Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-27
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the passing multitude, II IL stills lhughte.
and suppresses the word Of jest and moist
ems the eyes Of the beholders, II Is a great
picture. II Is n poem more than n paint
Ing. Such work IL "Alone In the
World"
A powerful picture indeed Is Bourguer'
eau's "women at the Tomb" IL Is the
sepulchre Of Christ. The door Is open, and
within the angel beckons the waiting Mag
dalens to come. These waiting, weeping
women are woe itself. The faceof one you
cannot see, but there Is sorrow in her pos
turp. Another Is sad but self-contained,
while the third, showing her sharp but
youthful profile, Is with lids red from
weeping. Her mouth IL the sensitive,
pained, auiye-'ng mouth OF woman In
agony. Her eyes are liquid with tears
through which love may be seen shining.
There Is no more sensational picture In
lhs palsce than "Tho Flagellants," by
Earl Marr, a native Of Milwaukee, u pupil
OF his father and Of the Bayarian Royal
Academy at Munich, where this giant can
vas was painted. II is q daring COMPOST.
tlon. In all II contains several hundred
figures. At the right the cathedral, In the
background towers Of the middle ages, and
the street full Of q religious procession. In
the foreground the fanatics with their
barred bodies covered with wounds from
which the blood Il flowing. Some ae still
provoking tho flesh. Others run f)r COM
fort 10 the litt ,r on which the boy king Is
,arried and seize his hand and cover It
with their frenzied kisses. At the head OF
Ihe strange procession is priest who, with
omen mouth and frame that Is almost
shaking with epileptic fervor, points the
way 10 his followers. II In CHASTITY yet q
fascinating sccne.
Near by, In the same gallery, Is Julian
story's " Episode Of the Revolution" The
assassins of that widest hour In all his
tory are dragging a nobleman from his
house to put him to death In the streets,
where other victims lie sweltering In their
blood. Mile de Sombreuil is on the steps
covering the body Of her father with her
own and appealing to the assassins to
snare him. They consent, II she will pay
ltbe price they ask; and the price II to
drink a goblet OF human blood, which one
of the fiends may be seen handing to her.
History records that sho paid the prfce
In the Austrian section large picture u
always surrounded BY q throng Of ar
mirer~. 10 represents . moment OF despair
In the history Of the North Pole expedi.
ton sent out by the Austrians In 1872 and
led by Payer and Weyprecht. After spend.
ing two years In the waters aud on the
land OF Franz Joseph land, an Arctic region
hitherto unknown, these explorers aban-
doned their Imprisoned ship and set out
across the surface Of the frozen sea for
Europe. "After two months Of indescrib.
able effort, !" wrote Payer In his account of
the journey, 1--WE had made but two Ger.
man miles twelve Engllsh miles) and
the ship wa still In sight. The mon were
In despair, and begged to be permitted to
60 back TO the ship, where there was al
least comfort and plenty, even II death fol
lowed later. But weyprecht pointed u
the south, exclaimed Never retreat, and
led the way for another effort" This u the
scene which the artist, Payer himself. hai
put ON canvas. modestly leaving out hii
own figure. From an art point OF view u
h not great picture, but the manner ID
which it attracts the multitude In proof ol
| the fascination which Arctic adventur'
has over the popular mind.
Frenchman, @. Guignard, contributel
Q striking picture, "Ths Scouts In Flight.
u n 8 baSv scene, sand everywhere whit
J and hot, and but TIVE o. thfse tfees bfsak