St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-08

yellowlsh light lingering upon the tree
in the extreme background, and the
rich, dark coloring in the foliage, make
the picture a rare value. Then. too,
there is 1.-The Seraglio," rich in Span
ish skies and foliage, and "The Temple
OF Love-" all showing Diaz's wonderful
colOring.
One of the finest of DupEe's pictures
which Mr.. Hill owns is The Marshes"
and certainly merits what a great critic
said: 1.-THE picture ranks with Rous-
seau as incontestably the greatest col
orist of the century" 1t is a magnifi-
cent canvas. The COWS stand in the
marshy foreground over which the dusk
has fallen almost to night, while the
glorious golden sunset still fingers in
the sky of rich tropical crimson.
Another fine picture in Mr.. HilPs
gallery is Ardna's Rehearsal" VIII itch
is rich in coloring and wonderful in ere
alton. One In looking at the picture
can easily imagine he is within the
splendid Yaulted nall, rich with freScoes
and carving, and listening to the ener-
getic bandmaSter. who is 81 industri-
ously conducting the rehearsal before
the cardinal, who sits with his
full red robe falling in stately
folds around him, among his
courtiers, with a smile of pleasure on
his face; aud they can see the fine text
ure of the directors changeable silk
coat, as he stands upon a low stool
brandishing both arms with such vigor,
OF the bassoon players great cheeks
from overwhelming of beer; look on the
face of the first VIOLIN" as he leans
forward to make sure Of his score, so
real is the picture to life.
Mr.. Hill possesses two very fine
D'Aubigneys. One is a sketch from
which he painted one of his most cele-
brated pictures, the one described in the
Hundred Masterpieces Of French Art"
1t is an exquisite scene. 1t is almost
dark,a few light clouds are just touched
with pearly pink. One in looking at it
can almost feel that he is standing by
the pond beside the boy as he waters his
horse, and so real is the soft, still air, he
seems to breathe it. 1t is a wonderful
creation, and too much can not be said
in it's praise. D'Aubigney's pictures
hang in the Louvre, the Luxembourg
and the Tuilleries.
The Masterpiece.
But among all Mr.. HIPS great pict-
ures, there is none so great as his bib
lis" Corot's. great masterpiece. 1t is
the jewel and queen of his collection. 1t
is difficult to speak ittiDgly of the real
value of this great picture, "Biblis,"
the queen of the CorOts. Mr.. Hill is not
in the habit of telling the cost of the
pictures he buys, but as this canvas is
pronounced one of the very finest that
ever came from the masters easel. and
as it is ranked equal to the "Orpheus"
which hangs in Cottier's New York
gallery, and which was rated as worth
$4,000 ten years ago, it is safe to say
that Mr.. Hill paid $4,000 for "Biblis,"
as is reported in art circles.
Many Corots have been seen in Amer
lea, and who is there that has seen q
COrot that has not placed him at once
as the greatest of landscape painters?
But out of the forty-three real Corots
there is none so great as the "Biblls,"
and when looking at it one feels that
none but a Corot could produce such Il
marvel of truthful Interpretation Of
nature, of pictorial beauty and poetic
feeling.
"Byblls" or "Biblis." as Corot gives
1t, was the daughter of Miletus, who
wept herself into a fountain through
the love of her brother CaunuS, and
Corot tells US about the nymph in the
only way that a true poet in painting
could. He shows us a PROSTATE figure
at a distance, and he puts a trickllng
riyulet in the foreground, which, if we
choose, we can imagine connected with
the figure.
The great masterpiece was painted
the very last year of Corot's life, when
he was nearly eighty years old. He
painted 1t at the close of the Franco
German war, dividing his time between
the administration to the wounded sol
diers and his easel, and, if in the midst
of such scene CarnOt could give to the
world such a masterpiece as the bib
lis" he is indeed worthy of the greatest
honor that can be paid him.
For sOme time the painting hung
among the Secretan collection, where
Mr.. Otlett, Of Brussels, bought 1t. Re-
| Gently his whole collection was pur-
chased by the Roussod firm, and, upon
learning this fact. Mr.. Hill. who had
seen the "Biblis" in Paris, at once pur-
chased it. While Mr.. Hill possesses
pictures of great value, no matter what
they are, the .Biblis'' will be the jewel
and queen Of the collection, for there is
but one Corot. one "Biblis."
Although an enthusiastic admirer of
art, Mr.. Hill cares nothing for sculpture.
In all this magnificent collection there
is but n piece of statuary, and that is
"Othello." 1t is surprisingly strange too,
when he Is such an admirer of the
the beautiful, that he can not see any
thing worthy of his admiration III mar