, 1874-06-07
FRENCH ART.
Painters Of the Luxembourg.
Claude Lorraine's and Joseph Yer
nets "Sea-Ports."
Couture--. Bonheur.--Panl Delarocte
-..Delacr0ix.--I.ehnan
Yernet-.
Giraul.


,t a;,.,~se ren,e7sot;pc the sea
r.. roao7h yernet vere part
;-:I .s,,or., ~ tba Luxembourg.
Nv oe -. d.. ,,vra oives an opportu-
4uet ieuo'@. - -. -;,1 those Of C1audo Lor-
49, 1'l s -a.,,s 81, +,n adjoining chamber.
1N' ,,...-rne or ruEe er4-
40 n,ost notable tbat France
,.,,,aa, - ool. -,bosa a.t,.ts ara an interest
in@ a se.tr.s. Gc.hcr naint the sea 81 Turner and
10 - b;o r,,,;en brethren delighted tc
,o1:at .a i .tha ereat deem 1aehed into fury by
etara, .r;n5s +,a h'ack rain-c1ouds ecuddins
soros. tha .Er +bo nier va7es coming on like
- q ,.o-, +har nrov
"hlte-ooooeo oel1on7 W ee'eo ~ .,.;.
II France has any 6ucn mar1no pa1utee 40 eA.e'
his works are not get honorcd with place IN
The galleries of tho Capital And, should such
~ ~ :, ,orto;n tn .nrinp like
QUO esel Al'pe"'' ~ - ~ -. ps;tt.az o. N,r.
Herve hlel. from tne coa7ts u D1'A's' ~
manly; from the sturdy Breton race WHICH, unoel
another name, still clings to the chhs OF Cotn-
u - f-,-, VI. Norman descendants Of the
A4, zo-. -. .;a;ro tbro7,oh tbe
ol' VIKINGS WIZ outo %
Northern beas' ous .Alo '1oN~0' ~ '
DO NOT LOVE THE sEA.
Tn n,o.t Of their historic naval combats With
+, n,..,b and Enc1ph thew vere beaten not
-. n5are or 1,a+ter di,cin1ine. Int
os oia'e ,...- 1-o-- aa;Io~I ora
br tho difference between porn ea1io's ana
wc1!-dr'led marines; between men VINO
take to the ocean as to their natural
-;.,d +h.4 r,11o-r r..t,
ana oo"l1s sse' ano "4uo "n1' -s:N..s .
and those VINO 40 tner outy VI su4poo04o 81
n.eu in untoEerd CIRCUMSTANCES, actng ~ ule-
,dryr+.oa ciose obseryers of French character
~. ~. ,,o.a +ha '1.t. Observation-Disclosures to
o'o no1 ueeo 'u' ~ 4"'e 1r
conshce tneh tna'' IL oue4 seAsieo "Aot' .
Dr!tieh tar or Yankee shipper feels his courage
md ingenuity rise to the height OF the peril,
.ha Erar., sailor ia naralvzea bv sndden. un-
..;1-~es H.. ..a1i ~ +snna,,noont and
reasoning ofeao' opo. - .sH.e 49,, -.
ignorance. dence, since Ats telec1s o, .nI.o -.
no sIch marine painters 20 INC Ensnsu, ~
Dutch, and the American OF tne AtianIc coas..
neyelthee5s, there = nnt ono o!auas ., nortano
in the world, and ma "orks mei1' tne notls0
which t"o centu5aSs naSe oestoMea upou @ 1uett. ~.
Both 'ernet and Claude paint Tue sea from tno
Of each might te nald to belong & TesEeetlssly 10
the school OF the Real aud OF the Aoeai IN paint
ing.
IN FERSEfs PICTURES
the great eea-ports stand out d1St'hct ana real,
with marked, individual traits Here Is Marseulcs;
and there ID H*vre, ana tnere ooulosne auo
you would recognize them II you"ere to sa1l IN
to them to-day. Here IL tue great hsfbof 1nil OF
Ehpplng.-the men n-of-war out IN aeep ancn0r- nn
age, the meIcnant.c1a1t nearer 1nto pot1. ;ae Lae
and unladc, who put out IL oohts STORE anu als-
charge cargoes, ana man Inc 1.ge1ng 20 q Mi s
lie equivalent OF the " geo heaFe' yeo. ino
air seems to yon fresh. ano 10 nave Inc pecu41ar
ralt smell of tie ocean near shore; the water
appears to sweep against Inc aocH WIN 1h51h-
mica! sWash. alter the manner OF lole "aFes N
calm.
~ CLAUDE LoREA1NE's PICTURES,
on the other hand nothing il literal, everyday
like: al is exalted, idealizcd. Not that Nature
is, III his works, distorted or exaggerated but
it is Nature seen through the medium OF
high]v-poetic imagination. Take. for instance,
81 4 View OF Seo-Port at Sunriso:' From 3
rich cdlfce, decorated with statues, you descend,
Lv broad fight Of steps, to the sea; on your
right is large, nrched door, with Doric columns,
bearing on its brazen plate the old, talismanic s.
F. Q. Il. Behind you, in ths dim light OF morn
ing, rises city with towors. Far in 'front.' ut
the very entrance to the port stands 3 tall
lighthouse: tho rising sun, streaming in at the
harbof's mouth falls full on this slender shaft,
and bathcs it in golden mist which obscurea
the yieu beyond On the left magnificent
vessel rides at anchor, and floats the flag OF
Frauce Between the shore and the ship is a
broad pathway Of light, a luminous track over
the waves. which streams past the vessel and
loses itself in the radiance around the light
house.
In "a Seaport at Sunset" the details are va
ried. There is still the noble mansion the tow
ere and sse1s, the harbor, and the ship: but the
light Is that Of the setting sun, tempered by the
morning. Similar to these ia his "Sea-Port:
Sun Seen Through Haze" In al OF these
tLo1o a1e casks, aud bales. and plauks, upon the
boach, sailors beside them. and passengers ready
to cmbark. But there is over all the spell de-
ec,ibcd bv Keats in his "Ode on Grecian Urn"
You feel that tho1s casks contain no common
merchandise: the sailors will never lift them up
yonder vessels side; those rictly~habited figures
will never step into the boats that wait for
them: nor viii tue noble ship, whoee every mast
and enar is outlined in such perfection against
the sky. ever sail out past the lighthouse into
thr,clondv distance beyopd. Yet these scenes.
m lass thau Yernet's. Inye about them the char
actcn.tic Featured aud flavor Of the sea. nor is
their lieht ono never seen on sea uor land.
stsnd on London bridge ct dayp.-or to como
nearer unou Chicago River or the North Pier at
enn,ise. and one may catch climpse of certain
efTcctr Of Claude Lorraine. The special chnrm
and secret of his pictures is
ruF1R Atmosphere,
CITY. nor shin. nor tower. is outlined badly upou
canvas: eaca rises out OF f,le, luminous at
no.phere Of itsoyn. His mountains lift them
relyes. as Coils mountains do. out Of the limit
lees ether Manv artists before md after him
hnye ,e2,escEtcd the sLv, but hs painted mimi
tabv the ai:. Ills sunsets are not 50 easily
found il ti;;z country; !; but whoever walks along
tbs Arpo at twilight, or looks at evening from
ths harbor Of Livorno, caa find them on every