The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-19

Charles Quint, of Germany, wishing the tombs of the church of St Denis was painted in Isr1 for he new szcrisy of the above-named church. A few years after, # was removed from there to the Louvre and another substituted in its place. In this picture the artist intro duees portraits ot Catherine dc Medicis, Diana of Poitiers (mis<rcss of nenrY II ! Jean Goujon, the scalpfOF, and Rabelais- Gros was honored with the title of baron, and made officer of the Legicn of Hcaor He died a suicides death, victim to the critics, who criticized his hisfoxicaI pic- lures so violently as to fl1 his sensitive splri, with despondency. and he threw himself into the Seine, June $. 1855.
 Guerin chose historic and physiological subjects for the most pan. His mon successful painting was The Return of Marcus-Sextus" Marcus was prescribed by Sylla, and when, some time after. he returned to his home, he found his wife dead and his little daughter weeping by the side of the body. In the picture Marcus is seen sitting upon the border of the couch, holding the hand of his dead wife, the type of hopeless grief Guerin was a native of Paris, and he died Tn Rome. where he was buried in one of the churches alongside of Claude Lor- rain.
 With the restoration began the era of modern French art. and it's dawn vas ushered in by the exhibition, Tn the yea. ISi9.of Theodore Gericault's |" Shipwreck ef the Medusa." More revolutionary fkayx f ditions of the past and introduced thor ough innovations with the utmos, bold ness. He was the first to give expression 10 passion and unrestrained emotions. preferring fidelity to all other aims. He made free use of the melo-drama,ic ele- ment, and used great effor, to enhance the impression produced on the spectator. His example, followed by younger artists, at length gave rise to the romantic school. which aftcr violent opposition at length became dominant. This school drew its inspiration from Shakespeare. Goethe, Byron and Sir Walter Scott. and they were at the same time skillful illustrators of the most interesting pages in the,r own national history. Holding bu, little in- tercourse wiih the art of the past, they devoted themselves entirely to the life of the present. Foremost among their ranks are the well-known names of Dela- croix. Ary Sehefier. Nernet. paul Dela- roche. Ingres. and others. Delacroix appeared for the frs, time in the Salon of Paris in Is-.. when he exhibited his |" Dante and Virgil" Two years later he produced his Massacre of Chlos." Tn which, according 10 adverse critics of the day. he n,assacred all academic rules. all sacred traditions of art. It excited great interest, however, owing to the general sympathy fei, tor the Greek at that time. Delacroix excelled in collecting masses of contrasting tints, grouping his figures accordingly. Scheffer distinguished himself by his Battle of the Sulio,s,' and his pictures from Goethe.
 Horace Vernet was another master in the same school. in his day the most popular painter in Europe. Hewas hon. ored everywhere, and almost treated as an equal by princes of all nations. He dedicated his art to the service of the French army, illustrating the wars of Napoleon and the exploits of the French in the war with Algiers. He possessed a remarkable knowledge of military ma neuvres, and could represent in clear and ineligible manner the most compli- ea,ed battle scenes. The types of the French soldiers which he painted are noted for their striking fidelity. He was at one time director of the French acAd- emy in Rome, and he painted numerous scenes from Roman life He was the first painter 10 introduce Oriental subeets into French painting, and the hrs, 10 render biblical scenes more attractive by giving hem appropriate surroundings.
 Historical pictures are mainly indebted for their long-lived popularity in France 10 the works of Paul Delaroche. who closely .renohed on Horace ternets fame. Among his pictures best known through he engraver are "Dea;h of Queen Elizabeth. tihe hgures of life slze). Riehe.ieu and C,nq Mars. Maz- arin on his Death-bed,' Cromwell by the Coffin of Charles l.. v Sons of Ed ward, Lady lane t.rey." and Assas- sina,lon of the Due de Guise. Towards the end of his life like Delaeroix. he re- vealed preference for religious themes, chiefly of sombre nature. such as the Sufferings of Mary
 J. @h- b' sh8tSS, tnousH oaaCt Han these contemporaries, survived them all, and his labors extended over period of sixty years. He was in his youth pupil of David, afterwards he studied in Italy Hi: best known pictures are ~Gdipus and the Sphinx," in the Louvre. and Francesca da Rimini,r in the gallery of the Luxembourg palace. Lawrence Bar ret. in producing his play. evidently copies after this picture in the closing tabieau. lngres was painter Of marvel ous versatility.
 Coeval with these great painters were other able masters who exeelled in ,heir own peculiar way, Decamps was unsur- passed as celorist of Oriental scenes. and very effective historical genre-pieces were produced by Robert Fieury. S,euben, Coute and Coipnef Towards the mid