, 1869-06-06
FAMOUS EUROPEANS
William Won Rnulbn ca4

VILLA m F0n hn2lo0CAA
None save hardened newspaper correspondents
tread featessls on The sacred threshold Of dirlne
IT, unlets he ano1d chance to be sort OF censor,
}enlousiJ guarding the entrance from thcae he
fanctes tntertopers, tn which case ike ccrtain
feted critic IN Pazs- whom he met Last yearh be-
comes An cve1sba1ting Cerbesos not auenaa:e to
sop. he wilt po1nce npon us, making our hair
stand on end, at this same celebrity when We to-
noeenu5, and with such m American faith In ou,
grandeur, Inquired:
"What do you think OF American art:''
uAner1can All! Mademolselle, tell them oyef
there to stick - thelr locomotives"
"But thcrcb Church and Btcrstatt7 r. c:ted we,
IN dismay for We were In the presence Of a t1au
whoee influence upon the press WAS immense.
DO you think becsase yea psiat VIA 4 big
brush yoa arc my moro Of an art.t - quoted
tho authority who damned American art ~ she
Great Exhibition
"But, pardon! Monsieur, Who ra.ats bigger pic
tufes tnAo Dore or Eauln4eh, for tnstance:"
p" bore, ahl be Is ! tue FrrncnEAn- As for
EAu1hacn-lt took much to revive AT u Ger
mlny."
One Always rcs!rca wosseed wee2 |. Genes 10 re-
paI1ee with PaItstan-
About the middle Of the thirsies Of tn.s century
German III did nwn1e, and Kacloacn hsa done
much, pup1 u he was Of Ccr1eEcs, 70 acl7 acs in
hcz long sty.deA NOT only dtd art1tself establish
new schools but German critictzlo OF art reached
| thai perfection attained bJ the seho.ass Of no
| other nation Thai form Of encaostc painting OF
nesoo and tenape1a, revived and improved IN Ge.-
| manv nv Cnrne1,ua Ksntbach and others. has A.
! yer foond no respectable rival AMONG other "a
uon,l ,cnoo,s. Even the brilliant co1ortn4 OF
1ouur France docs not eclipse Eau!oaehs xou-
| dcrfui ereetx whether p.uIuced In the forms
.novr ,orntoned ar In tne cre.ter tentn sd force
| OF picture IN OILS On cAnvAA
| e,nc asao,ecuye.,' .a;utssn,y un,s.us to this .
1 singular sa3trteA pozez-sne la.tes always pre-
venting good condition Of RELIGIOUS CT sacred
subtects but njdtua him In his greatest ocid that
OF rytho,oe1csa N IHr III lanoyato,s or re.
for1ners. he na. usny eneuniea espectnIly nnonr
the Older Munich artists sud critics. who arc blt-
ter IN their denunc4anon OF biz wAu-p1esusex In
tr.tn, i. IS scarce possible 70 end 1air estimate
OF the CAp AMONG All critics ut au-&ney Rye
e,iecr violent sdnerrpts or raging deaunet.:ors-
Bet The artist himself has attalned 20 secure
height tn.3 he can arord to .s1xh Ut botn-caruer
he was dseadru11s THU a-skt1ned and wtnoei 1t
evtrJ tIow. He was born Il Atosscc, vaS the son
Of Goldzeltn Of considerable local rep7ta%lOo ~
> lspiaa.5 and PAINTER OF u,sntsszrcl On t.ory,
| These were hard times for peppIe Of their c.ass
N,a as ne boy grew up he urged hts father u
permit hin 70 abandon ast-for the OIL nan carly
I realized the slnneertn2 genius OF hts sou-and
loaE 70 agriculture for mems Of future suas.ss-
| enee. Urged II earnestly enough, for he was 70
| become TIC chief Support Of the old people, and
hsld no hope Of c1rater opportunities for study OF
s7Rvel without which he eould never be nose
thsn village aasster. But the Instinct Of the
1-saer led Liz to put decided veto upon tels
new ideA- 4 gTea: effort was made, and IN 1ssa
s. IresA, zcl1o2S lad ~ lk he Krnt 10 D1ssel
dor1, studied the technical branches OF hts pso
res<ton uoicr Frut Aas,er and nfterward. eo-
| rolled htEseH under the banner OF The new Ger