The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23

Ussl and Bollucci. and he Ia endowed perhaps.
with greater imagination and power of colorlng
thpn either Of them. HIS Deposition from the
Cross is. according to critics and painters, a
revelation. Comparisons are generally unsafe;
hut il mny be safely inserted that IL is nearly ns
good and great ne the hest paintings of the sub-
ject by the o.d masters. with more orig nnity
md truthlulncss TO nnturo than any Of them.
phlzzi Ia the Landsecr OF Italy on wider scale.
md the figures In his landscapes and the land
scnpes themselves are always up to- the stand
ard of his animals; his Route to Saint Ger
mnno' bears witness 10 tho assertion.
pasini was born at Busspto. the birthplace OF
Verdi: he il n pupil of Ciseri. has received
three medals OF honor Mt the Paris Salons, 10 q
cheyalier Of the Legion OF Honor. and, though
still Young. he IL n Veteran in art. He has
passed many years in Persia and has thence
returned thorough Orientnlist unlike
which are beautiful and picturesque. The
suUllcst variations oi lliht hhu aihoSpnrIIo
and finish. His Falcon Hunt" is peryaded
with us much grandeur rs the endless
plains OF Syria. On wild and almost bare
plain. covered by n SKY Of uniathomable depth
scars 40 high IA to bnfIie the kecnness OF their
vision while another, n little way to their
left. points it out to them with n magnil-
cent gesture Sober and simple as its COMPOST
ton Is. know Of no painting OF the Kind more
suggestive and poetic except. perhaps. his
Huren in the Country" In garden sur
women Of a hnrcm uro seen resting around a
refreshing fountain. helping themselves to
SWpptmrutS, ana willing AWAY lntlT WtHIlnfhs
hysinging and playing on ,tho guitar. Vne OF
them. though. stands alone by the wall. and Gnzes
through lattice ut th9 blue waters on mo Bos-
phorus gently crisped 10y the hreeza. She Is evil
IDENTITY dreaming OF another Kind OF lie without
those fatal walls. and makes asplendid contrast
with the stupid expressions 80 peculiar to tho
handsome women OF the East which has been
So charactrristicnlly rendered 10y Pasn on the
cuuntrnanccs Of her companions. OF his Par.
SIM Fsriinp pigeons the French critic Paul
de Saint Victor. writes; Out OF the simplest
motive Mr.. Pasni has wrought most pictur-
Csuue melody II Is AS precious painting as
emrralis and rubies are precious in the sense
ston-cuttrrs attribute to the word"
Joseph Do Nittis is. perhaps the most original
painter OF our time. lie was bort at Barlela
in 1916. He has become great master almost
without any tc4chcr buy nature. In MS o00y .
hood. he entered the studio OF paintcr-lt Mr.
Dnttoli may be- called a painter. Alter two
months surerings, De Nitts left him. perfectly
disguised with painting. A short time alter
wnri. he entered the Institute OF Fine Arts. al
ways studying. however. from nature VIII the
Instincts III naturalist At the age OF II. he
divided his morning between studying mathe-
mntics. anatomy. and the nude. AT noon no
the landscape until after sunset. when he would
| resume drawing the nude. often taxing no
food until and 10 o'clock In the night.
lie wns. however. compellea TO leave the
years he constantly worked in tho open
To- render SO finely. and at once SO broadly
those horizons and luminous n'mospheres Tor
which he has hardly rival He would some.
times dwell two weeks IN ruined farm amid
rats and snakes. sleeping on straw mat ana
living. exclusively ON bread and cheese. AZ the
end ~ this period he exhibited at Naples two
| landscapes which met with such success ~ to
| induce the city to buy and place them IN the
/ National Museum OF Modern Painting. Rome.
! Florence. Naples, and Paris soon began 10 APP
! precinte his talent. As soon as he had three
/ hundred frames. of he went for the great
| metropolis US67l. bringing with him three
/ little landscapes. He showed them TO Bran
! don. the painter Of many famous IN
/ Lnpuencd 10 be- recommended. Bran
don, much. pleased with them bro1osed
| 10 GOupil TO become their purchaser. De Nuts
tmidly fixed their price ut 200 francs Tor the
! three. Goupil gave him 300. Ihus began the
artist, whose "Piccadilly some years later.
found customer for 6O.OOO francs. Geroms
aud Melss0nier readily became his patrons, and
though what the FRENCH claim Is utterly
untrue namely. that De Nittis ought TO be con
sidered as a pupil OF France. II must be adj
| mitted that his intercourse win thelf hftlsts
WIS OF great advantage to him. Everything he
| tingly. far from the turmoil Of the world
wholly devoted to his studio, his charming
! wife aud child seeing only lew intimate
| friends and happy to assist some fellow artist
such as his countryman. Rossano. painter OF
| Niuis is as proud as Of his own. Besides hl Is
| landscapes. and perhaps more so IMAM the lht-
ter his genre palnIing rs |9nth nI Iss t,areis
who speaksl. " the painter OF modern lie; oil
all that is feverish. exciting. and refined IA u
s1b Ga 10 yhi a sng is99tsu pgs!3L 49,
and Wearing silk hats. and he can render them
not only attractive, but also eminentB plyIuuI'
esaue" The merits OF De Nlttls as Rllntst'
arr nil expressed by stating that the trencr
take pride IN claiming him rs their own. ,,,,.
| / ros,. by referring to the Roman lah'schp'
painter Vertunui, who. in his line unioHn, .
| sWcels them all The talent OF this artist II eml
nentiy classic in its originality. lie mas
strong liking for architectural grnndeur aii,
; imposing ruins. me hnlhs y Us is. aiTords
Is n striking illustration OF his capabilities
though this painting verges, IN my 9plhtIon.
iiitls too closely on tho decorative style; PR
ribs Pontine Marshes apicture whlcn oM.
its marvellous effect solely to the grandeur WI
which the wlldness OF the scenery Is deplele'