The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-03
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The Ninth anniversary OF the Trav-
| eiels study club was celebrated in
quiet way on Monday evening, March
20, with fun attendance of the mem
| bers, who have increased somewhat In
the passing of the years. The subject
of the Monday meeting was the French
empire, With review of French art
| and literature.
The first topic was i'm the form Of a
talk, describing i'm detail the life OF
| the fascinating Empress Eugene and
| her influence over, Napoleon III and
the affairs OF state. 1t was noted that
| Eugene was indirectly responsible for
the downfall OF the empire, as she per-
suaded the emperor TO engage In the
| last war.
An able paper. by one Of the MEM
bers. followed the talk" The paper
gave some original ideas upon modern
| French realists," calling special atten-
ton 10 the fact that lin these days OF
| iSms' the terms impressionist and real
! list are sometimes much abused" The
paper continues. Realism worships ma
! ture. To say that realism Is corse and
| vulgar is 10 declare against nature and
her works. So the reaist would teach
us lesson OF truth. lie paints his pic
ture so true and perfect that all men
| who look upon II know il is a likeness
OF the world they have seen. All life
bears a moral. and the true artist must
| teach a lesson into his every fact IL Ia
from the realities of life that the higher
| localities are born.
'The iirst Of the French realists was
Leopold Robert lie was born i'm Neu-
| chatel and died in Venice i'm 1885 After
! attaining splendid success he had the
! modification OF seeing his art so out
| Of fashion, and being unable TO strug-
| gle against techuicalities which have
! since been overcome by inferior men,
Il .H..a.l l..
! lived in n day when people cared more
FOR art than for nature, SO his paint
! ings have less of air. light and effect
| than those of the present
Continuing the paper dwells upon
! other French artists OF that period who
| succeeded where Robert failed. Troyan
| was described az q vigorous painter.
with a strong grasp OF reality and
! poetical element i'm his art which al
| ways preserved IL from evil. Emile
! Van Marche, who died in 1880. was re-
| ferred 20 as the "sOn Of Troyan,' ar
tistically spakmg. lie exercised
healthy influence on the French school.
| His pictures were never studies but
carefully thought out compositions,
however simple In subject.
, OF the present day. said the essay
! list, no French artist has succeeded as
a realist i'm rura life more completely
than L'hermitte. whose two most nota-
1 DIE pictures are ray lime III i1dINt0l
| and Reapers Rest
| Paul Alex Protais. Belle cour. G. Mo.
reau de Tours and Morton were each
| briefly mentioned as great French
painters of realistic seheel= ef the
| present day. The illustrlous names OF
| Rosseau, Dupre Millet, Rost Bonheur
| and Carrot were mentioned as masters
| of works too well known To need de-
scription.
The above apaper was appropriately
| followed by Leaves from the Diary OF
an Artist Student describing most
| wildly the Bohemian life of these jolly
men. their alns and ambitious and
| their anxiety when competing Tor
! prizes or az entrance to the Salon, that
mecca OF al! artists.
The concluding paper OF the evening
J ga"c an entertaining review OF Dumas
historical novels. Dumas rank as n
| writer of historical novels was placed
next 10 that of Scott. His stories, how
ever, were criticised as being deficient
| in plot, not remarkable for delinea-
ton of character. and lacking i'm de-
| scriptive passages. His dialogue.
through which his characters reveal
| themselves was spoken OF as his "spe-
! cial excellence" bot his books We're
mentioned as being read simply for the
story and not for the diction and style.
The Sorea club held its closing meet
ing for the season at the residence of
| DIR. George Matthews, on Cranston
street. on Monday morning. March 20.
| 4 study of German art occupied the at
| tention of the club during the past win
] ter most of the conferences being held
| al the home OF the president of the
| club. Mrs. Nathan Barton, on Young
1 Orchard avenue. The subject Of the
| closing meeting was The Revival OF
| German Art as illustrated by the
works Of Henreich Hess, Karl Lessing
| and Wilhelm Won kauiback.
| KaulbaCk has been called the morn
| ing star" OF contemporary German art.
| King Ludwig encouraged him by
| princely commissions and had him
! adorn his new building of the Odeon
! with frescoes Of Apollo and the
| Muses." his garden arcades with de-
signs i'm allegory, and his throne with
| scenes from Klopstock and Goethe. King
| and people united 20 praise-the works
The " Battle of the Huns is usually
4 preferred by critics and is often called
| the spectre battle because or its en-
| bodyiuR the old legend of the fierce
| barbarian combat continued in the air
| by the ghosts Of the dead.
| The Destruction ,.Df Jcrasulem'' is
| equally WI, rd and sublime. The thought
resulting from the above study was
| that "all should examine for them
| selves the photographs OF these designs,
! as well as the minor but popular Illus
| trations from Shakespeare and Goethe,
| and the studies Of beasts, for photo
! graphy and engraving are unusually
! favorable TO kaulback. whose excel
| lencc lies in form and composition
| rather than I'm color.
|
The regular meeting Of the Mothers
| club was addressed on Monday March
| 26. by Miss Charlotte Morrill,. teacher
| of physical culture I'm the Classical
| High school. subject Detectives from
F, Lack of Physical Development
The speaker described various NAL
! formations and chronic diseases which
| arise from poor training and lack of
| svstcmati, care in early childhood. ana
| gave much valuable advice In conncc-
tion with her subject.
The Embreoso club ~ this city Che
| Youngest child of the Rhode Island
| state Federation OF WOmcn's clubs)
! b,. ,.rteufy paugs for much self