The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-14
,vEREsTcHd0IHs PAINTINGS.

k0nstlerhnuS. usually froqucnted only by tho
fashionable. was filed 10 overlooking with poo {
plo OF every degroe So great was the throng
that the sale Of Tickets was often necessarily
interrupted. tho Kunstorhuus refusing to hold
tho crowds demanding entrance.
The character of Vcrostchagin. which soon
became known. may havo had not little TO do
with his popularity. Being advised to raise
the entrance prico. for tho purpose OF keeping
out tho mob. lie answered: No lot tho price
of admission be "a low as possible for tho
poorest man must DO able TO SEQ my pictures"
When called upon 10 conduct tho Emperor
through tho exhibition. he treated him with
tho same respect. no moro and no less. that he
would have shown to any other gentleman who
had requested of him n like courtesy Ho in
variaby addressed the Emperor simply with
you" instead of with the customary your
Majesty" In short. it was soon known That
Verestclagin wns mum of unwaycrlng prin-
impressed by rank or title. and who judged
men from genuinely human slnndponh !
short sketch Of his eyeDtiuI lifc VIII, DC Of
interest before "" turn to his pictures Nasib
Nasiljcyc Vcrcscagn tYcrestchagin) was born
in October. 1872. in tho Government of Noygo-
Of an estate. Or his two SrStGalls' lie one
promising painter. fell in the Russian Turkish
war. the other Is II MAJOR in the ltussinn army
ana ~ present accompnnies mo artist on ms
exhibition tour. That Nerestchagin does not
, ,2 ike Eqssian + to be accounted t2r by
Christian Tartar, with whom I've fell in love
af' ,n ~, HAVING become aSScidcntnlIy acquainted
perestchagin had won the officers epaulets
in the marine school at st. Petersburg and
shortly afterward begnn his career as an artist
fGws 2 ms p%aTon ne n s'fSer in nS ST.
convinced OF The artistic destiny Of his so SON
gave him. in 1861. the means to make u Jour
mry to B,"rlin. Paris, and the Pyrences. His
Il al fts In gnlp tgnp
In the year 1864 We iinl the youn, artist in
the Caucasus. and iator in tho same yea, o..uin
sire to study under Gtr1me He went to the
take me into YOUR stndioF' Aid in answer to to
the cool inquiry. Who recommends you?'
answered; Nobody; what you paint picases
met appreciation and with the words Very
well. loin us" Ncrestchnsin was accepted IN
he seriously conceived tho possibility of bccom-
ing painter and tried his strength in c?mpo-
hiS Caucasian travels, But as most of them
dId not satisfy him. they were for the greater
| The young artist could not accept the opinion
| OF his teacher. who he'd continued copying Of
| The, OLD masters t. h" absolutely necessary. and
| tp-,iny he Still holds his original OpinlOn-that
| Il young painter must study the galleries do
NoclN, but draw from nature,
In 1867. Ncrr~tchasln, then % years Of age
arr"ptrd the invitation Of ten. Kaufman to
| accompany him into Yurkcstau. In Sanar-
r , % H the Mr 7 V.rss t YIN S DIR
| played in the most britinnt manner his brave
| A. winch never Gourtad ouiwarl distinction:
year @5a--thi- time on tn" siberian borders
where i" became familiar with the misery of
TG"M pfs,mosr 1870. to 1879; yGrsS,shos s,
! war painter Horsrh"t. III Munich.
lhe %rar ls7i found him in 1ndia:
] Prince a. re IN
/ accomplish the true purpose II hisjourncy-the
S SI %: ne ennSr + ,r NE E@@nS I'M Twt
! HI Immense studio lAlli-un Lnftt"D. Here he
! paint II hi, "9i"~sni pictures. on ome OF which
! h" has SiN elephants in lite sa,'. Whom asked
! By on" ot - ri ndS. who found thu idea gro
| l"sIu", VII ne Git -" he answered curtiy. To
! ton. enables the artt.t 10 paint "y,rything that
n his opinion requires, sunlight N III" fpll
| ing ont OF tho Rus-ian1ur&ish war reached
Nun, ana he hnrri"P ~ e.mpliance with tho
| Cossnrk advanced guard under tie elder sko-
le"n. On on" oc,.nsion he received bullet
in n" hip, pnd lay i,"r, two, and u haif
h"d'i u" hurried t. Pi"vna T. witness the
>tormin; of this fortress and paid Tor his inn
pctuo-i;y by r'neHri coninnnent in the hos
pIuI. Later ii" crossed the Balkan Mountains
with GrH. tiur&o. and took part In III" r"arc
On. Stralor N Adrnnope. Lonion, st. p.tSrs -
burg. Paris Berlin. und Vienna have seen IN.
results Il this artists evrntlul lif" and haye
W. rrjurn. AFTER this hasty sketch Of the ny
vienna kHnStlrhHuS. ON our first survey of
ia" pictnir, no are 2wGd by ths force winch
tor" H. "h" has studied life with reverence for
the dGnity II humanity. His j. not tho "har-
standing TIL enthusiasm With which We are
hlird ~ Ion. rather To- study MIA. for We
soon lee" that We have student before
truly b''on" mu-t"r. We recognize in him
u Russian fun Of burning Low" Tor his country.
an honest man, "uplnc II seeing and, what IS
more" fn,'liuG the evils with which society is
struggling. \ tenihl" narneStnrsS prrvudcs
tin picture H. seldom lrpr,.,rnt, tie sunny
2rl'~ ~ life. HIppy mothers and playing chill
drnn itnd N place here. We see hut three
children IN ~" ontirr collection of ll3 picture,
IL slave. u boy wasted by wr"tch"d poverty.
ANA y p"n"il drawing of young girl having an
eNIr"o- ION ri touching innocence, refreshing
nav" moved him in n manner that moves every
heart. and those who would in their daily life
pass quickly by such objects. L. Nnd pleasure
IL rn'r" rhcrrfmI sr"n"s, ARE rlvcted nor" by
III" beauty OF the representation. and have
Thoughts and emotions oi compassion and hor-
ror iwhE"n"d "a thnm such NJ they never before
: experienced. But il must not be- supposed that
tn artist has no scnsbility for softer scenes.
A,.n6'r poetry "rNad"S many 81 his pictures.
IN" paintings wHr" divided into three
&rnnps-mrtnr"s from India from Turk"5tan,
and from the liu-Sianrurkish war. In" sub
J""ts chosen AT" always picturesque" though
often in the Sran'i"7 s'n-r Of th"t term and those
rhnra"t"risti". thus bringing tn fc Of modern
India md rurk"stan and tli" scenes from the
ltn7Sinn-fnlki,h war wildly beiore Us. and
Offering valuable material for study.
, "",not"" q gradual but mark"d progrnss in
the thro groups, The first category Includes.
Ter d. most part, studies Of nunimut" objects.
W" hay" interiors, landscapes types ol "harar-
tors represented in every drgrHn If i,:ht and
Shni". and "Nrcut"d with tn" most untiring uer-
S"N"rduc' il correctness Of detail. Materials
All fabric ot Every kind stones. earth. water.
tr""o. silk. vnr"t Eastern cnrpets precious
stnnno, human flesh. ar" successfully repro
du"ed. In the second category. action IL Il
nor. prominent characteristic; aud in the
third Ncrcst"!asiu'- view II life beams forth
in il tnll ruut,c grandeur.
No deeper impression was produced than by
tn" group Of three small pictures under tho
common tlt!r, Of NJ ,Qu"t on the Shipka
ton tiiop"G +, Of Gen, hade,zky to the Com
siona fell daily by The Turkish bullets still
more BY the frost. The number of regiments
dmiH,shrd incpncniyuhy. Almost tho whole
IF th" Twrnt}-i"mllh, Division were frozen 10
The cNplHnut"ry words ohnrart"liHc lnmiS-
ttkaDly N"tr~t'llaEiu- sHnlpnint and the
thg"r pictures xiv, in II tragic rprm. expires
sion t. his feelings. \ snow storm is raging ON
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