The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-03
USTAVEDOKE..

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 Tie following ss-tic lc--trsrs,f sis.#i isa# ,te ffgsre ; issue oi the 71ih uit.. sn ci !; sf- peaTsd IS icac.cr-:s i,y Aisirft Ne1fi. eTc Q; the greatest critics oi rance. a hose opaniut.s are rcspectedahe Nogid oNcr. Mir. M oIu crIt.eism is of the grand and severe sthosEs- there are many eminent artists ans scholars rho differ from hGS Hic~S. He daCs ts.stset io GustaNe Dorc designer. whlic Trl.s 5ng him aii merit :, Coturist. li Wis. hus~ ever. one of Dore'S liie objects to create a school apar,-sn violation oi rccS.a.4ed tTA dItioa. some Nili disagree NIL. Mr. N off for tiiis NerN .cases4.-I NAN.
 IL may be said of the great artist who has just d.ed. that he had been born to pass through life with an eteina, smile oi satisfaction. and that he was nevertheless one of the most unhappy men have known. Al eighteen years of age he might have been Called. like ictor Hugo the sublime cis,iti 4t tittfts he s.t.,s- somed oat ii all the splendor of a univef- sally acknowledged talent. d, lhlJty-iisc he was already disappointed man and di ni,y sn unhappy one III the most pols- nant acccptaton oI the word. These transformations oi character admit of 4 very natural explanation they follow and signal cut tie srea. phases oi ie. iirst. the Youth. magnihcenlly endowed. entei- ing upon his career wiih extraordinary success as an illustrator then the Man. who has reached the very highes, posi- ,ion he could have wished for in tha, branch of art where he has to give free rein to his magnificent mag nation. in marvellous iinprovisations of movement. of scienuilo effect. ot general impressive ness.
 So full of admirable qualities IS this portion of his work that one voluntarily oyerlooks its defec,s-the evidences of imperfect primary study. the carelessness of design When this work came under ones eyes 1t so dazzled them that one lost all iree-will and desire 10 discuss is many defects. Not to speak of the first debgf al all, from the appearance of the Ra6elais to tha; of the Bi6i<. the illus,ra- tor enjoyed one prolonged triumph. All nations turned toward this prodigious workman, begging hiEn for designs to illustrate the masterpieces of their respec- tive literatures. Spain wanted Ger vantes illustrated by him. just as England supplcated him 10 consent to illustrate Shake peare. and as Germany pe;i:ioned him to produce a definite edition of G9the, enriched with drawings.
 Thus did Gustave Dore pass the frs; twenty years of his artistic life. IT. the midst of acclAmaiions. The residence in the Rue Saint Dominique. where he died, was the theatre of this singularly successful and lucky existence from ,ha, building issued those innumerable de- signs which have made the name oi Dore celebrated l, was all frolic, youth and happiness in his studio. On Sunday evening the maddest artist reunions pos sible to imagine were held there Music was performed: circus entertainments were gwen. during which clowns walked upon their hands, and gymnasts ciung to the ceiling. Bu. among those who as sefnbled within that studio, Dore was the merries,, the maddest, the mos, charm ing. Even in his mature manhood his features retained something inexpress.bly infantine-the rosincss of baby an ex- tolerance of youth which he still retained a, thirty, and which he seemed destined to retain forever.
 Judge for yourself if Fate had TO, sought to make existence beautiful for him. Never was he 10 know the real cares Of life: his mothers fortune vas considerable from the Ea;reuhled and pseasant years of A.s remarkable chi,a- hood, Gussaye sprung lightly iato hls young manhood wFth success ard money 10 light his way. His fFiendsws-e many; and hisS r0tser. vhcI ke adoret, ard