National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-05

bach. will not quarrel with you about the
confessional side Of the subject In my country
the Protestants have always been free, and
have even placed Luther In my Wal
halla. No. my anger Ia directed to the artistic
mission Of the subject. And how will you then
paint q thought-how will you artisticslly repre-
sent an intellectual opinion-paint the Reforma-
tionf And for Berlin! Do you know-and therein
you see how impartial AMI have adviseo inc
Grand Duke Of Welmar to glorify the Reforms-
ton. There belongs Its gloriheation- Tnere II
has at least historical ground. From thence IL
proceeded And what do they wish with ke-
formation in BerIInF Who has brought the his
torical upstairs to the ideaof the Reformatleni
How dare they appropriate 10 them its hteliec-
tual significance, In order 70 lend glory 10 tnetr
military State! Upon the Wartburg belongs the
Reformation, or even to wittenberg, for sught I
| carel But to Berlini King Ludwig grew deeply
enraged, and, putting his hat down over his eyes,
len the studio without further greeting, banging
all tho doors to a. he left the academy.
LATHR woRKs-oARToATUREs.
After Cornelius, Kaulbach was made director
OF the Munich Academy, . position he held at the
time Of his death. About twenty years ago he
completed his great picture, "The Battle Of Sa-
lamis," for the historical gallery Of the Maxi
milianeum at Munich. Then followed vast
number of smaller works-the cartoon picture Of
CAESARS DEATH" SPeter Won Arbue1," aNero
and the Prosecutions Of the Christians" the oy-
clus "Femsls Beauties Of Gosths,"s "Dsnce Of
Death" cyolus and innumersble drawings por-
traits In chalk snd oil, sketches and designs
His last project for Q great painting was scene
Of the Deluge. or late years, especially since
the Development Of Old Catholicism. he delighted
In issuing, IN heliotype caricatures directed tor
the most part against the Jesuits and HIS Hou-
ness the Pope, In which We could never see
af- rwfk N inat
ton. II always seemed TO me a. II they were IN
worthy Of Kaulbaeh's pencil.
To note them here or even to mention the great
number Of other works By the dead painter, would
take up too much space. One thing would men
ton here and that Il Ksulbachb refusal during
the Franco-German war TO Join his countrymen In
the abuse Of France and all that was French. He
uttered ct that time grand sentiments to Vien-
nese artist-writer, and compared the last days OF
Jerusalem to the gloomy days Of France In the
winter Of lsTo-7L "Can we not, he said, Sind
analogies between the gloomy forms Of the He
brew leaders, who again and again preached war
to the bitter end, and the bold men who, amid the
general ruin Of France, preserved head and heart
In the right place, and dared to bid defiance not
only to our overpowerng armies, but to the still
more dangerous powers Of revolution, famine and
despair. -.....s
JULES FAvRE, THEIRS, eAMBETTA..
anxiety for his beloved country made an old man
before his time; this aged Theirs, who begged all
over Europe for compassion and aid for his coun-
try. Have they not our full sympathyf And,
last Of all, this Gambetta. People may call him
crazy, mailman, who has ruined his fatherland.
All the same to me, he Is nevertheless 9 great
man, and he more than all the rest calls to my
mind the ancient guIders Of the Jews, who pre-
ferred to be buried beneath the ruins Of Jeru-
salem TO giving themselves up 70 the enemy
And the power, the energy that lived int this one
mani What he did How he worked And
what results From his carriage, from his cabin,
from his desk he singly and alone gave impulse
to those fearful efforts to which France, bleeding
from o thousand pores, braced herself, and who
took up, time and time again, the last struggle of
despair when We thought she was thoroughly
vanquished and dead. What man! And how
strange-he is q Hebrew-this Gambetta Is Q
Jew" ~ have still eyes for the great
ness Of our opponents, and do we not honor our
selves all the more when we recognise the capa-
city of our enemyf Must not every one feel him
self painfully affected at seeing the collapse OF
great civilized nation to which we owe more Of
intellectual requirements than we are willing to
admit?" These words prove the universally Of
the dead painters mind.
It seems that even up to the month Of his death
Kaulbach was engaged on another picture, d.
rected in part against the Papacy. It is car
toon, nearly finished, representing the German
"St. Michael" overcoming, with his drawn
sword, the /" enemies Of civilization'-the Pspacy,
the Nspoleonites and heathenism. It Is very
probable that Kaulbach's mind became deeply
embittered Of late years against Catholicism, be-
cause OF the irritating attacks that the German,
and especially the Munich, ultramontane papers
have contained against him, especially since the
production Of his "Arbuez." The latter picture
was, we presume, . faithful historical work, re-
presenting the blind ArbueE sentencing hereto
family, pleading at his feet, to the flames The
Munich critics abused the artist for choosing such
a subject, as 1t must call mp In all non-Catholic
minds renewed hatred Of the Church and recall
an era which Is gone tor ever.
THE LAST HoNoRs.
Yesterday afternoon, about four O'Clock, the
mortal remains Of the great artist were borne to
their last resting-pla in the Southern cemetery
of Munich. A long procession followed him to
the grave, and thousands Of people lined the
streets to see the cortege pass. The procession
was opened by about one hundred members of the
Artists society, bearing Q draped flag; then the
members Of the Academy Of Art and Of the uni
versity, the authorities, many officers, Ministers
Lutz and Pfenfer and General Won der Tam, as
the representatives Of the King. Professor MO-
ritz Carriere, the philosopher, delivered the
funeral address He spoke of Ksulbach as g
painter Of the history Of culture and civilization
philosophical artist, such as none before him.
He spoke at length Of his conflict with the
Papacy, and attributes great influence to his
"Arbuez" picture In destroying the hold of
"Pspal Catholicism" IN Germany. But, in due
Difference to Professor Oarriere, we are not In |
clined to accept this assertion In It's full extent
Catholicism Is strong as ever. Old Catholicism, |
If which Professor Osrriere is q warm supporter,
inst mi ~ mt viii liza Nko,
Is the gloriher OF the Reformation than as the de-
,troysr Of the Papacy.
1t is only six weeks ago since the Munich artists
celebrated with great ecldt the twenty nth anni-
7ersary Of Kaulbach's dictatorship Of the Acade-
ny. Eight music corps and six hundred torch /
bearers assembled before the painters hluse to do
him homage. The torch bearers accompanied /
him to his grave yesterday.
BARRETT BROWNING
dispassionate examination OF the poems of /
Elizabeth Barrett Browning can, we maintain,
My lead to this result-that she Is the equal of
my poet Of our time in genius. In particular
Qualities she may appear inferior to some who
ould be cited, and whose names will irresistibly
uggest themselves; but IN others she Is as indu.
dtably their superior; and, until we can decide
Tho is greater, Byron or Wordsworth Shelley or
'oleridge, Homer or Shakespeare, we care not to
sslgn her precise position One thing Is certain,
owever, her Immortality is assured-she stands ,
lready crowned. As long as one human heart /,
hrobs for another she will be held In high esteem
Ter poetry is that which refnes, chastens, and
levates. We could think that with herself, as /.
nth one Of her characters, asome grand blind -,
owe came down, and CROPPED her out, and clasped ,
er with kiss she learned God that way" And .
Tho were her teachers? Gan we ask that Question !
one who said, "Earth's crammed with heaven. ,
nd every common bush lfire with GodH' The
merald beauty Of q thousand valleys embroidered !,
y the silver threads Of meandering rivers: the =.
randeur Of the everlasting hills with their lofy
nd majestic calm; the terrible rolling Of the rest
ss and unsatished sea; the stars lat at midnight
line, looking down upon us like the eyes Of those
love; above ALL the whisper Of God as It thrills
trough the human heart-these were her In.
rners and teachers, the sources of her eminent :,
SEPARATION. She sang Of all these that men might
nobler, freer, and purer Her spotheoss follows :
divine right With that Of all the leaders of :
snkind: God endowed her, and we exalt her.
he COrnhH MGsa=ins,
IAAES PARTON AS A BI0GRAPRER.
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