The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-11-15
DORE AT HOME.
How the Great French Artist Works and His
Tt Surroundings at Work.

the laughing hours in the caVeau Denlno |
Notre Dame de Lorette, 1T Is doubtful
whether he has ever been seen in a cafe. |
He delights in saying that he lives the |
life OF an Arab. Plain living and high |
thinking are his choice, albeit all forms |
of luxury are at his command. During |
the twenty-five years we have Known
him he has lived in his mothers house,
in the Rue st. Dominique St. Germain;
in The midst of the ministries, embas-
sies and sombre hotels OF the old aris-
tocracy. 1t is here that it is delightful
to see him.
You pass under great gateway, pc
culiar to the quarter, across the yard,
up a broad staircase to a spacious apart
ment. graced with French taste in the
hangings and furniture; but having, su-
peradded, that air Of quiet and comfort
which distinguishes u Well.appolnted
English home. You see that all these
neriect appointments, these masses OF
curious and beautiful things, these art
full filings up Of corners with valuable
knick- -knacks, and this cr0Wdlng oil
treasures upon the walls, are the long
result OF time. The story OF many qulet,
happy, active years lies, plain readlng,
| before you.
The iolios, books and albums; the
musical instruments, the proofs and fla
ished plates, the costly presents-trlb-
utes from far and near, from strangers
and from loving hands; the pug superb
| ly cushioned in II corner by the arm
chair of the lady of the house, whose
loving spirit has followed every lootstep
| of the iIlustriouS son as much boy 10
her now as when he tripped home daily
from the Lycee Charlemagne) and
\ finally Gustave Dore himself, VINO comes
| forward from all inner sanctum TO gfeeI
YOU, a pencil in one hand and q cigar III
| The Other-make a delightful impression
on the mind OF the visitor. Dore mas
not. in his address, the ceremonial cour-
tpsies of the conventional Frenchman.
His lace brightens swiftly as Dickens
used. and he gets quickly through the
b1unlites of meeting, to touch the subject
ON winch his vehement unresting mind
is bent. .....---.-
If ne be in q sad or moody temper you
will see and feel it at once, as he leads
YOU to his workplaces; for he must get
: on with MS work While he talks. Ii ne
has a grievance or wrong, you VIII
know it. He is incapable OF c0ncealmenC.
He will throw down pencil or brush or
yrayer, toss his hair back, and give you
in a burst of anger, all That IS upon his
: miud. But the storm is snort ana is
generally dispelled by some sudden
reference to a picture In process, an
y idea not yet attacked or some sketcn
caught up from the mountain oil papers
SI"cks and drawing materials which are
Snr4ad upou a long table in his room be
yond the saIle-d n1anger. Dore makes NJ
, lmvstery oi his art, like many p0Senf'
/ VINO are not worthy to light him 70 bed
"A He is open to discuss his plans witt
anv friend or whose opinion lie has The
Al lanstrespect. He s thankful lor "a sug-
% estion: if it touches him his fine, pene
frnting ewes are raised from his draw
ing and liked intent!y upon you. His
naTnestness never knows abatement
) lie has tnat in an extraordinary degre'
which Lord LyttOn has called The Des
,, majesty in man. SO that you can sci
dom tempt him out OF the realms ol ART
II is his work ana MS play. When he
D orriyes on his annual trip to LOndol
f at the estminisLer Palace o
d he Bath Hotel, his ialthlu
l. old servant Jean spreads on
6 his drawing and painting materials a
|, soon as the baggage is uhbuckled, an
Dorp,s great London trouble is that Ii
q can not get tue early CdJG-du. ldH whic
l. he has at home, as he sets To work aL
, o,clock in the morning. Careless busy
8 bodies have been won't to talk about til
/ extraordinary rate at which he can pre-
: duce picture and illustration; the lac
Il being that the sustained power wit
L WHICH he can labor Is beyond that OF an
q artist Of tue age. We called in the Ru
J. St. Dominique one morning, and foun
IF thot Dore Was not at work in his usui
10 ronm. His servant directed US to I'll
is ton of the house. There, shut in an al tti
ha was bending over the copper plate
4, Ito Neophyte. He was finishing his fir
= @reat etching. Against the wall we
II, Two rejected plates, each nearly ii
of ished. .,.,,,.s,,a, o..,..
10 ..vou see l have the patience OF T.
rs OK" a.. ,., !.
il gallery in Bond street at night, that
~, may be able to go there anu have sol
,n hours in the morning at one OF his pl
on lnrps before anybody, save the markt
or gardeners, is stirring. He has been ma
~ 6ours in his little studio at home III I
Rue 81, Dominique before he salli
II. forth. past the old Corps Legislat
- across the Place de la Concorde, to b
II. great dtelier in the Rue Bayard.
es This dteLter-incUmparaD the fine
"a, IN paris-,s u monument that does hon
III to its owner. Not because it is admil
~ bly conceived i'll every part, and II
- Inisheu, like the artlSI nome, Win
uu eve to comfort as we'll as to the harm
10 nies. but because it is the realization
-el a dream of Dore's boyhood.
W When the hard classical masters
W. the Rue Bonaparte turned cold sho
sn der unon him, and even his way TO
walls OF the salon Was not clear, he
ho solved, as he painted Valiantly In
ty modest studio which he built out fir,
of his homeland which is now the gre
no salon de reception, where he gives
le- pleasant SUNDAY evenings and his mu
er- cal soirees-that he would erect his o.
IA exhibition-roOm, and stand alone in
by midst of his own creations, chaIlengi
'as the criticism of the world. More th
ed twenty years ago we talked this over
ed the Rue St. Dominique, sitting near tt
, a picture of corn-neld which is n
of upon the walls OF the gallery in Bo
.ue street. Dore's plan Of life was form
then, and this fair building has ris
ON stone by stone, as in the flush and III
as: of youth he designed it. He has eV
Ily worked already beyond the limits
ISL his dream. Twenty years ago th'
Sc, was no thought OF the Dore Gallery
err Bond street.
lch The work done already Is immen
of but it has not yet taken all the boy {
spt of the man. AS has been said, you mi