The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-12-07
THE HABITS OF 4 TIENNESE PAINTER.
Hans Mnk~rt and his style OF Art.

Tho funeral of Hans Makart, the great
painter. was a pageant which he himself would
have loved to paint, No fault Is to be found
lords and ladies' OF VIENNA for trying to honor nor
hls remains aims rs best they could, But IL sympa
thlHinE with them. We should be careful not to
appreciate their faVorito painter according to
their estimate.
Mukart PROFESSIONALLY had genius. But
for his fame hereafter it Is to DO regretted that
he rose to eminencs when quite young man.
ana became at once not only the fashion but
he lived for sixteen years. coupled with very
hara pfioiiessi9na work rendered him morbid;
was, slippery. and was haunted by the idea.
to him dreadful. that it, would soon slip
from him. II he thought he detected shade
OF GOODNESS In the Emperor it threw him into a
state OF nervous excitement which cOng"sted
hiss hiss 6hran Weakened his body and produced
Makart depended on the good pleasure II
Francis joseph for his SPLENDID houss. lie
saved 10000 forms. on which an artist ofGmiet
unluckiy for him. he had contracted INJURIOUS
tastes. was fond of show and splendor. and OF
He burned. ii ever n man did. the candle at both
ends. Society in Vienna is at once very re.ig-
ranks pleasure is the rule. Though ii lakes
il9,ellect,, Ladies behave Iike Mnsdaien and
Mary OF Egypt before these saints reuented.
higher circles Of, Vienna u reason ior taking
whirlpool of arstocratic dissipation. Pro i-e
slonal models are generally well-conductcd
girls, and. to keep their beauty. are as sober in
amateur models ara d iiierent; ami. to Ills mis-.
fortune. the pet painter of the arstocracy had
chiefly to do with the latter kind. High and
pulssante and we'll born danes went to pose in
his studio as the Five Senses; alias the 1.usts
q the Flesh. rs Summer and her corttge Of
Goidesses, of Plsnty. and those flemish
venuses who walked in state OF nature before
the triumphant, Emperor. Charles w.. as lie
entered the good city Of Antwerp.
II he had to begin life over again he would
have stuck to the ,docii and easily cont"nt-i
professional model, The fashionable ladies'
did what they could not to bs artificial. But
their second nature WAS constantly asserting
Itself. ana thor whlms and fanri"s We're
endless and always bswi ldcring. one day
princess OF sovereign but not imperial or
royal house remained longer than she should
have done IN the models room. preparing
teld that she would com. when the sun
shine was less crude. AIakart was pre-
pairing for an exhibition. and as no was
quickly with the picture at which he was en-
aayligh,,, Of which the iadSS compl Hm ,"I
ercisss n order 10 heat her skin 10 the point at
which tho pearl powder, with which she meant
to gat herself busted. would adhere; The
cause she was very influential at court. But
no was so annoyed NJ her folly as to be- laid up
his painting her in her rouire de'riHstate a Oh
His women are. in general. purely dscora-
tive. One no more thinks OF falling in love
cony .Rubsns's feminins divinties were
splendid animals: Hans Makart's are not As
he himself well knew. there is no blood in their
els, he had to depict them as they wished to
appear. On being asked why he married a
s Ssr,a sims he said To have
pillars dressed. iOzSaks mo-. "'' WHY ''''''