The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-03

U0TUOXu tulS Ulbe8et bOO" IN Tue COURSE OF Tue
forenoon OF Tuesday the artist grew 30 weak that
tho physicians gave up all hopes OF recovery. At
quarter past eignt O'Clock In the evening the great
genus expired very simply worded announce
ment tells the story in the Augsburg Aueoemeiae
zettung:-
TODES-ANzE.GE.
1 This evening, at quarter past eight, fell
$asleep In death, calmly and without pain, after$
orl Hes rrck T9r W',rHrrM vow xAmRAcH
$Drector OF the Royal Academy OF Arts, IN this 5
! THIS announcement so painful to us, is here
$quaintances The MOURNING RELATIVES. !
( MUNICH April Z, 1874. {
DEATH AMONG THE GERMANS.
Thus one by one are the great minds Of Ger
many dropping on into the grave, and more are to
follow. 1t ia not long since we had to record the
death OF Schwind, the artist of the legendary lore
and OF Baron Won Liebig the chemist, both OF
Munich where King Ludwig has gathered SO many
OF the best minds OF Germany in his art schools
and In his university. DUllinger Is long past his
three score and ten, and. with weaker physique
than Kaulbach and q mind as great in otner
spheres, who knows but that he may be called at
any momenL. We are reminded or D0llinger here
because Kaulbach, the Protestant, and DUlinger,
the strict Catholic. tOd Catholc) were nrm friends
- SAaO VAV o0uoV VI O0ttithe oSduot VIC TapdCy
Germany. What D1llinger accomplished with his
historical works and his teachings-the founding
Of new Catholic body in Germany-was sup
ported by Kaulbach in most OF his recent works,
especially In his 'Peter Won Arbuez," sentencing a
0eretcal family to the names, which created an
intense excitement in Catholic art and religious
circles at the time. His recent pen sketches in
''squibs" directed against the person Of His Holi-
ness the Pope, the dOgmas Of immaculate Concep-
ton and Papa Infallibiity, are most OF them un-
worthy OF the great mind that produced them. New
eStheess Kauibach the strongest foe in art that
- Papscy had In Munich or IN Germany; and to
the cause OF old Catholics he was an invaluable AID
Now that he is gone the Vatican can rejoice, and
say pointing TO Germany :-"See. our foes are fall
ing ike leaves In autumn. Tue enemies of the
Church cali upon themselves the terrible Judgment
q God Bismarck. the despot, the persecutor OF
the Church, ID stricken down with dire sickness
In the midst OF his presumption and his power;
the Emperor his MASTER Ii al the point OF death;
D1lnger. the backsder. is tottertng TO his grave,
and Kaulbach is gonen Thus arc the enemies Of
the Church dealt with. lEs5l
KAULBACH's PLACE IN ART.
The art critics treat the matter from q totally
different light They mourn in Kaulbachs death
the loss OF one Of the greatest German painters
Of the present century. Hermann Becker,
In his neurology Of the deceased artist just
published ;n the Cologne Zsi:ung places
Kaulbach Tin the ranks Of the nrst artists
OF modern times. indeed, Of all times" for not
every century produces men IKE him. .'since the
golden era In which Michael Angelo and Rafael
lived, arr history does indeed record the works Of
many grand, talented men, but only few whose
genius was equal to that OF the master who ID
gone from rs. With and besides Peter Won Cor
nelus, Kaulbach marks an era In German art, an
era which bears distinct character, . thoroughly
German national character. The fame OF Dlrer
and Holbein has prevailed undiminlshed in Ger
many for the past two centuries, and many, many
years may pass before names OF equal impor-
tance can be inscribed alongside OF the two
great painters OF the nineteenth century-Corne-
Illus and Kaulbach This period, to which these
twOmen gave character and tendency, has had
It's full development and has already come to its
close" But the two painters are totally dinerent
in style. and can no more be compared with each
other than Raphael with Michel Angelo in art,
with Mozart and Beethoven in music, with Goethe
and Schiller in ltterature-each being q brilliant
phenomenon whose importance cannot be judged
individually, but together. Cornelius lacked the
grand, all-illuminating genius that Kaulbach pos
sessed, and which enabled him 10 grasp the legend
the spirit OF the history he depicted and surprise
NJ with the immensely OF his conce pti0ns Kaul-
bach Was an ldealst in art, and to the realistic
critic, ne is In many cases Incompetent
sible. People without brains and without
knowledge fail to understand him, just
~ our opera goers fail TO comprehend
the genius OF Wagner In his grand musical con-
ceprions; because they refuse to study hts sub
jects: because he idealtzes them, and, instead Of
Don JUAN who, being ON our own level we can
comprehend his motives ana nature, gives us .
TOna0Orin Win. w
him score OF times ana heard his beautiful swan
song gush from his lips, remains to us as incom-
prehensible as BEFORE but always high and noble
and beautifui-half god and half human. Future
historians will perhaps be able to grasp the great
ness OF this decade In German history aud depict
the grandeurs Of the men who rule and have ruled
IN the various departments OF life and EFFORT in
politics and ia war, in music and In art.
LIFE OF THE ARTIST.
william Kaulbach was born IN the year 1905, at
Arolsen lin the prncipality OF waldeck) the birth
place Of Christian Ranch, one OF the greatest Of
modern German sculptors His father was a
matchmaker. goldsmith and graveur, . half
arsish VINO never basked much in the
prosperity OF this life. when seventeen
years 81 age he had selected art as his
ncld in life. and went to Dusseldorf where he en-.
tered AZ student In the Academy, then under the
direction OF Cornelius and some works OF that
PERIOD though stin and dry, compared with his
later PRODUCTIONS show the young mans unusual
talent. ! believe that one OF Kaulbach,s nrst
works. cartoon representing the "Raln OF Mamma
in the Wilderncss'-Is still preserved At Du sse
dorE The inspiration to his celebrated painting
representing the .Interior OF an Insane Asylurn,,
dates from his Dusseldorf sojourn. One day the
physician OF the insane asylum at Dusseldorf
called upon the young artists OF the Academy and
told them that they might find room to DISPLAY
their talents upon the walls OF the asylum church
If they liked. he could not offer them money, in.
deed. bat An unipited quantity or bread. putter.