The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03

to the light in three episodes the life of his
heroine. the almost supernatural side CT
that figure which, like that OF Solomon,
seems almost a magical one Thus, in the
first canvas. the Queen being seated on her
throne surrounded by her servants; he
the transmission Of the thought of King
Solomon, under the form of a dove, in a
mysterious message invisible to all.
Carving out. in the smallest details, al
most to minUteness, all that legend reports
of the pomp of the court of Solomon be
reprOduceS the episode OF the reception OF
| the queen by the monarch on his throne.
surrounded by his warriors, his couruers
and his wives.
mysterious bird with a woman's head, and
as she advances steps upon a mirror pre-
pared Intentionally, the king wishing 20
truth in the runor among his people thae
the Queen magician had legs as hairy as
those of a goat.
In the third compartment the artist syn
thetizes the union OF the male and female
magician from whom the race or Aoyssinian
emperors issues-that Is TO say. ne presen.s
them at the moment when. having found
her sufficiently beautiful. he raises the ORA
peries which close the hail Of the women.s
apartment and introduces the queen "
Sheba. to the women of his harem-
Captivated With Africa.
Having asked II. Rochegrosse the causes
of his taste for scenes of Oriental antiqvity,
trations he had to make for Salammno.
and that. wishing to becoEe acQuat1sed
WIKI AT least ILc luAlAo VI
visited Tunis, and, captivated. had taken
I'M his abode in Africa, where ne no"
passes all CT his winters.
With ms nalr cut in a fringe on the loLe-
head. his black pointed beard streaked WITH
silver. his slightly swarthy complexion. "a.
Rochegrosse has somewhat of the appears
horn at Versailles. But douDuess the ~
nosphere in the midst of which ne grew
in n literary romantic center. and the cons
slant presence of masters such as Flaus
bert and Theodore de Banville. by whom hs
vas brought up, the latter naTlng s,anes
upon his genius at the same time as MS N
NV vocation for painting. or rather for
art. was quite spontaneous. My stepfather
who brought me up, for he occupie hlmssG
about me from the age or . years ~
it was necessary to leave to every one tns
greatest liberty on this head. but certainly
his influence was not foreign TO It's oir a. j
tie all my life and not having yet touna my
way in the style in which. l have since
even coilaboraffng with Forain in Illustrate
:rg La Vie MOderne.
One of Mr.. Carver's Possession.
However. at one and twenty 1 obtained .
by the POpulace Through the
Streets of Rome Since then l have undeI-
taken different styles; One OF my iaTssJ.
nine meters by seven, belongs e
one of your compatriots, Mr.. Carver OF
Boston. to whom L sold II several SeAfs !
ago. -SS ?
..At present 1 am occupied with the deccs
ration Of an important chapel. raised bySS
10 the memory of her husband. tnS
ceiling of which is entirely decorated WIZ
II osaics. l have closely studied the ByysnF
tine masters in Venice. and above all at Raj
VIENNA. and. like these old masters Of m9s
safes. 1 apply their art to architectural dec
oiatlOn.'"
This work is important. and the artiss
me the rough model. He Is also 60
cupied with designs for carpets. and is Pfc z
pairing a great portrait of Nine. Rochs-
crosse, which seemed to me full Of promise.
But it is not only in large compositions
that one can admire the talent Of the young
for l saw in his studio a great num-
Der of small pictures in the course of paint
ing. among others a young Egyptian girl
PLAYING the cithara. and. above all. some
landscapes. Algerian studies of great in
tensity of light and color. which are, in nay
opinion. the work of a landscape painterso OF
he first order.