The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-09
EUR0PE'S FAMOUS PAINTER
IN Which a Noble Lady's Beautifu
Form IL Shown.


A special from Berlin to the New York
World says:
Tastefuuy clad in the garb Of Eve be-
fore the fall Countess Won Bulow, the
wife Of Kaiser Welhelm's new chancellor,
posed for one Of the principal figures in
AIakarts great painting Of Charles V
entering Antwerp
All the world may contemplate the
beauty she possessed a quarter OF a CEN
fury agU-and her admirers say that she
looks not a day older now-for the pic
ture is the property Of the city Of Ham
burg, which paid an enormous price for
it,
To some minds II may seem a little
well. startllng-that the chatelaine Of
chancellerie dignifed with memories Of
Bismarck should have unveiled her most
intimate charms for the perpetual de-
location Of posterity but that point Of
view does not take into account the inn
mense vogue OF the great colorist at the
period of his highest power
AIakayt was something more than
fashion. He was almost a religion. What
Wagner was in music he was in paint
ing. The proudest ladies fin Europe ac-
counted it an honor 20 have their beauty
transformed To canvass by that brush
which was the wonder Of the world
Queens-nav. an empress. GO to Tbs
Metropolitan Museum of Art AMI End
your way into the han filled with MIN
iatu-e models Of Notre Dame and other
architectural monuments AT the east
ern end l. a wonderful picture Of Benz
jamin Constants. At the Yves. ern end is
a huge canvass Of 0Iakarts- 'Diana's
Hunting Party
1t is alive with nude figures but the
figure that first and last arrests your
attention is that one erect. alert and
beautiful. Of Diana herself
You are gazing ON Elizabeth. empress
of Austria. in the flower OF her youth
with no hint on her clear brow o. the
fate thar in her gentle ola 8Fe She should
be stabbed % death hy an anarchist on
the shore Of Lake Geneva.
That win slve YOU some idea az Ma
karts vogue and Won wiz cease q won
der that the new German chanceUor's
wife should be visible undraped 10 the
eyes Of the world f.r SO Ionr. for the
paint does not crumh'e from the canvas
That toe. will prepare you for the fur
ther disclosure that photograph, repro
ducuons of the picture En- which the
Countess ven BuIov appears were COM
sidered so shocking IN America when
they FIRST appeared that in MANY CITES
they were excluded from exh.bition ana
even condscated hy the authorities.
What reelection for chanceuor's
wife,
She was not Countess Won Buow in
those days. but Mme. Won Doe4hoE
The picture represents Charles r.
handsome and Youthful hsure mounted
on a splendid charger. making lis t-ium-
phal entry into Antwerp in the midst %
a gay aopu,ace Arogn6 his horse walk
g group ~ beautiful women. one % whom
was Nine D1anlom.
II ives Htte iraccurate to say that
she was CARRIED ike Eve before the fal
for the artst introduced a wisp - gaure
SO hlmy and ethereal that even Eve
would not have felt f. burden
Counties Won Bulow has most interest
fng reminisceu1es ~ chose DAYS Maksrt.
she saws dieds.nei ske-ch,nc. ha ualnted
his figures directly upon canvas. l8e was
amia5le and oren-heart1d. and his only
relaxation were 1he merry feasts he gave
On his studio.
Her eraee's enthusiasm fer rrasouer-
AIDES possibly dates from that period %