The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-18 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

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ROSA BONHBUR.

This great artist—it is marody as ezeg==so
say the greatest artist of the atherallede
bees lately studying in Soddedad bases, the
remelted Lee study to beer it Itaskai. No pusses
asquisted with the ordinary mesielas of aided'
terms is &ABM will smith OM This we ilia-
rah Rees Beahnr by the Meth at • wristiMio
artist weans to her Males Nes artist to
the same reprematation of natural pismemses. It
is quite true that she labours mw earnestly at the
represeststioc of a "Ball's Heed • thea any sign
painter in England who has PIMA hum latency to
maturity in the mods, er defog aseleg else bet
drawing "balls' buds." It is true that she
resolutely refuses to perpetuate on bar soaves ideal
animals of which she hes no knowledge. Neverthe-
less Rosa Bonham is one of the greatest !epsomite,-
tins of the naturalistic school, in the same way that
Faraday is one of the greatest of eaters! phileeophers.
Both these parsecs refuse to know anything of
astute hat what they lave made their ova, either by
actual eaterard observed= or by mental thought. It
is as themeletheassi teetitsr hiker that Rees Boehm
ems those panels it her interns. silly of mature.
Site mask a tour in ilestiaad sem moths ago for the
sole perms of studying the mime life in that
ooustry. There were reespelems mashed for her,
bat she steadily refused them. She in her greed and
wise simplicity would wonder that this 'meld be men-
tioned as anything peculiar, but we wire leek epos life
as it stands, know better, and that she might have
added some inches to her vales in the estimation of
the world by submitting with a good grace to these
ovations; bat she withstood them all. fibs made
much use of her oyes, bet. by ausseity, little of her
pencil daring bet tour. Nevertheless some d tits
slight sketches of Scottish steam width she took ha
honied moments strike us as hltdeg off with
wonderful power the peculiarities of the anthem
landscapes. However, her whole heart vas is the
cattle, which else loves. She has a throngs power of
sympathising with can* and those Ishii she selected
wen sent opines Sullied to Wezitem, near Wind-
sor, and from them since she hes Warned
else his has sarslycepsnted. Reny available
momma; has bass dineeth to the unmet study of
them animals. We speak hem certain knowledge whoa
we ea that every streak of gaslight falling upon the
eh *Weds to be made available for art has been
jealously watched for. She has bees for more than
a mouth occupied in taking advantage of
offday-
light for the purpose of making *Wise these
animals. The result of this has boss a collection of
studies. which, if we regard the smalltime of the time
whisk has beau seasemed, and the dinsuity in rag
ad groupies the "sitters," meet be regar as
we of the most remarkable entribatioas to art
that ha ever bees seen. The sketch. which we
have had the good (cease to me wage
may Wired to oar view a few hours before the de-
par-ere of Mademoiselle &sheer to Paris, bat sue
is that short time we were ambled to as that we
bad berme es some of the most extreeedisery eosin-
beim to the artistic esplanades, of @shoal lills that
have me been made. They are Alias% sad saly
skeethse t for the artist in the extreme* et esessise-
tissue= has limited herself in cash &the to seta.
Ghat epee to occupy tits subject
and smote. She will not have timmil=111:1111;
mom They are to be the subjects spew which thought
sad skill are to raise up grand artistic rapreseml edam
She will set hays theta go down to perseeney se the
Seal melte of her artistic capabilities. They are
the elements of platens. bat she will not allow them
to go forth as plateful themselves. Nevertheless, is
themealves they are priest. The marvellous finish
sad eztent of manipulation in sash is a matter of
admiration, not merely to amateum, bat to great
artists. We might quote soars illestrices isms who
will corroborate oar assertion that these sketches are
at coos the most finished and the most suggestive
works of art that ever helped an artist in the con-
, etrestion of an immortal work.