New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-22
MJLLET AND 1.-THE ANGELUS."
THE PAINTERS LIFE-GAMBETTAS VIEWS
OF ART.
From The London Globe.

CASTOR Calmette has been making sOHo
Ing inquiries into the early Life of Francois Iiiea,
the great painer-the fresh triumphs won Dy anc
Angcus" having caused the revival of the strans G
legends current about him at one tmes how ne Vea
dire poverty and died in great misery did nT was to
actual 80 aSs tsmy of Mct for
has succeeded in obtaining some interesting iMo oS
doubt they say MG S w Ussi ne Of his s life
and genius painful in the extreme ms So r %a
to hard snS % prGs OIL But nut om
when he exhibited the Vanneur-the hrs' P gi
which, sOandOnins aS1Ssacs tb hove ne IN
w was changed ns was little Of ch admirers Wss
aSr 1Sey Wer finished Certainly the sums paid We're oG
very ssS r Ss e ay a very hard he
was able 10 make enough to live without pryauon,
and bring up his niue ohdTe4 yell anc h We're pa
him for decorating the Hotel Thomas ana a. s snr
sum for s pa9si Pi bis '9S most ansne could
have anticipated time when HEM ms Sid no ook like
be so for %. iSso0O fans S S %
biz and corpulent with wooden shoes, hair prusnen
oSGN ehS om Of bu and strong hands like those
OF a peasant. II any doubt renamed l a. 10 wnu6
almost be disposed Of by the condition Of his family;
His widow passes the summer al har3hon an dou orIy
one Unmarried The sale organized after the decease
of her husband brought her in over 4Vo9o1 iTanc
nrobably not far wrong when he thinks he has utterly
legend tIS of the rdnged he great eat
painter and his FAMILY
aThe Angelus" is now on view ar N. George Petts
gallery In Paris subscription has also been opeheG,
some of The proceeds of which Will 60 to the painter
widow Persons who give donations OF four pounds
will be presented with an etching OF Ihe Ahgeus;,
days hv tbe painter Of the 22.1o0 pounds Aneeus'
II will be observed that they modify to some cHent
the eCsr dc rose picture ersn 81 BY n CASTOR camet
Try my dear Sensicr 10 coin some money WIN ny
70 fan them or @ even sny 80 sense
all over Paris trying to sell MIets pic,urcS h ~.
offered them md oO OF sc no Sm off as mailman Others
more rarely, buoght. but at laughabie prices ,,I
time adds this good sense d tn GET our
Of diflculties | soc It all through mist. which
changes sometimes into splendid ranoows ,1 1r wa
&C convinced as of mathematical fact that Miet was
Again Milet writes "Ah the end Of the m9n Glcn
where shall find the money for II? For the chluIch
must eat ,,..,,,
future looks! At least let me work TO the end.
Headaches, big and little have bcsiesed me-
# would S1 i' not have done Mct much good even
he had known that The Angeius' IN d It" !'"S
would sell for 22,120 pounds:
What the Paris correspondent Of The Tines calls
" n real curiosity has. he says. been communicated
m him I'm the shape OF unpublished letter Dy Tam
bet written in 1873 while on Visit !e 70 bf IN the
wilson Gallery OF this picture he says me scene
admirable and has Wider bearing ear ner ,S" psnep
t that oT living ardeniiy amid the passions and prob
lens his he takes his share in them ana his cans
Vas Painting thus understood ceases TO De mere
spectacle; II rises higher ro and T ansV ctzcS
I nnses the artisi, and with grand and
noble picture have lesson Of social and political P al
moIaty" He then goes 20 say Rarest thlhg or
all the English are here placed ana 1asy So p eo
first rank. Tho works OF Turner, SosuaVh anu 3d
country. Turner moro reasonable ana hioi,iaoo t,a'
You have the pleasure Of seems him IN ms a oon "
IL hat fr7lp
nature which made him the inaugurator OF me new
naturalist school Of panngi wh0 descpon Of
pretended Greek Roman LANDSCAPES, ana %no 10, ILL.,
used his own eyes to see ana IN tbeT sfrklng na
leaufy and who having seen and rememDeicn, so"se
fix, and succeeded in n and the o variations Of INT
snSious only for two thnes-accuracy Oh heht anu
truth Of form. Such was C9is'a99n ns nacry and
nave na have greeted with emotion the memory OF
man but for whom whom ,o 1ss So sim copying and
senGn the legacy OF the first Eusache Lesueur
Werner irOdst sands s o' and Cardboard trees
p The pesrl seems TO us TO be Reynolds for every
MnIete nature and humanity and what nature mere
Is in the fresh shade of an immense Engs ra' 1 th
what humanity and grace are bnSen NV the artist for
his conception young widow 1T az 1 wrte
her beauty IS playing Win ner On her sp Tho young
woman beholds in her beloved child ieaiuSI tc s
Of sdored husband and as thouSh enc, n" extends
his hump and rudy little hand to The chm OF hi,
moher who in her grief cannon heip shiis ni
tbat smile like flower suddenly bursting forth amid
storm reminds Of the splcndh Ver rs VI o ahi
10 The hero about 10 die for his country smiles uongh
her tears on presenting 10 him the young AsH1"aA,
who needless amid this great grief is plaNg WI, w
nl,lme OF the redoubtable Trojan's helmet heNnOIS
widow mIngles in her moist and joyous eyes saa MN
ory and the pleasing hope which Is there uhdcf her
ewes in The robust aud restless little BODY oi this
being fun Of force and promise. II lmpos,luIe u
Give family life loftler and penetrating impress
SION Everything ends and everything recommenc.
flowers spring up and live on 'lbs: ana arV,r , AZ
what ~ everlasting nature at our JOYS eieis'
hopes or dsappontmentsl She Is ever inexhauslDie.
We in bcr hands are forms which she trfs ana rejects
pushing ever forward her divine architecture our
pride duty and honor. like our recompense consist IN
understanding and helping her, II possible ana IN any
in appearing and disappearing with eqan sr'
of mind and equal iDsenSibllity' , M,
These last words the correspondent adds redi ihc
a sad presenfment Of Gambctta's own early end