LIFE A ND WORKS OF A NTOINE L O UIS BA R YE SCULPTOR WITH EIGHTY- SIX WO OD - CUTS A R TO TYPES A ND PRINTS IN MEMOR Y OF A N EX HIBITION OF HIS ‘ BR ONZ ES PA INTINGS A ND WA TER - COL ORS HELD A T NE W YORK IN A ID OF THE FUND FOR HIS MONUMENT A T PA RIS WRITTEN B Y CHA RLES D E K A Y PUBLISHED B Y THE BA R YE MONUMENT A SSO CIA TION A T NE W YORK IN NO VEMBER OF M D C C C L X X X IX CHARLE S Tu e DEWNNE Pases . THE AUTHOR D ED ICATES THIS VOLUME TO WILLIAM THOMPSON WALTERS FIRST TO HONOR THE GENIUS OF ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE WITH BRONZ ES ERECTED IN AMERICA FOREMOST OF THOSE WH O WOULD RAISE HIS MONUMENT ON THE SEINE 84 . O RC . No . F E St one G rou p on th e Lou vre . A NOTE IN PREFA CE France has writers and critics so many and so able that it seems pre n m n u ne h r ma te Yet how ten do su mptu ou s i an A erica to disc ss o of e s rs . of we not find the view taken by a foreigner more su ggestive than the opini ons of a fellow-cou ntryman A great artist may be regarded throu gh variou s acet wh ch the one ma be not le s tru e than the the . f s, of i y s o r The volu me ofiered by the Barge Monu ment A ssociation to those inter ested in the fu nd for a monu ment to A ntoine Lou/is B arye at Paris is the u n m n The nited tate has no ent mental memorial of a very co mo event. U S s s i l n w th e a d to F ance as the athe land l ke that wh ch a la e fee i g i r g r r f r , i i rg nd number of America/ns cherish toward Great Britain and Ireland. Bo s am t we e kn t in the a t and the have been med nce F ance of i y r i p s , o rs for si r ’ became a repu blic ; bu t the diference of tongu e more than ofisets these. Therefore great merit mu st exist in the artist whose work exercises enough fascination to set Americans on the task of gathering fu nds for a monu ment h t to tand th e th u It n t a is s re o sand miles away across the ocean. is ofte a d that art has no c u nt . Bu t when be e th has a e n land s i o ry , for is, for ig raised a monu ment to a scu lptor of modern times L9 One object toward which this work tends is the establishment of scu lp n its e lace b t d a nt n hateve d ve t tu re i prop r p y he si e of p i i g. W r i rsi y of opinion may exist with regard to the psychological effect exerted by the im tatu ette Ba e on b e ve s it will be ackn wled ed that cu l gr s s of ry o s r r , o g s p tu e on a mall cale w u ht w th the lea n n and k ll he h wed r s s s , ro g i r i g s i s o , dese ve m e than c mm n enc ur a ement at es nt The rm th r or o o o g pr e . y fo e ta te th e who bu them and tend to ave the e le m wa tin s of os y , s p op fro s g B ix the wealt n r The exh b t n a t the Ame can ir h o bad a t. i i io ri Art Galleries begins a veritable mission work in favor of scu lptu re for the hou se and h m o e. A side from its pu rpose as a memorial of the exhibition it ofiers the only m n v i in En l h Even the F n c ehe e L e Ba e is . e ch t eat e b M o pr si f of ry g r r is y . A rsene A lexandre does not give a complete revi ew of hi s life and works wh le it m a at vel ant tu Lives o cu l t i is co p r i y sc ofpic res . fs p ors cannot sin on the ct al de ar as a bu ndance llu t at n c n n In pi ori si so f of i s r io s is o cer ed. defau lt of the objects themselves good pictu res are needed to corroborate or d ve what the e a t ma advance e chance u e t thi n ispro ss yis y , or p r s gg s gs for wh ch he has no m in his w k thi n he has r tten n i roo or , gs fo go or ig ores . For that reason as many works of Barye as are suit able to a well-made k hav en n ave whe e nted on nd a an boo e be give here. S r pri I i d secu red to the lea the w d-cu t are m es ed d ectl on the H lland a e the b k f oo s i pr s ir y o p p r of oo , its fibre being cru shed down to a su rface smooth enough to receive the im Th a t n e to a n pression . e rto yp e process has been selected i ord r give s early as may be the colors of patinas which the cu nning of the master has cau sed to - l m on the nz Thu in on en e th a ctu e b k . C nta nin b oo bro e. s e s s is is pi r oo o i g t a t the ch ce t ece in vate hand on th de the cean it por r i s of oi s pi s pri s is si of o , take th la u m n r the llu e ce o a alle c tl b nze . B t a as a e s p f g ry of os y ro s , y i s trations the au th ndu l a h e th t ade w ll not c n de the text , or i ges op a re rs i o si r or that a n ne l n f re so a g igible qu a tity . In ene al the lette - e ll w a ch n l cal c u e bu t not a id g r r pr ss fo o s ro o ogi o rs , rig ' ’ n The ma n m n B e work on n le animals and o e. i oveme t is from ary s si g u bea t to m n te le end and m th thence to s mb l cal u gro ps of s s o s rs of g y , y o i gro ps hu man be n l k e that h wn on the a e be e th e ace. Ba/r e of i gs, i s o p g for is pr f y was a p ainter of no mean ski ll in oils and a water-colorist whose pictu res exe t a tead l nc ea n a c nat n becau e the c l the ch ld r s i y i r si g f s i io , s of ir o or, ir i l ke t u th to natu e the ab ence m them all that ett and mma i r r , s fro of is p y i r al B u t u u a lm exclu vel becau e te i . the text deal w th hi s c l t e t s i s p r , os si y, s the e n he was n n His an e as a scu l t w de tha t the old r i preemi e t . r g p or is so i masters of Gr eece and Italy are p assed in revi ew withou t finding a parallel to him. t ll th me t it ema n neve thele a act that mu ch wh ch has D espi e a is ri , r i s r ss f i u B a e been written concerning Barye is forced and therefore u ntr e. ry The ea n th ties wou ld smile at its extravagance cou ld he read it . r so for is in the fact that his geniu s has been warmly felt by men to whom the why “ In u ch a matte mu ch and wherefore of that geniu s were hidden .