, 1874-02-07
FRENCH ART AND ARTISTS.
Dubufe and His Contem'
poraries.
The Ecole des Beaux Arts Of Paris
-.-Student-Life.
Dubufo nnt 1uin Co,,tomporart q


1,", Du',G D'',''s .t"1 Ell" oo'tGmTornrles
Edouara n"oa1c' "hoao "ffouisai soh ls
now attractlng 30 much attention III DUR city. III
ono Of the rarb instances Of tho :doaceut Of
snocta1 tn1ont from father tn son Tho t. Adnm
opa 1vn ~ tho o,d. 1,,1,,,fa ,s,u 1ro,,1s a,a
OF tho tirst mastori'ioces OF tho modern French
school ever brought to this country; mud tho
art-lovors OF tho preceding generation aro not
vct ,vcnrv ofrdwellInr m tho oxcnodtnr love1t-
,,oss 80 ~ f,,o ~ i,ts 1,va o.a t,,o ;n,onn.
moss OF 'ho lhco u na IVo, "no tne "ah9'h-
cont oifects OF li8hs ono color dlsplayoa IN neF
eo.lcn hair As tho pupil Of Paul Dclarochc,
md tho roputcl inhoritor OF solno Of hts traits,
nu1u,r fl noaaesHoa mn a11itfona1. claim :" tn o,,r
interest.
On af1rst inspection OF n work OF hrt. nothing
Ia moro natural than tho desire to. discover liow
yor n IL ronroaontntivo nf +, schant or i. notipn:
IN i'otarmiro tho orn Of its author and Ills rank
au regards aubjoct and treatment Dubufo'a
"prodlgal" is thoroughly representative; i'll
others, il ia AZ decidedly either an anachronism
or io'i'al' ,.,,..
The modern school OF Eronch painting divides
itBo1f readily into
THREE DISTINCT EnAs,
H.. u4.o,x i,,,;,,h1,,ot +r,,4. rto
o"sn sAlA'a - nslu ~ @ 'n .a.s.'.. T.,
art OF nation, nKo iss spoeoh anu manners, Is
dlroot outgrowth Of It's life and prevailing lucas.
Tho art Of those throo oras is no exception to
lowing tho Revolution.
The Fronch Revolution was an up
with nll it's excosBes, its motive waa
grand It waa tho attempt ot tue soul to th1ow II Y
had SO long boon buried, Tho mon who, after
tho destruction of tho old order Of things, found
themselves DIRECTING. the nov, state Of affairs,
desired, above everything, to start aocoty anow.;
.ttve modes and manners. In the attempt to
| roalizo this idea, they wont back, ouriously
enough, not to tho simple Ideas Of God aud Na-
| ture, but 10
5ur1rEn AND THE GODDESS or REASON
to tho effeto traditions or tho Koman Common
wealth. The tyrants Of tho Reign Of Terror af-
fected tho air Of Brutue the nstorltios q Cn!o'
The robes o u ot }nr oao ma o q dsa1 e
| Jospphinea drawing-rooms Their first
| groat executive officer took 1.-the titlo
| Of Consul. Tho antique became tho
rage; everything. mnst bo Classical
yailing nania it, also, must bo classical, III
point Of subjects this was hardly now thing.
III tho reigns Of Louis XIV. and Louis AV., tue
whole Greek and Roman mythology, seemed to
liayo boon poured out upon CANVAS, Displayed on
the walaand ceilings Of palaces, petritlod i'll the
fountains Of VorHaillos. But tho classical art OF
the Revolutionary period partook OF tho spirit Of
| tho times,-it wa8 sortouB, digntfiod, Hoyero,
heroic rather than the beautiful. The great ars-
ist Of tic period was
DAVID.
| Tho host OF imitatorB WHO sneooadaa
him, mud who dragged his ideas to
| the extrome limits OF conyontionaliiy and
absurdity, are, perhaps. responsible for
tho sneoYs which 60 olton accompany tho men.
tlon Of Dayid'a works by modern critics by
tho genius of'tle Fronch people and the spirit
| "Tle Rapo Of tho Snbinea." Tho Three Ho-
ratii, y BrutuB," and ;" "Holon and Paris" are
| -; DRAMAS UPON CANVAS. ...,
Thore ia in each Of thom one figure or group to
c@s ene sureo omons es us' w whe
shock. 'Thls spirited, i1npasaonca, beautiful
| Sabine, who springs between husband
md brother, and hlnglng out her - ar!ns, 1a,
crossed swordB: "pauso! !'-those three heroic,
youthful figures, who touch simultaneously THO
point Of the stern fathers aword aud utter with
one voice tho Boomn: F" swoarl" "-aro,wondor-
fnl examples Of his power. IAe :" Heleh -
unlike noBt Of his pictures, Which aim at what
is grand rather tian loyoly-is exqulBtoly beal,-
tiful. Renownod rs is tho present school IN tho
reproduction Of tesh.tinta, DO not think any
iosln, tho maryelously n,oliel arms, tho drapory
like tlat OF tho antique acuiptorB. This
F. rs ,1oa1En's HELEN, ,- -..
boforc wlose beauty the chiefs bowed rover
ontly on tue walls Of Troy; and ParisI though gF1
nude except Helmet an1 eandaa, y, hko Mill
ton's Adam, sin native honor clad, ns, chastq
a,,d noble figure as the bas-relleta on the par-
tho.,on. ....- .....
Aftor1Dayid und his imitators came a now
school, "a great group Of grcat men,-whoo.
lowing behind them antiquity and classic mod;
els, attempted to put upon canyaH tho actual
life Of The remarkable, period just, elapsed tq