The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-11
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end Of that space Of time they cense TO be nov.
elites. and either vanish in tho limbo OF obliy.
ION. or else become ancient history. Ten DAYS
ago. on Jan. 10. Prince Napoleon WINS arrested
and taken to the Conciergerie; on tho nth md
18th several dangerous royalist and Orleanis,
conspiracles wero discovered by imaginative
journalists; on tho 10th people began to
think that We were on the owe Of a revolution,
Then came strange news from Pa<lia-
menI PROPOSALS for the expulsion OF
the members Of families which had
1t any time reigned over France,
rumors OF ministerial crises. reports that the
Eiysse WAS being fortified. that tho military
guard Of President Grevy had been doubled.
and that tho Presidents bedchamber had been
connected by telephone with the barracks OF the
Pepinicre. All this seemed very terrible. Peo-
ple talked rather wildly OF dinner tables. md
journalists wrote still more wildly In the news.
papers. To-day. ton days after tho arrest OF
Prince Napoleon. matters remain exactly in
statu quo: tho Prince Is in prison. the Govern
ment does not know what to do. the Parliament
is In the same predicament. ind. in short.
things In general are very unsettled and very
unsatisfactory. only this state OF things has
now lastcd so long-ten dnys-that people have
become accustomed to 1t: the feeling Of alarm.
or ut least OF uneasiness. has given way TO a
feeling OF Indifference; neither Plonplon nor
tho Comte de Chambord. nor tho Due d'Aumale
seem to be ready or willing to make "a revolu.
tion. Very good. Then lot US talk about some
thing else. and leave the Deputies and the Min
listers to get out OF the muddle rs best they can
The Parisians luckily are not depenJent on the
Legislature for topics Of conversation. although
they are always ready to have a good laugh at
the expense OF their Ministers.
Tho French caricaturists never hesitate to
trnnt tha tnn AZ upI.
pant pencils. Only few days ago saw n
caricaturo OF the grim skeleton Death holding
his scythe and wipinG his weary brow with an
"Oufr OF relief. Behind him was q stubble
field with sheaves bearing the names Of the
grcat lives that he had mown down within the
past few weeks. Gambetta. Chanzy. Ciesinger.
&c. The grim skeleton has soon recovered his
strength. and on Monday. the 22d, he added
the name OF Gustave Dore to the list OF his VIC
Tins. No artist Of this century had more
worldwide fanlO than Dore. Figure painter.
londscapist. aquarellist. sculptor. and druughts-
man. Gustave Dor6 reminds one OF those aston
ishing artists of the Renaissance, who wer.
painters. sculptors. stone masons. constructors
OF domes. poets. swash bucklers. and soldiers ii
needs WIRE The artists q our epoch are rarey
genius. Specialists, slow and painful producers
this ono OF Louis XIII. figures, this one OF SOL
mingo; they look askance on great and gener-
Gus. Gus WORKERS and willingly incucate tho doc
an artist. and facility u curse.
Dafhng the last twenty years Of his life Gus
his sterile contempoIaries, 1t was in vain that
ne painted picture after picture. colossal figure
h Her ' what mne w sssI hs
MSs ee IN ,Gs or Z;
stcl "a, an artist must have his speciality and
he cannot Us allowed TO interpret the sr;nnces
and af Ssa n sssf''f SS s nSs
his own country. Tho critics did not discuss
speet and admiration forhis love Of work. his
passion for art and his contempt Of mercantil-
s lis sna d9anGn mfe cpeh 1s
CyelOpean pnintins. The o6stinaey with which
Dores liie; IN his later years le entirely
rowel the circle OF his friends. and came to
whom h,s eon..mgGra5lss dsdaIne3 70 thsir
JUS. as much to this moral trouble rs 70 the the
Qlinsy to which the doctors attribute 1t.
with the frame Of an acrobat and the head of
p9ss sc brilliant eyes smiling mouth shaded by
company Dor6 showed no signs OF his disan.
Eointrnent. He WAS IL mighty fiddler before tho
Eternal, and when ne wa: not nappnf or "a
cloth. on his shirt cuffs. on newspaper mar
gins. anywhere. II he was invited to u mousse
putting his hand into his pocket and eNtracin.
three wllNe mice or some surprise OF that kind.
him in the street you would almost have felt
inclined 70 offer him aims for the excelient
70 cs S S hs M tailor who used
Dore's studio did not in tho least resemble
the elegant I palaces q tho fashionable artists
ffeau. Besides the studio whore lie lived. in the
Rue Saint RominiSne. D9rg had IN iin,ponse
dns school, n Ills 3 aesr studio, aufs ssa
wnSs studio s s .ns
neil solSTs S1S:hSs nIIs: dE,TIs. states
yariss. No tapestries. NO rich drapsries, no
sSss . to r.. ssnt Tss
; S,m'ailer There pore used to 90 most Of his
sseh per snf a s p
sies Of the Pnrc Monceau was the little I'm
Portance he attached to hie work Every year
snd always scattered his sketches freely among
his hotel acquaintance, Some two years ago. I
ing, Of the exhibition OF tho 8ocistj dss Aqua
s"11s,ss Si which DSrS was s S In
now that you are hero, said Dors 70 Ills friend.
s VIZ. shall send slos!d lks t. have your
colors from the midst Of a miscellaneous pile |
Of stun. he placed II on tho table. and In doing
10 managed to upset All Oh lainp right into the |
po .! 10Y may inHsiae that the artist
word" With apparently perfect indifference
ne ne. picked up the lamH saying. ! hope they
nothing +" n 70 exhibit" Among the wntsr colors
posed OF birds of brilliant piuma.e.. parrots.
m !Is. Tyre birds, birds OF paradise, &c..
which figured conspfcuousiy at the exhibition |
81 lhe Socitte DIES AIuarelistes. Dord hoped that
~; ,I,s Stale would buy ,heso two Panels. and have
Them reproduced In tapestry at the Gobelins |
mnanuiact9ry. The State did not buy thouf. and |
Dore WAS bitterly disappointed.
The rapidly with which Dore worked was
marvellous. In his lifetime he HIS covered
acres OF canvas and paper. His painting was |
S done nearly rptirely with the brush and the
manner with charcoal: He never had docu-
inents. sketches or models. do not cite this
,,art In eulogy Of Dore but simply as q fact. |
Y m.s ocular memory was remarkable. Some
great picture Of "Christ LEAVING the Prlt.to.