, 1874-04-05

~, rboruhin, and ran away With and married
rnoe1 rn.htay The union so raahly contaminated
t's 1Ase ,.srarer peculiarly suitable and happy.
Tss' h,a Individuality was eminently English,
hos w. borrowed nothing from foreign Art, DO
to4 ne1hsps, come instruction in technlcahues.
!oa'4 r.,ra1ist and eatirist, he has never been
~ A...ed among painters.
s~psd ", despite the strong temptation to hnFer,
o. .usk gkip over the long List OF intervening
70 ..~s though it include such men as hey
p'usc .,s cainsborough, Fuseli, Bar1y,-"the Wild
no'a., nn-Blake-who, for being spiritualist
l'1''d ~ dre time, was set down as orozy,-Rae-
tar, ~, spd Lawrence, and mako no pause unsa
w. .,me to Turner. Him We cannot pass oy,
se .rsa above all English artists, before aud
49, he has boen exalted, not only ~ his own
t'e+' 'aaa and erratic genius. but by the extra
h4,: ,;s.rv pauegyric pronounced upon him BY
ea. -. comparable Art-writer. RusAin. It we're
-aro1s to speak Of Turner'S works. Every
t*tp;..t;va t4p ouanty OF each Of them Ruskin has
~ tno8n to us in language Of unequaled elo-
.ace But re may narrate few c1rcufn-
s.noa& ss showing his life and character, Thlch
u. e7.st eulogst has not chosen to delneate'
,osEru vi LIAM MALLo1D TURNER
ho,n in Its, in Maiden Lane, London. HIS
''.ssr vas hair dresser, and his mother "as
a,, '. nj violent temper, which ended N IN
~ Here we have the explanation OF Tur-
49,. l.,. remarkable eccentricities. The dementod
~.har eiyes us tho key to the sons morose,
r.,c.l habits. the jealo1b secrecy which guard-
ffn
~. md lis capricious and puzzing treatment
~ both his friends and his pictures. we e1-
tT,ct Miss Tytler's paraphrase OF an amusing nc
.onnt given BY Mr.. Redgrave, in IA Century OF
p,nters," Of Turner'S manner as critic
~ LECTURER. 11r. Redgraye had received
.e.-.s of favor from Turner. and appreciated
~. rim artists soturnine humor,' his growls.
t;s ,nnmbled words, his pokes in the side. his
"a of his broad thumb, or snatches porte
rnrou and brush, to point out Ri error, with
t,f Of his lecture delivered over his shoulder. IN
t,a midst of directions to the attendant who was
,r,nciue the sketches and diagrams. In ap-
,s,rznce. Turner WIS short, stout man, with a
1sr, red and somewhat blotched face, in which
.aa eyes we're bright and restless, and the nose
,,onjline. His hands were fat, and we're kopt
ut oyer-clean. BE was 6lovenly in lis
1rsss wearing q black dress-coat IN want
n brushing; aud, in the warmest as we'll as in
tta coldest. days, he wore round his throat
r.spper, which he would unloose and let the
.ats dansle down in front, and dip into the col
ns ou his ample palette. He worked nat on
he'd o. else with large wrapper over his head
Nj, Redgraye compares A1r. Turner's appear.
tnca to that Of coach-driTer OF the Ole
trhool, Mr. Leslie Gkens the great masters
,erson.lity to that OF q ship-captain.
lcxin. re borrow from Mr. Redgrave his de-
t--;nnon Of Turner'S house in London-in which
le did not live, but kept his pictures-as it was
f,rnd ii his death:
I'll. seems IN his rooms On the occason OF n1s tuner
Al would have slddened any lover CT Art, for the
rrt In behind. almost much as for tue genius
- I'D psssed away. The gallery seemed ss If broom
c, dustizs sbrusn hsa never troubled it. The c2:Pe
Q. r.ttug Gts texture was unaastanensnape i1ou r.
d,,t) vss Eora md musty. The hangings, which hae
orce been gay amber color, showed dingy yellow
h@e Fhen the color WEE not waahed ous " ne arp
from he the s9ye sna tne
rrs brpten. md PATCHED with old newspapers From
ttxe places the wet tnd run down tho wals, ant
eened the paser so that it bsd actually fallen BENIN
tbe carY:s Of ono picture ~The bay Of Ball." which
h.aeinp over the bottom OF the frame, baeged out
x.7da with the Of accumulated mortar ano 1uu
tlh 1t upheld. Many Of the pctures-" crossing "a
IrooF, among othors-had inrge pieces ehippsd .
sntsi OF EhIo others were 20 fast going to deca
tt:tthe gad nrst, and thsn ths ground had per1sne
xas exposed 1t may we'll ba supposed in such dA1n
aud moldy atmosphere, any pictures would suher,
,uach more the fragile works Of Turner's laet por1oo
i5rtgularly ca.Tied ont, as has been described
From Turner we take leap to the three youn
pai atera who are At the head OF
THE rEE-RApHAE11TB SCHOOL
in England Rosetti (who never exhibits HI
pictures publicly, Holnan Hunt, and Nillals
The earliest manifestation OF pre-kaphaeisisn
occurred in the beginning Of the century, IN
colcnT Of young German artists assembled
Ior,e The leaders OF the movement we're o7e1
beci; md Won Cornelius, and thoix purpose va
to revive the religious Art OF Giott'
c1c,gna, Ind Fra Angelica. In the accon
plisanent Of this design, they ]olne
Tue Roman Catholic Church, and pledge
Themselves to initiate the deVout and unworlol
Eycs of their chosen guides. Overlook remalne
tina to the principles adopted in his youttt
ucidlv enforcing them until his death at the az
of 80 years, His companions and followers. Z
might be expected, gradually fell from the faisl
Even Cornelius. who had wider and moi
catholic nature than Overlook, could not hel
oi7e,cipg from severe religious art to llustrs
tions Of the German medimyal poems.
Tie English artists above mentioned adopte
&modiaed form OF the German pre-Baphaeh
ism They also proposed to return to the schot
OF Giotto and Fra Angelica, and recover it's ea'
nes: and reverent spirit; but they refused to r
stlct themselves within the limits OF the A.
which the early masters practiced- They boun
Themselves to be faithful to Nature, but not
reject secular subjects in IN uny:eldlng desotle
to taose Of religious character. Alillals h'
wandered from tho faith prescribed; but Ho
msn Hunt, still faithful to his early thorles, h
produced several noble scripturn paintings In
have received tho loftiest praise.
Among the mnny painters sketched in the:
Volumes
ONLY NINE ARE woaEH.
OF these, Rosa Bonheur alone has attained
high order Of excellence. Several were popul
IN their day; but they owed much Of the distan
ton they enjoyed to their sex, their person
chszms, and varied accomplishments.
THE VENUS DI MILO.