uge an e ls s e a on is ased en d Gh nt, a o visiting Italy . Hi r put ti b
rel r ti y ou gen e subj ects .
THE PROPOS A L WORMS ( JULES ) France
in a . . Born P ris, 1 887 Pupil o f La fosse First ex hibi e t c f e t d at he Salon in 1 859. He spends mu h o his tim in n w re s c Spai , he the ubj ects o f most o f his pi tures are
foun . e ls e o d M da : 1 867, 1 868, 1 869, 1 878 ; L gion f
Honor, 1 876. One o f the founders of the French Water
lor e Co Soci ty .
A FLIRTA TION
2 No .
JOHN LEWIS BROWN
THE MORNING OF THE HUNT
Water Color f ON a broad roadway, which leads to a village hal u hidden by large trees, is a gro p of four horsemen r the r d rs and a dogcart with th ee ladies . Two of i e e are in pink coats, top hats, white bre ches and u patent leather boots . A black dog in the foregro nd l stands a ert .
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H ei 10 inches en 14 inc es. ght, ; l gth, h
- DURA N o R E Pu t 1896. Pc acn ass n n o n U L, s,
N o . 8
JOHN HA MZA A QUIET GAME
IN s m l r r a i p e inte io with a window, throu gh which is s us s c een the ho e of a ity, three men are playing car s l d at a tab e, while a fourth looks on with in tere c st . The ostumes and accessories are of the eigh teent c tur h en y.
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H ei 10 inches en 14 inches ght, 55 ; l gth, 95 .
Po ncn m n n on M. Kn orn m a Co . N rw os t 1889 , Y , . N o . 4 MAR TIN RICO A SIDE CANAL IN VENICE
TH IS is a view in one of the many quiet and nar ro w s o f r rc waterway Venice, with a va iety of a hi c ur l s r r te t e on either side, gondo a moo ed at the wate r s steps, and a single one in motion . The oof and gables are in silhouette against a clear blue sky.
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WILDs N ew Y ou r 1894 . Pn e u m o “0 M WILLIAM , , N o . 5
N G JOHAN D . JO KIN D
A DUTCH CANAL
A BROA D waterway covers the foreground and ex . s tends straight away to the remote di tance . On either side of the canal is moored a squ are-rigged and s vessel , on the quay on the right i a group of r c red b i k houses behind a row of trees . In the dis r c tance a drawb idge rosses the canal , and beyond l u a it ooms p a t ll windmi ll .
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H ei 18 inches le n h 17 inc es . ght, ; gt , h
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N o . 6
WILLIAM HART, N . A. CATTLE AT WATERING PLACE
TW c s - O spotted ows, tanding half knee deep in a sm ll l are s c a poo , tru k by the full sunlight, which brings theminto strong contrast against the shadow l sc r on the and ape beyond. On the ight a tall grou p r s l c rs k of t ee ha f ove the s y.
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H ei 1 6 inches wi t 19 inc es. ght, ; d h, h
m o n o N o- . Pn eu n M . K m 8: Co , N ew Y ou r, 1889 .
N O . 7
ALBERTO PASINI T H E DESPATCH BEARER
A RIDER on a dark bay horse is about to deliver a letter to the armed atte ndants at the doorway Of a r u c Moorish palace . St ong s nshine asts the shadow r m c r c ll i f o a deep o ni e over the wa , with ts decora t c ion of olored tiles, and against the sky
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P o ncru ss n n o n M . K N os oLn Co . , PARIS , 1896. N O. 8
LUDWIG KNAUS PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AND HIS FAVORITE D OG
TH IS is a study of the half-length figure of Pro fessor Knaus In brown velveteen and corduroy co s um his r r t e with favo ite g eyhound by his side, s i ar l In s m ll - tand ng ne a ake o e we kept park. His rms are l and a fo ded, in his left hand he holds a
S i ned at the ower e L g l l ft, . KNAUS .
Hei h 15 inches widt 1 1 inc es . g t, 55 ; h, h
PURCHAS S D n o F . cm n A . ru I A l , MUN CH, 1890.
N O. 9
E . ANDERS
-MOTHER AND INFANT
A YOU N G mother in a seventeenth-century gray o - ro mauve satin l wCut dress, with lace cap and b ad s t l l in collar, is seated on a carved oaken e t e, ho ding h es c ce er arms a tiny infant . She gaz at the hubby fa with an expression of affectionate pride in her first r bo n .
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1890.
N O . 1 0
PROF . HERMANN KAULBACH MADONNA AND INFANT
SEA TED in the angle Of a rou gh wall the Madonna is suc l r l c u k ing the Infant with tende so i it de . Above her s head float a slender halo, and in the distance the full moon is j ust rising over a line Of wooded hill s . In the right foregroun d a shallow di sh is sup r On lo w r r ll po ted a t ipod ove a sma fire .
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P S E n o n E . A . FIR IS CH M A N Co . MU I 1890 URCHA D , N CH , . N O . 1 1
CONSTANT TROYON THE WA TERIN G PLACE
IN the shallows of a broad river farmers are water ir car - s c ing the t horses at noonday . In the di tan e, cr r i h ll a oss the iver, s a town dominated by a i c rowned with an imposing fortress . On the left, in c s r s s the middle distan e, a rank of tately poplars i e r s s on the grassy bank . Nea the zenith mall area ' h efl ect is of blue show between the clouds . T e of strong sunlight with vivid contrasts of light and s hade .
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- PUI CH AS BD n on DUu N o RUIII, Pu re, 1896.
N O. 1 2
TONY ROBERT-FLEURY THAIS
THE head and shoulders of a young woman with a C r e l haplet of flowers in her hai , and h r bust ha f c r ove ed with white and orange drapery. The head is s r l een in p ofi e, and the light, which is somewhat f s l r di fu ed, fa ls f omabove .
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N 1 O. 3
JEAN J . HENNER INN OCENCE
THE head and u ndraped arms and shoulders of a r w youn g gi l ith a mass of waving auburn hair. She i ull c ur s in f fa e , with the eyes t ned toward the spec r tator . A st ong light from the upper left casts strong shadows on the flesh and accents the blue r r c i r r her la d ape y, whi h s th own ove p and around i her wa st .
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H Ass n n o n Bo Usso o V LA O Co . PARIS 1886. PURC . A D N , , N o . 1 4
CHARLES FRA N COIS DAUBIGN Y
BANKS OF THE OISE TE E placid surface o f the pleasant across the foreground and reflects the forms and r C e colors o f a g eat IM p o f tr es on the left, the i grassy bank, the houses, and the qu et tones o f ' s are the simple summer sky. Two kifl s moored to r the bank under the t ees, and in one of themis the a flgure o f a m n in a white shirt.
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PUl cn m n n on M. K r on a : Co ., Pa n , 1896.
N o . 1 5
EUGENE BOUDIN
COWS IN THE VALLEY
A LARGE herd of spotted cows is assembled on the r is s . the low, irregular bank of a broad t eam In d tance are farm-houses surrounded by trees and a r e line of low hills, with a church spi e rising abov - sk is c re w l cl u s. the tree tops . The y ove d ith ight o d
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i 16 inches len 99 inc es . He ght, ; gth, h
- PURCH An n m u Dm itri Run , Fan s, 1806.
N O. 1 6 JOSE GALLEGOS TH E MARRIAGE CONTRACT
IN the sacristy of a large cathedral are assembled a youthful Spanish couple and a number of friends, a e ll in rich costumes of silk, satin, laces and m r r un l i l broidery . G ou ped a o d a tab e in the mdd e of the picture are three priests engaged in drawing ur ccl s s c i u p the marriage contract . A fo th e e ia ti s reaching down an Old volume froma carved book r- case at the back, and a choi boy brings others from r Of c c r s r anothe part the room. Ri h a ving , o na l r ur menta metal work, and sumptuou s fu nit e de note that the cathedral is an important one .
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PURCH Assn n o n E . A . Fu u CH H A N Cc . I 1886. , MUN CH, N O. 1 7
JULES DUPRE LANDSCAPE
A N ARROW strip of farming country under a wide r and lofty sky. On the right is a clump of t ees with ns r u de e foliage and a g o p of farmbuildings, and on the left is a view across a level stretch of land to ow r e the l line of the ho izon. In th foreground is a c small pool , beside which stand two ows, and the figure of the cowherd is seen seated in the pas ture l r sk fill j ust beyond. The owe part of the y is ed with
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- PUI D DUI A N D I P I 1896. CM n o n RU L, AR S ,
N O. 1 8
LUIGI CH IA LIVA A SHEPHERDESS SEATED in full sunshine on the top rail of a stile is a young peasant woman busily engaged in sewing, r while her flock of sheep and lambs epo se near by. In the middle distance is a broad streamwith a vil lage and wooded hillside beyond .
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N O. 1 9
V . DIAZ DE LA PENA
THE LAP DOG
A YOUN G girl in a pink dress trimmed with black is seated on the grass in full su nlight holding a small
hi dl h a cl s him her rms . w te poo e in er l p, a ping in a Frombeneath a white petticoat peeps out her tiny c u is foot in a pink silk slipper. The ba kgro nd deep toned foliage against a blue skv .
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H D A N D- I P RIS PURC AS RD n o n UI RU L, A , N O. 20
JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT LAN DSCAPE
ON the left a large pollard and a slender birch grow froma pasture on the edge of a lake and rise s s m u r s r is again t a i ple s mme ky. On the ight a clum r e c p of tall t e s, with a single white bir h In con
r s s . e t a t again t the soft foliage A r d cow, tended by s - a pea ant woman, stands knee deep in the grass. Beyond the lake is a chateau standing on a low v ele ation .
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N O. 21
LEON BONNAT A LITTLE ROMAN GIRL
TH E full -length figure of an Italian peasant child in the customary brilliantly colored costume, a u white chemise with red sleeves and sash, bl e petti co at and yellow figured apron . She stands, her e ta hands clasped in front of her, facing the sp c tor in a strong light fromthe upper left side.
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V L O Co P RI 1 886. PURCHAS ED n o n BOUS S OD, A AD N A S ,
CHARLES EMILE JACQUE
THE SHEEPFOLD
Two sheep are feeding from a small trou gh in a - s sunl s r s straw littered barn . A haft of ight t ike full u pon them and casts deep shadows upon the u s ul r s rc for gro nd. In the hadow po t y ea h food in i e the straw, and behind the sheep s a narrow, op n
’ w r e H i d t th o e . J A C US S n e e C 73 . g a l l ft, Q ,
H ei 6 inc es en 8 inc es. ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
m Co ion o L. L bcr b F ro ec e e e o Rou aicc 1896. ll t f f f ,
M . N S D . PURCH AS RD n o n K O LS R Co P I 1896. , AR S , N O. 28
JULES DUPRE THE VILLA GE ROAD
L A POO of water bordering a winding, sandy road ccu r o pies the fo eground. In the middle of the com position two gnarled and sturdy oaks overshadow tc c a tha hed ottage. Masses of cumuli cover the larger part of the sky.
S i e at the ower e i l l -l l on d gn d l l ft, J B .
Hei s inches width m . ght, is ; , m.
A D n . N “ . H S R ose M K ORDIRR Cc. RIS I PURC , PA .
N o . 24
OTTO DE THOREN
POLLARD WILLOWS
ON the bank of a small brook, which is half hidden by a rank growth of weeds and water plants, two old pollard willows lean over the stream, and their
in w n nd e trees tbere is an ares is shado , a d beyo th
S i d at the ower ri ht . DR TH CRRN . gne l g , 0
ei 10 inches len th 18 inches. H ght, 56 ; g , 56
H R A RTIS T RIS PUI CH AIBD n o n T , PA .
N O . 25
JEAN BAPTISTE GREUZE
TETE D E GARCON
THE study of the head and shoulders of a fair c c haired boy, hi s fa e turned to the right and in lined
downwards. He wears a brown jacket, open to s u S how a full hirt, which is unb ttoned at the neck c u is r and chest . The ba kgro nd a b oken tone of r g ay.
Hei 18 inc es wi 14 inches. ght, h ; dth,
PURCH AS RD n o se DUR -R RI P IS 1896 AND U . AR , . N O . 26
v. DIAZ D E PEN A
THE MARSH
R A OU GH and broken stretch of Open country, with r o re he e and there a clump of trees . In the near f ground is a broad pool reflecting the adj acent trees s l fi and the concentrated light in the sky. A ing e g ure of a peasant woman is seated on the left.
S i ne at the o wer ri N DIA S . g d l ght, .
H ei 6 inc es en 10 inches. ght, h ; l gth, 56
—RUB I PUI CR AIBD n on DURAND L, PAR S ,
N O. 28
RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO
DRESSING F OR THE BA L MASQUE
A YOUN G woman in fancy dress of red and white l e striped satin, b ack bodice, r d cap and pink stock c uc he ings rests one foot on a o h, while s puts on her
r er m s l s the r r . slippe . H a k ie on floo nea by
S i n d at the ower ri R. MADRARC . g e l ght,
H ei h 4 inc es en 7 inc es. g t, 56 h ; l gth, 56 h
PURCH AS RD n o n Bo o -OD V LA O a Cc . RIS 1886. , A D N , PA , N o . 29
H UGO
WAKING HIM
T old r has e E E innkeepe fallen asle p, with his back comfortably supported against the green-tiled
st . h ove The postman, w ip in hand, leans over the le l r l s eper to blow a b ast f om his bu g e in his ear, while the serving maid watches the farce with
’ i n d at the tower le Huoo Ram 90. S g e ft, ,
14 mm en 1 71 inches , l gth, 5 .
Pmcn m n n on E . A . Fu r-cu m Cc., l umen. 1886. N o . 80
THEODORE ROUSSEAU
LA N D S CA PE
r l IT is twilight, and the wa mg ow of the evening a a ear r r sky is refl ected in sm ll pool n the fo eg oun d, where cattle are drinkin g. Near the middle of the v composition a tall , rounded tree rises high abo e its r is d neighbors, and beyond, on the ight, a woode o cl u hillside. The sky is c vered with o d masses, and the light is concentrated near the horizon .
i ned at the lower e Tn . Ron-n u . S g l ft, H ei h 7 inchec width 9 g t, 54 ; , 36
- Puncn m n o n: D un n o Run , Pan s. 1990.
N o . 81
AUGUSTE RENOIR
TH E BATHER
r sc dr r r A FEM A LE figu e with ant ape y, tu ned back e a to the spectator, with h r he d in profile turned r over the right shoul de . She is sitting near the edge r o f a pond or a rive , and as a backgroun d to the r e head is a mass of foliage ove hanging th water. m S i ne at the ower e Ra on . g d l l ft,
H ei h 16 inches wid h 18 inchee. g t, ; t ,
- Puncn m n n o n Dun no Run , Pan s, 1896.
2 N O . 8 FRANZ D E FRE GGER LOVE -MAKING
A DA IRY-M A ID engaged at her daily task of chum ing is agreeably interrupted in her monotonous oc atio n cup by a young sportsman who, accompanied l r by his dog, has invaded the dairy . The ove throws ’ a r hi his right rm a ound s sweetheart s neck, and rests his left hand on hers . The dog is interested in the cream which trickles from the dasher of the r chu n .
S i ne at the u er ri ht F Dam on 1889 . g d pp g , . ,
c wi 15 i H ei 90 inche nchee. ght, 36 ; dth, 36 - Puncn m n on Enwm S en na n, Bru nt , 1890. N o . 88
JEAN BAP TISTE CAM ILLE COROT
LA TOUR B ’ ESELY
THE dominating mass of a great church tower with buttressed corners rises high ' against a simple sky re s sun s from among surrounding t e . The strike across the turf on the right and the left, and in the o c foregr un d, whi h is in shadow, an artist is seen at r c r l r cl us wo k on a anvas nea a a ge ump of b hes.
S am ed at the ower ri V zm Conor. t p l ght,
H ei 10 in es en inc es . ght, ch ; l gth, h
m n n o n n o - Puncn Dun B urn , Pu ts, 1896.
N O . 84
G . OEDER IN THE SAND DUNES
IT is orm c o a st y day on the Dut h c ast, and the sky ra hr a ulls is g y and t e tening. G fly screeching about, a -r nd the smoke from a tile oofed cottage, which s stands in the shelter of a great andhill , is whirled
r . down by the fo ce of the gusts In the distance, across a stretch of shimmering water, is a line of
i t ower ri G. w S ne at he O n . g d l ght,
H ei 18 inches en th 94 inc es . ght, ; l g , h
W . HOWE P I D . Puncu m n n on . H u , A
N o . 85
' M IHALY D E MU N KA CS Y
STUDY OF A HE AD
THE Last Moments of a Condemned M an was ’ r a p obably the chef d oeuvre of this artist . The he d is the study of type and expression for the princi ur in pal fig e the large picture.
S i ne at the ower ri h M n: Mnx n csr . g d l g t, .
H ei 18 inc es wi h 10 inc es . ght, h ; dt , h
Pn eu m o more P . A . A cn n u u , Mumcn , 1890.
N o . 86
JULES ADOLPHE GRISON
THE STIRRUP CUP
A N eighteenth-century cavalier leans against his rs r ho e in the courtya d of a picturesque inn, and a
' serving maid holds a pewter tankard on a tray near
s s e . by . Hen and pigeon feed on th stone pavement
In the background an old man watches the scene, and an old woman looks out of the casement of a latticed window .
S i n at the lower ri h Gar-o x . g ed g t,
H ei 9 inc es wi 7 inc es . ght, 95 h ; dth, 96 h
Pmcnm n n o n Bo rneo', Vau noxt Co ., Pu n , 1886 . N o . 87
CONSTAN T TROYON
ETUDE D E BOEUF
A M O'rrLED red and white co w is standing in full l r sun ight nea the door of a thatched building. She r cor is in p ofile, facing the right, and beyond the ner of the building is the dark mass of a forest and r - a g ay sky above the tree tops.
S tam ed at the wer ri E lo V T' Th or ax . p ght, N
Hei 18 inches len t 99 inches. ght , ; g h,
Pn eu m n o n Do n na -Run P t 1m , u s, .
N o . 38
J . G . J ACQUET
THE FIRST VISIT
A Y OU N G lady in an ample dress of figured bro ca is s l a r u de eated on a gi t sofa in a rich s l on . Th o gh an open door behind her co mes a youthful beau in a c c e ao ri h ostume of blue and silver. The dress s and cesso ries are of the early part of the eighteenth c ur e is a ent y, and on the wall behind th young lady c painted de oration in the style of the time .
i the ower ri J a mm S ne at G. c g d l ght, a
Hei h 91 inches width 19 inches . g t, 95 ; , 35
n o . w Y ong 1809. Pi n cu s -n n o n M . K own : C , ,
N o . 89
JULES DUPRE A WINDY DAY
A TH A TCHED cottage with sheltering trees forms u e c the principal feat re of th omposition . On the right is a wide stretch of level ground with a wind in l r mill the midd e distance, and in the fo eground is a narrow pool reflecting the building, the sky, and the figure of a woman in a red petticoat who is struggling against the wind on her way to the c u s r ottage . The clo ds are to sed and whi led by a s r t ong gale .
i a t w i S ne t he o er r J um Durni . g d l ght,
H ei 91 inc es en 26 inc es. ght, 55 h ; l gth, h
m zw r 1 mcn m n n o n . z rcn . Y ou 889 P G R Co , N , . No . 40
ANTON MAUVE GOING TO PASTURE—EAR LY MORNING
A - A L RGE flock of sheep, herded by a blue clad shep l c s herd and an alert b a k heep dog, browses its way w pasture ard across a rough, flat country, where the r r s a g ass is b oken by andy patches . On the right line of low bu shes and a single slender tree rise s r r s again t the g ay mo ning ky.
S i at wor ri A ne the lo . Ma nn . g d ght ,
H ei inc es en 97 inc es. ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
mcn m n n o M . K n own P n : Co. , PM 1890.
N o . 41
J ULES WORMS
A FLIRTATION
IN the courtyard of a Spanish house a young girl i - i s busy sewing on a gay colored costume, which s thrown over a kitchen chair . She is interrupted at her task by the chat of a young gallant dressed in u c s ja nty o tume, who twirls his stick as he stands cl s t u o e at hand in an a tit de of conscious assurance .
S i n t t e wer e e a h o Wo s. . nu g d l l ft, J
H ei 14 inc es wi 10 inc es . ght, h ; dth, 56 h
Pmcn am n o n WI I M w w e Y nx 1894 . LL A , o , N o . 42
‘ ANTON MAUVE RETURNING FROM PASTURE EVENING A PEAS AN T woman is driving a herd of spotted c l attle a ong a deeply rutted, sandy roadway, which has been worn by long use below the level of the
fields on either side . The flas h of the disappearing sun sparkles on the edges of clouds high in the heavens , and gives a rosy glow to the vapor forms
i t r ri Mann . S ne at he owe A . g d l ght,
Hei h 15 inc es en 97 inc es . g t, h ; l gth, 95 h
Pn eu m n o n M . K N omm Gt Co . , Pan s, 1896.
N o . 48
G. BOEHMER THE PARK
A WOOD road winds between tall beeches in the fore r un r c r g o d past a g eat lump of t ees, and is lost in the sunlight beyond . Two deer are crossing the road in the middle distance. On the left is a pool bordered by a rank growth of tall weeds, and be yond it is a cultivated low hillside surrounded by trees and bushes .
S i ne at the ower ri t G. Boxn m g d l gh ,
19 in hes en th 27 inches . H eight, c ; l g ,
P . m r 1890. mcn m n n on H . C Hi m D m , N O . 44
JOHN LINNELL, SENIOR MILKING TIME
IN the near foreground a country road winds over r r l s be the b ow of a hill . The ichly cultivated fie d yond are flooded with the warmlight of a late after noon sun . A farmer and a milkmaid accompanied by an Old man are driving four cows toward the c c all di stant farmyard. Great rolling u muli over l r r s r r u d is the owe pa t of the ky, and the fo eg o n in shadow.
i ne d at the ow r i . m m S e r S n. g l ght, J ,
H ei 1 7 inc es en 26 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, h
Pu u an A T T n s LO O 1890. cu n on R HUR OOTH S o , ND N ,
N o . 45
J . LEPINE
ST . OUEN
TH E placid Seine shimmers in the warmlight of a r r summer afte noon . On the ight two boys wade in c r the shallow water u nder a dense lump of t ees, and ' a single boatman is paddlin g his skifl to the near s r s c shore . Acro s the iver the moke from fa tory c m s dr rm air hi neys lowly ifts in the wa , and the facades and gables of large buildings are strongly cc s a ented by the sun hine .
S i ne at the ower ri . LxrxN x. g d l ght, J
H ei t 14 inc es en 21 inches . gh , 95 h ; l gth,
- Pmcn au o n o n DU R E P RIS 1896. RAND U L, A , N o 4 . 6
ALPHONSE M . DE NEUVILLE
THE HEAD QUARTERS FLAG
BU OLER m u r - r wn artil e A , o nted on a da k b o l ry ' s l horse, hold in his eft hand, with the stafl resting r u s on the g o nd, a mall blue and white flag, which apparently is the one which marks the headquarters o of a commanding fli cer. In the distance are seen s ns r r the fla h of gu and, he e and the e, the shadowy forms of men in the clouds of smoke .
S i ne a t t he e A . on N E VI LE 1889. g d l ft , U L ,
Hei 18 inc es wi 16 inches. ght, h ; dth,
Pmcn u zn n o n M . K xonnm Cc . , Pan e, 1896.
N o . 47
WILLIAM H . HOWE, N . A.
RETURN FROM PASTURE
A DU TCH peasant woman is driving her three cows r s ut the along a sunlit, sandy oad, which run o of are r l h h foreground . On either side mode ate y ig banks covered with grass and a profusion of
flowers.
’ How 87. S i ne at the ower e WILLI M H . s P g d l l ft, A , m
Hei 18 inc es en t 23 inc es. ght, h ; l g h, 56 h
N o . 48
LUIGI CH IA LIVA
THE GOOSE GIRL
L - r A H A F GROWN cou ntry gi l , in a straw hat and r s her arm b own dress, stands with a ba ket on in the c middle of her flock of geese and ducks, whi h are scurrying around in the grass for the food she has B is u r a r r j ust thrown down . eyond a q iet, b o d ive , c are r c full of shallows, and in the distan e seen a b i k bridge with a single arch and a vill age among the
trees .
i e t the ower ri L. CHIA LIVA . S gn d a l ght,
i 10 inc es en 14 in es . H e ght, h ; l gth, ch
-on Vau no x Co . Pa n 1886. Pn eu m o n on Boa , , , N o . 49
JOS E F ISRAELS THE SEAMSTRESS
A DU TCH peasant girl is busy sewing a white gar m r wn ent nea a i dow, the light from which floo ds
the um l r r. rs ca r h b e inte io She wea a white p, a g ay n c and pi k ja ket, a black petticoat . A few simple cc ss r s are s c r u and a e o ie een in the ba kg o nd, throu gh wi d i the n ow s a glimpse of a sunny landscape .
S i ne at t w i he o er r J oszr l su i u . g d l ght,
H ei 91 inc es wi t 16 inc es . ght, h ; d h, h
Pn eu m n on Ar u m: TOOT S on s LO O H , ND N,
N o . 50
J . M . BARNSLEY
A FRENCH VILLAGE
A GRA SS -BORDERED road leads fromthe foregrou nd s c r is rs to the middle di tan e, whe e it d appea behind a e s m s ss clump of trees. Two p a ant wo en tand go ip r are c t s and ing in the sunlight . On the ight ot age c urc is s am gardens , and the tower of a h h een ong the trees .
m 1887 . at the ower ri . M . Ba u S igned l ght, J ,
i 91 inc es en 28 inc es . H e ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
Pmcn m n n or a n A rm .
N o . 51
OTTO DE PENNE HOUNDS IN LEASH
TH REE cou ple of foxhounds leashed together and fastened to a tree are grou ped together in various u s r s c ul ss are attit de of epo e and wat hf ne . They in full sunlight and in strong contrast against an au c r u i r ss tumn lands ape . Beyond the g o p s a view ac o r r a b oad meadow to lowhills . Two t ees with sparse foliage extend out of the top of the picture against s u k a oft a tumnal s y.
S i ne at h w r . E E d t e o e e Or an P . g l l ft, NN
H ei 21 inc es wi 1 7 inc es . ght , h ; dth, 56 h
P S E n o n Boun on V O Co . Pu re 1886. URCHA D , ALAD N , , 52 No . EDOUA RD DETAILLE RECONNOISSANCE FROM THE WINDMILL
- f A N incident of the Franco Prussian War. Two o ficers with their orderlies have ridden up to a large wooden windmill , and both of them stand on the stair leading to the mill door and search the land sca fo a pe r signs of the enemy. The mill with its l t n ticed arms extends out of the picture at the top, a d - r r a bit of well worn road occu pies the fo eg ound.
S i ned at the ower e Enoum Dr ru u x 1877 . g l l ft, ,
H i 26 inc es wi 99 inches . e ght, h ; dth,
Puncu m n on M. K i m-mm Cc., N ew Y ou r, 1880.
58 No .
JOHN R. MEEKER A SOUTHERN SWAMP
THE half-decayed moss-grown trunk of a large tree stands on the shore of a broad stretch of water. Beyond it is a j ungle of tall trees with festoons of moss hanging fromthe branches . White and pink r water lilies dot the surface of the wate , and bril
- l iant colored flowers grow along the bank.
m 1876. i ower ri h . R. Mu S gned at the l g t, J , wi h i ht 97 inc es 99 inc es . H e g , h ; dth,
1876. Pmcn m n on G. M. Hu nt , S t . Lo n g
N O . 54
MEYER VON BREMEN EX PECTATION A BA REFOOTED peasant girl has reached the ap r pointed rendezvous soone than her lover, and, hav l e l s ckl s h t ing aid h r bund e and i e a ide, as been si ting ou a plank supported between the trunks of r c r s s u s e s she two la ge bee h t ee . At the o nd of foot t p r s r c s ise , and, half hidden by the t ee, wat he with c eager anti ipation.
S i ne at the ower ri Mam VON B EM E 1886. g d l ght, R N,
H ei 26 inc es wi 19 inc es . ght, 56 h ; dth, 56 h
r 1889. Puncru n n n on M. K N ozDLn Co . , N zw Y ou , N o . 55
CHARLES EMILE JACQUE
SHEEP UNDER THE TREES
K s A FLOC of heep, accompanied by a shepherdess he r r and r dog, b owse in the ou gh pastu re under a row l r Ol s c of a ge, d tree , whi h are partly denuded tr of foliage, their ru gged unks and branches in contrast against the su nlit clouds of a turbulent sky. Some of the sheep have strayed apart from oc l c s r be the fl k, and the a ert dog wat he them f om tween the tree trunks . On the left is a vista across lo w c a level country to hill s in the distan e . The shepherdess and the animals are brou ght into prom c h inence by a flash of sunlight, whi h as broken c throu gh the screen of louds .
i ne at the lower ri CH . J A CQUR. S g d ght,
H i 95 inches wi 91 inc es . e ght, ; dth, h
mthe J ac ne S a e 1894 I lus ra e in Cata o ue N o . 80. F ro q l , ; l t t d l g
PURCH ARRD n on EDWA I D Bu rma , N ew Y ORR, 1899 .
56 No . RAIMUNDO DE MADRAZO
PIERRETTE
A PA IR young maiden in dress of late eighteenth ' c tur w en y, ith powdered hair, cocked hat, stifl c ll l c e s s bodi e, ye ow ve vet ja ket, and whit ilk kirt, is s e eat d on a marble bench in a rich garden . Two red r s lie er a o es in h l p, and she fastens a third in he c r r o sage .
S i mm o ne at the wer ri . o R. M g d l ght,
H ei 95 inches wi h 19 inc es . ght, 59 ; dt , h
w m . e Y ou r 889 . PDRCH ARRD n on G. Rexcn Co , N , 1 5 No . 7
JACOB MA RIS
LOADING A SAND BARGE
A N m e c r r inti at o ne of that most paintable country, ll r th Ho and, whe e e skies are soft and the color is deep and rich . In the middle of the composition is
l r, l arm c al or a poo of wate evident y an of a, an s r m low t ea , with , sedgy banks on either side. A s l r s ing e t ee tands in the foreground on the left, and near it is moored a rude barge piled up with i sand . A peasant wheels a load down an nclined l p ank while his comrade trims the cargo . A few
- birds are seen against the cloud covered sky, and a tiny patch of blue shows through the luminous gray c ust vapor. The pyramidal form of a straw sta k j beyond the canal breaks the simfl e line of the low
S i ne at th lower ri . u n . g d e ght, J M
i 90 inches width 15 inches. He ght, ; , 55
' P UR H A D n o A RrH un TOOTH N LON O 1806. C se s: S O S , D N,
58 No . JEAN BAPTISTE CAMILLE COROT ITALIAN MAIDEN THE seated figure of a young peasant girl in Ital ian costume holdi ng a mandolin on her lap with is r s e c both hands . She d es ed in a whit hemise and r r c ap on, with a ed petti oat and dark blue overskirt r c trimmed with braid . The backg ound is a haracter ' istic wood landscape with vibrating difl used light froma simple sky.
S i ne at the ower e OROT 1870. g d l l ft, C , wi 15 i H ei 91 inches nches. ght, 55 ; dth,
- PUI CH AB D n on Dun n o Run , Pu re, 1896. HENRI H A RPIGN IE S
THE BRIDGE AT SAINT PRIVE
S LU GGIS r A H wate way, leading fromthe right fore u m gro nd to the iddle of the picture, is crossed by a s r tone b idge with a single low arch, beyond which s ars in r u it di appe the ir eg l arities of the ground.
a by the t ll slender point of a poplar, and in the middle distance on the left is a tall rank of elms w leading the eye to the distant horizon, where lo - l hills and tree tops meet the sky. A few tiny c ouds
fl oat in the warmsummer atmosphere, and a broad u s fl ood of sunshine illuminates the landscape. Fig re
.o f peas ants here and there give a human interest to c r the motive, which is a ha acteristic bit of the rich
f arming country of France .
’ S i ne at the ower e H. HA e N m 70. g d l l ft, ,
H ei 94 inc es wi h 19 inches . ght, h ; dt , 56
S E n on A O PM 1896. P URCHA D RN LD ,
N o . 60
- J . SOUZA PINTO THE BATHERS
r ss is IN the fo eground, erect on the gra , k d s is r un flec e by trong sunshine, the figu e of a yo g r he is u gi l, r back to the spectator. She abo t to join a companion who is disporting herself in the re
freshing water of a small streamon the left. The i i r sk is s horizon s h gh, and only a small a ea of y een on either side of a clump of trees and bushes.
- S i ne at the ower ri S o o n PI TO 1895. g d l ght, J . N ,
H ei 39 inc es wi 95 inc es . ght, h ; dth, h
Cham s E sees S a on ( p ly l ,
PURCH AS RD n o n M . K N eDLeR Co . P I 1896. o , AR S , N O . 61
- E . BERNE BE LLE COUR EARLY MORNING IN THE REDOUBT
TH E motive is found in o ne of the German earth r s in su ur wo k the b bs of Paris, at the moment when the glow of sunrise brings the distant hillsides into r l e ief against the sky. In the immediate foreground is a section of field artillery with the two guns r o w ofli cer su r pointed ove a l breastwork . An , ppo t ing himself against the wheel of one of the guns, l rs gazes at the sunrise . Near by are the three so die r b s who a e on duty in the attery, one of thema leep
on a pile of sandbags, one warming himself at a fire il r wi ca l n n tiny , wh e the thi d, th p in hand, ea i g
over a ro w of gabions topped with sand bags, ap parently curious to know what his su perior i s think
ffi . mg about, watches the o cer
- S i ne at the o wer ri E . BenN e BRLLROOUR 1885. g d l ght , ,
H ei 91 inches en h 98 inches . ght, ; l gt , 56
P N eDLe w Y O K 1889 . E M . K o R . N e URCHAS D n on Co , R ,
N O. 62
HARRY CHASE FLOWERS
A S LEN DER COpper ewer with oxidized ornamenta tion is placed near a basket of roses and other fl ow ers - and plants, in front of a wall of deep toned
S i ne at w r o e ri ht H. H Aee . g d l g , C
Hei 94 inches width ght, ; ,
PURCHARED n on Co., S r. Lam 1880.
N O. 68
HARRY CHASE
FRUIT
BU N CHES of different varieties of grapes and two pears are arranged with ornamental glass vases on a polished table with a background of figured s dama k .
’ t the ower ri h H. C. 76. S igned a l g t, ,
Hei 94 inc es width 14 inc es. ght, h ; , h
w 880. n o S t . Lo e 1 PURCHAS ED n Pm ee Co . , , N O . 64
ADOLF SCHREYER TRAVELLING IN RUSSIA
A S IN GLE fur-clad traveller sits half covered with skin ro bes in the bo x of a clumsy sledge with his r his s r a ifle at ide e dy to be used if needed. A double r r s il s t t oika d iven by two po t ion , is harnessed to he sledge and the ponies scamper at full speed over s -c c the now overed ground . In the middle distan e on the left is a sparsely wooded declivity under a r wint y sky, and on the right a single horseman ca rs l sn -c v r l nte a ong the ow o e ed road . The and sc is l os r are s ns ape wi d and inh pitable . The e no ig of habitation, and the traveller is evidently on the alert, anticipating an attack by wolves .
e t e wer ri A D. Y E S i n at h o S E . g d l ght, CHR R
Hei t 90 inc es len t 89 inches . gh , h ; g h , 56
WILmA m 1 PURCH ARED n on H S e ru s, N e w Y Ol lt , 889 .
N O. 65 N Z C . IC KY IN EX PECTATION
Two young dames standing on the terrace of a chateau are apparently watching for some one ll r s c are s l in the vi age, the oof of whi h een be ow. s One of the ladies is dres ed in white satin, and the other in a gown of the same material in black over ll r r ca rs a petticoat of ye ow and g ay b o de . The towe u c s s of the chatea , with steep pit hed roofs, ri e again t the sky on the left .
i cz n MCH N . d at the ower r C . N r S igne l ght, ,
H ei 95 inc es wid 19 inches . ght, h ; th,
M I 1890. . WIN H ER PURCH AIED n o n Mean s , UN CH, N o . 66
- . B P . A DAGNAN OUVERET THE WATERING TROUGH
a din s - l st n g be ide his cart horse, which he has ed to r d ink at a stone watering trou gh, the corner of c is e l an rse are whi h s en on the eft . Both m and ho l t chi a ooking ou of the picture, as if wat ng the p s e proach of ome on along the road, and both seem w e not un illing to rest a while fromtheir labors. B
hind the group is a piece of cultivated ground, and
beyond it a line of trees bordered by a rude paling. The small area of sky at the top of the picture is cl u covered with light o ds .
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Hei 81 inc es width 19 inches . ght, h ; ,
PUR S E n on M. KN nm Co . PARIS 1896. CHA D oe s: , ,
N o . 67
L . EUGENE LAM BERT A CAT FAMILY
Two old cats have sought refu ge from troublesome kittens on the bas e shelf of an ormolu m u s l o nted ide table, where a pile of p ates, a crum pled napkin and other articles show that a meal has
j ust been eaten in the room. On the left is a dull r l cur o g een ve vet tain r portiere, and behind the side
table is a white panelled dado .
wer ri G. LA T S i ne at the o L. EU H RER . g d l ght ,
H ei 1 5 inc es en 19 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, h
PUR S E n on BOUS S OD V O Co PM 1886. CHA D , ALAD N , HEN RI H A RP IGN IE S
THE WILLOW NEAR THE RI VER
IN r r un c i the fo eg o d, whi h s in broad, luminous s r a hadow, a g e t pollard willow stands near the sh r r r r in o n o e of a b oad ive , vigorous c trast against the su l l e rr n it andscap beyond . A na ow winding o llo s r r path f w the ive bank, and in the middle dis tance are seen two o r three figures on the gently s c s loping bank, where the trees ast broad shadow r on the g ass . Across the river is a line of wooded ’ h lls r r s i r u i , and nea the wate edge s an i reg lar clu m c are r o p of trees , whi h eflected in the sm oth r su face of the water.
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S i ne at the o wer e t H . HA RP IGN IES 98 . g d l l f , ,
H ei 93 inc es wi th 90 inches . ght , 56 h ; d ,
PURC H A S S D PI O M A O T IPP PA RIS 1896. RN LD R , ,
N O . 69
CLAUDE MONET
SNOW EFFECT
A DEEPLY rutted path throu gh a woodland leads r f omthe foreground to the middle distance . A thin l r s r l r aye of now pa t y covers the g ound, and above r es is s r s the t e a wintry ky, o y with the light of late r r r r afte noon . A single figure nea the fo eg ound moves along the path away fromthe spectator.
S i ned at the ower ri LA E Mo m . g l ght, C UD
H ei 99 inc es en 94 inc es . ght, 56 h ; l gth, h
- L Pa n 1896. PURCH AS RD n o n DURAND RUE , , N o . 70
EUGENE DELACROIX AN ARAB F A N TASIA
FOUR Arab riders mounted on spirited horses dash cr ss r u u r r l as a o the o gh gro nd, fi ing thei ong guns ’ rs s s r u cl they go, the ho e hoof th owing p a ou d of u s sca er ur e the l es d t as they mp along, g d by wi d g t
ures of the men . In the immediate foregroun d a r ur u s l seated figu e, enveloped in a b no , stolid y a s watches the horsemen s they rush pa t . The land e c i scap is sombre , and the hief vegetation s the cac s i u c s s tu s, which here and there show ts n outh hape r r u is s r c in the arid ea th . Beyond the g o p a t et h - r r low ll c or of desert like count y, b oken by hi o ks ul r s are u r r s ridges, and the ang a line nb oken by t ee l or softened by herbage . The simp e tone of the sky l c rrus st is broken by the lines of a ofty i , and again it the clou d of smoke fromthe guns contrasts in a
mass of light .
i ne at the ower ri EUG DELA CROIR 1888 . S g d l ght, . ,
H ei 98 inc es en 98 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
V Isaclcer S a e Paris 1859. cribe in A . Ro bant Pa e 195. on Des d , g l , ,
bor o oubaix S a e 1896. S un Dona o S a e 1870. Le e e R t l , f ( f ) l ,
n o n M . K OE LE Co . Pa n 1896. PURCHAS ED N D R , ,
N o . 71
OTTO DE THOREN HUNGARIAN MARKE T
TH E composition represents a market in a village the u of H ngarian plains , where the peasantry as semble at stated intervals to sell their produce . A r i bro ad road, which runs out of the foreg ound, s lively with horses and carts and pictu resque farm r l dis e s in the jau nty Magyar dress . In the midd e tance are seen the village hou ses with a screen of low r i u s tree s behind them, and everywhe e s the b y c r ss a tivity of t ading and go iping.
S i ned at th ower ri 0 . DE T ORE . g e l ght, H N
Hei 94 inc es en 89 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, h
PU o U V Co . PARIS 1886. RCHAS ED n n BO S S OD, ALADON , , N o . 72
JEAN CHARLES CAZIN
THORNFIELD CASTLE
THE c s l is s m l r two r r u a t e i p e in fo m, with la ge, o nd c r towers at the orne s of the structure, and stands on level ground with a rank of trees on either side and a broad lawn in front . In the left foregrou nd are a few trees and shrubs on a low hillside partly
c c l s c s l . on ea ing one ide of the a t e The moon, high e ns r s c l l in the h ave , th ow a flood of oo ight on the rs c s roof and towe , and asts a deep hadow on the w s a ade e lawn . The indow of the f c betwe n the two rou nd towers are illuminated by a ruddy light . A cl u a s k st rs l m single thin o d flo t in the s y, and a g i mer here and there .
S i ne at the ower ri . C . C Z I . g d l ght, J A N
H ei 95 inc es len 89 inc es . ght , 56 h ; gth , h
F r th S alon C am s de Mar ( om e h p ,
PUR E n on M. K E ER Cc . P IS 1896. CHAS D NO DL s , AR ,
N O . 78
EMILE VA N MARCKE RETURN FROM PASTURE
A S HALLOW stream flows across the foreground r r n f om the right, and cows wander across it, d i k the r ing water or browsing on the rich grass . Othe cattle preceded by a horse approach along a path, which leads over a slight eminence just beyond the s l sc brook. In the di tance is a sunlit and ape with a r u e ill sk ull o nd d h on the right, and above it a y f u r of c muli, with a small spot of blue showing nea the zenith .
S i ned at the ower e E V A N M R E E. g l l ft, . A C
H ei 9 inches wid 98 inches. ght, 56 ; th, 56
w E 1889. K OE LE s Co . N e OR PURCHAS ED n o n M. N D R , Y ,
(S ee F rontispiece) N o . 74
B ENJAMIN W . LEADER
EVENING ON THE THAM ES AT MARGRAVE
TH E winding river with low banks overgrown by sedge and ru shes leads fromthe foregrou nd to the m l s c r idd e di tan e, whe e it bends to the south, to n r s wind away again u de the di tant hills . On the l s c e r i s eft, in a mall ba kwat , s een a punt with two ur s il hl cu ar fig e and a p e of fres y t grass, and f r 0 1 8 rr ul r l the away, 1 point of land, an i eg a ine of poplars and other trees rises above farmbu ildings c r near whi h cows g aze inthe meadow . On the right inthe middle distance are one or two houses and a c l c large herd of attle . The g ow of srmset tou hes with warm light the edges of a low stratum of c clou ds, contrasts their forms with the distant irrus, h c ils sk h r r r c s w i h ve the y igh above, and the ive efle t r - ccu c the whole with mi ror like a ra y.
S i ne a t the o wer e B . . LE E 1895 . g d l l ft , W AD R,
H ei 94 inc es en 86 inc es . ght . h ; l gth , h
n o n A T TOOT 6: S ON LO O 1896 . PURCHAS ED R HUR H S , ND N,
N o . 75
MA X VOLKHA RT THE PROPOSAL
A YOUTH and a maiden have been passing their c l leisure with musi , and the expected resu t has f0 1 e u lowed. R sting his g itar on the floor, the lover leans forward fromhis chair and Clasps the hand m s s his s ures of the aiden who tand by ide. The fig a re in the costume of the seventeenth century, and i e r r is ni s r the nt io fi hed with a ticles of the period.
i t w r A H 1 90 S ned at he o e e M E V OLE ART Or. . g l l ft, ,
H ei 86 inc es wid h 96 inches ght, h ; t , 56 .
W UR n on E S C TE BE LI 1890. P CHAS ED D ARD HUL , R N, N O . 76
JB HAN GEORGES VIBERT
THE CHURCH IN DANGER
IN a sumptu ou s interior filled with rich furniture c c l and hoi e bibe ots, an elderly cardinal in full cc clesiastical robes is engaged in a game of cards c m l u l with a o e y yo ng ady, who pauses a moment in her play to chat with a companion who is lean r her o f ng ove shoulder. On all sides are evidences l lu wea th and xu ry, and the obj ects displayed have ss l r ro a been a emb ed f om all over the world. A b d spreading fan palmin a hu ge Chinese bronze tem le- c c p pie e re eives the light from a high window, which falls full u pon the cardinal and throws the two ladies partly into shadow . A rare Persian rug covers the floor, kakemonos and Japanese masks c r decorate the walls, and a curiou s abinet with o molu mounts and a clock as a final stands behin d the card table .
S i ne at th wer ri IRERT . e o G. V g d l ght, J .
H ei 93 inc es en 98 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
R w Y ORK 1889 . P H S E n o K OE LE Co . N e U C A D n M . N D R , ,
N o . 77
T . . SIR AUGUSTUS W . CA LLCO T, R A
CLASSICAL LAN DSCAPE
A COM POS ITION inspired by the study of Poussin r u and Claude, with a wide view ove a populo s coun i e try, where a shimmer ng river winds betwe n banks c r r c s rowned with temples and othe la ge edifi e , until it is lost in the haze of the distance . On the right and left are fragments of ruined buildings and tall trees against the sky, and in the foreground classic maidens fetch water in earthen jars from a cool and quiet pool .
H ei h 28 inc es en h 48 inches . g t, 56 h ; l gt ,
T LO DO 1896. PURCHAS ED n on A RTHUR OOTH 80 m, N N, N o . 78
LEON LHERMITTE
THE BLAZE OF NOONDAY
FA V RIT e A O E motive of th artist, chosen in the sea son s l s — he be t ove to paint harvest time . The great l h a l t s our wheat fie d as been p rt y cu , and it i the h r of midday rest . A wea y reaper hal f reclines on a a fallen she f near a large stook of wheat sheaves, his car her l a and wife, rying an infant on eft rm, r l l ll d ags a ong a sheaf, apparent y to form a pi ow f r l lu c or herself . In the foreg ound is the habitua n h eon Of the French workman, bread and wine, with the sickles whi ch are laid aside for the noon rest. es r us The sun , glowing frombehind mass of vapo o but r l s clouds, strikes sharply b oad y on the di tant . r u field of uncut grain and fills the foreg o nd, u s infinitu de which is in a clo d hadow, with an of reflections
m . S i ned at the ower e L. m g l l ft,
i 99 inc es wi 98 inch es . H e ght, h ; dth,
LO O 1890. PURCHAS ED n on A RTH UR TOOT H S ONS , ND N,
” 54W N o . 79
HAR RY CHASE
ANS WE RIN G THE SIGNAL OFF THE FRENCH COAST
A BRIG with main-topsail aback and signals flying
' r her lies off the end of a pier, where g oups of fis the folk are assembled . A small tugboat wallows in r sea to app oach the brig, and the distant horizon is il is c cu ul dotted with sa . The sky overed with m i,
and tiny spots of blue show near the zenith, pos sib r ly giving hope of clearing weathe .
S i ned at the ower e H S E 1 876. g l l ft, . CHA ,
H ei h 94 inches en h 49 inches. g t, ; l gt ,
- UR S E n on Pen S S Co. S T. LO I 1880. P CHA D , U S , N o . 80
RICHARD GOUBIE A RIDING PARTY
RIDIN G rt la A pa y of dies and gentlemen, some o f m who have dismounted, is gathered near the thatched stable of a chateau on a pleasant summer r ar afte noon, app ently resting for a few moments on r re thei excursion . In the fO ground a gentleman two l and adies are engaged in earnest conversation, and beyond, nearer the stable, a number of others a e re qually inte rested in each other. Hens and ducks seek their food in the grass here and there , w undisturbed by the cro d of people and horses . A r min ll c is u c rs s g oo . a ye ow ja ket nhit hing the ho e c from a carriage at the left, and his ompanion is e are bringing a bucket of water. In th distance the tall trees of the chateau grounds rising high above r r u on r a stone gateway, and in the fo eg o nd eithe side are other trees .
S i ned the ower ri R. GOURIE 1 888. g at l ght, ,
H ei 96 inc es en 89 inc es . ght, h ; l gth, 56 h
w r 1889 . P U S E n M . K OEDLE . e Y ou RCHA D on N R Co , N ,
N o . 81
H . THOMAS SCHAE FER
ROMAN MAIDENS
N l rr O a marb e te ace, high above the sea,
m les cor n h msel es r n ant , de ati g t e v with flowe s. O e t of hem, seated on a leopard skin thrown upon a r l ma b e bench, is attachi ng a bunch of roses to the ’ long garland which hangs from her companion s
' i ne t wer l 1890. S the o e H . T OM S S CH ARS ER g d a l ft, H A ,
i ht inches wid h 98 inches. He g , 87 ; t , 56
T 1890 PURCHAS EIr n OH ARTH UR OOTH S ONS , LO NDON, . N o . 82
’ A D E MUN KA CS Y MIH LY . COURTSHIP
A M AIDEN of the Vandyck period isseated at her r r r emb oide y in a oom, which is lighted by a leaded
window on the left . The strong light whi ch falls on the embroidery sends a searching reflection into the O shadow f her head, which is held modestly down, disclosing an expression of pleasure at the words f e r O h r love , who is evidently urging his claim for her rv us hi hand. He ne o ly sits on the edge of a gh c r l his l hai , and shyy draws near to lady ove as he a c r l ss ccu l spe ks . A de ante and a wineg a o py a tab e e o n the right, geraniums stand near th window, and in the background on the right is an oak cabi
net with a vase on to p.
MUN E A CS Y . S i ne at the ower ri h M. DE g d l g t,
H ei h 87 inches en 51 inc es . g t, 56 ; l gth, h
w RA N DUS N ew Y ORE 1899 . PURCHAS ED n on ED ARD B , ,
N o . 88
F . H . KAEMM ERER
THE BATHE R
A YOUN G girl has partly disrobed herself in the s l r r he te of la ge rocks by the seaside, where she has found a nook which promises security frominter
ruption . But she is suddenly startled by the sound
of conversation, and turns her head to discover a f couple walking along the beach not ar away, all c uncons ious of the neighborhood of the fair bather.
The foreground is in shadow, and the landscape seen beyond the high screen of rocks is in a full ts flood of sunshine . The shelving beach with i bath ing hou ses curves away to the right In the middle
distance, and beyond is a stretch of sunlit dunes ' clifl s and .
S i ned at the lower ri F. H . KAEM H ERER. g ght,
Hei 49 inc es wi 95 inches. ght, 56 h ; dth, 56
PUR S E n on BOUSS OD V LA O Co . P RIS 1886. CHA D , A D N , A , N o . 84
LUIGI CH IA LIVA
GIRL TENDING TURKEYS
A FLOCK of turkeys of various colors and ages are r r u un gathe ed a o nd a yo g peasant girl , who is s e l l eat d on a gent e s ope in full sunlight. Behind her
s ru s . r o t t a la ge g bbler with spreading tail , at her feet three or four young birds are in the care of r u thei f ssy mother, and the remainder of the flock busily seek their food among the weeds and in the
S hort grass which is scorched by the summer sun . In the distance is a farm-hou se with white gable in w sk contrast against the remote lo hillsides . The y, u which occupies scarcely a third of the pict re, is simple in tone and somewhat modified by a summer haze .
S i ne at the ower le L. CH IA LIVA. g d l ft,
H ei 81 inches en 40 inc es . ght, ; l gth, h
P S E n on BOM B V L O Co . P RIS 1886. URCHA D , A AD N , A ,
N o . 85
OTTO DE THOREN
ON THE ROA D TO MAR KET
A I u r A HUN G R A N co nt y wagon, drawn by three r l horses, two ha nessed to the po e, and the other, ac companied by her foal , hitched to the body of the hind the driver a peasant girl is seated on a bunch s of hay, and with one armaround his houlder whis cl are i pers in his ear. Oth er vehi es mov ng along the l broad and dustyroad, and on the eft, in the dis i c r tance, s a characteristic hurch spi e and a sugges tion of the houses of a small village.
S i ne at the lower e 0 . De T ORE . g d l ft, H N
H ei h 96 inc es en 51 inc es. g t , h ; l gth, h
E rR H TH E ARTIS T P RI 1886. PURCHAS D O , A S , 86 No . CHARLES SPRAGUE PEARCE
THE LITTLE HOUSEKEEPER
A PRETTY young girl absorbed in her task of tato -peeling sits on a high stool with her back to ll the wa of the kitchen, while her feet rest on an O s e ther tool in front . In her lap sh holds a green l ear g azed thenware bowl , on the stool in f ront of her i l r s l l brs s s a p ate of f e h y pee ed tu e , and a ba ket fu for er r l ready h hand stands beside he . In the is c r l c background the orne of a firep a e with kettle, bellows, warming pan and the smoke curtain . The floor is covered with hexagonal tiles in a variety of li c s s r l r l co lors . The ght ome t ong y f om the eft, throwing the figure into strong relief against the h r plaster wall behind e .
i ne at the ower e C LES S PI A OUB PE E A VERS . S g d l l ft, HAR ARC , N
H ei 99 inc es en h 49 inches . ght, 56 h ; l gt , 56
P S E E O TH E A TIS T P I 1886. URCHA D R H R , AR S ,
N o . 87
JULES LEFEBVRE PSYCHE
u ON the edge of a ro gh rock, her slender figure in strong light and in vivid contrast against a deep r toned sky and Somb e expanse of water, is perched sl r he a ende maiden, holding on r lap an ivory
. r ll s r r e he casket A b i iant ta hove s ov r r forehead, s r s cr ss s pi it form flash a o the ky on the left, and a s r wr s ou cre c e pent ithe t of a vi e in the rock below .
S i ne at the ower ri ULES LEIE RVRE. g d l ght , J
H ei 46 inc es wid 81 inc s . ght, 56 h ; th, he
S E n on BOUS S OD V O Co . P IS 1886. PURCHA D , ALAD N , AR , No . 88
EUGENE BOUDIN
TH E BEACH A T ETRETAT
THE curve of a gently shelving beach sweeps from l r u the eft fo egro nd to the right, and alongthe base of the tall chalk cliff of a hu ge promontory which he projects into the sea in the middle distance . T shingle of the beach is covered with nets and lo b s r te pots, and near the line of the water numerous s cr a u fi hing aft re drawn p in close array. Two fishermen at work on one of the boats give life to he r r t scene . G eat rollin g cloud forms cove a large rt s a c r b pa of the ky, and re tou hed here and the e y s c o trong light, which also throws the chalk liff int co ntrast against a mass of gray vapor which drifts c cl ff s is across its summit. On the left of the halk i the expanse of the sea meeting the sky in a lin e l r t s c broken o nly by a single sai in the emo e di tan e, and a belated fishing boat has j ust rounded the r point of rocks 0 f the promonto y .
’ S i ne at the ower ri E . BO IN 91 . g d l ght, UD ,
H ei 81 inches en 48 inc hes . ght, ; l gth,
Baroness de Cas ro S a e Catalo ue N o . 7 . t l , g
. E Co . P IS 1896. PURCHAS ED n on M K NOEDL R , AR ,
S CU LP TU RE
COPIE S FROM THE A N TIQUES A RE BY THE
S CULPTOR, L. GA LLA N DT, or ROM E , A N D A RE EX A CT
RE PRODUCTION S , IN CA RE FULLY S ELECTED M A RRLES A N D N OT OF THE COMM E RCIA L TYPE
N o . 92
S ta tuette of Venus dc Milo
With GreS a MS rble PedeetS l
N o . 98
S tatuette of Venus dc M edi ci
With Green Marble Pedestal
N o . 94
S tatuctte o Venus o the Ca itol Home f f p ,
N o . 95
B us t, Cicero
o from t A nti b nlla d o f o C py he que y L. G n t R me
N o . 96
B ust of D cmosthcsws
Copied from the Full-length S tatue in Rome by L Gallandt N o . 97
From A ndrnni, Rome
N o . 98
o o f Fi u re in the ati can roduced b l and om C py g V , rep y L. Ga l t, R e
N o . 99
' Copy in Origi nal S ize o f Figure in the N aples Museum
From A ndmni, Rome
With Revolving Pedestal
N o . 1 00
A LLA L . G N D T Rome
P unishment of Cupid
Original S ubj ect of the A rtist
With Fine Paronu etto Pedestal BRONZES
N o . 1 01
Vigneuce
A n ri nal b o reen i ned a o e . Hora on O gi y M , s g M th . M re n C conrs
1886
N o . 1 02
LA RGE GROUP
Immortality
ri inal Moreen A n O g by Math.
Purchased from Godenn Lapointe, Paris, 1886
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION,
MA N A GERS .
THOMAS E . KIRBY,
A U cmo x mm.