New-York tribune., 1905-08-21

nervous SYSTEM caused by burglary at his
Paris residence. At the end Of July the painter
went TO La Rochelle. his birthplace and had
been bedridden since. Despite his eighty years
and weakness caused by his illness. NJ. Bou-
guereai retained consciousness until the end.
On Saturday night he called for a notary and
disposed of his estate He died at midnight.
surrounded by his family. The burial will be
al Mont Parrasse Cemetery. Paris next
"Wednesday.
Adophe Gufaume BoIguereau horn in the
old village OF La RoctnG-e. November 80 1926. he
began life IL q business house at Bordeaux. but
/ when stin 10y he founi his greatest pleasure
! with g brush BY perTnissiCr Of his employers he
| attended a drawing school OF NJ Alaux two hours
| each day. Alaux had group Of pupils who were
studying the art for the arts sake They were
| shocked TO mere money handler entering the
portals OF art and such art! He was treat
ed with contempt which. his chroniclers say, wound
! ed his fine nature but OF which he never openly
complained in his Junior years At the end OF
the first year young Bouguereau received the first
! prize from his master This caused furor among
| the pupils that wound up in a riot. Then followed
| a formal protest against his receiving the prize
| but il was unavailing. After this first success
| Bouguereau deserted the dry business career and
| gave all his time TO painting.
He studied under Picot in Paris and later entered
! the Ecole de Beaux Arts His progress there was
! remarkable. He brought the attention OF the lead-
not considered classical He was styled an aca-
denic realist his subjects appealed TO the
masses rather than the few stern adhereuts to the
classical brush His bitterest critics this early
day admitted him 10 be a consummate draughts-
man. IN 1850 his picture OF "Zenobia on the Banks
OF the Araxes" won the grand prix at Rome. He
became q pensioner OF that city, and during his
stay there sent several pictures to Paris. His st
Cecilia" exhibited in Rome. put him in the first
rank OF the artists OF that day.
HIS next great work was ''Phiomea and Procne''
The French government in 1875. purchased his
Mater Afiictiorum' depicting the Virgin
ing for the death Of Christ, for Z, 900 francs.
He was considered the most resourcefuI painter
OF the day He had no finished picture
than he outlining another. His success with
spiritual subjects was followed by remarkable
outburst Of popular enthusiasm when he began 10
exhibit his nudes. Leading writers of the French
press say that in this field Bouguereau found his
real work The Bather" Youth and Love"
"Pysche and Love" Alma Parens," The Triumph
Of Venus" and 'Nymphs and Satyr' were among
the pictures that added to his fame.
Some of his best paintings IN the private coll
lections Of Morris X. Jesup the Drexel family. Au-
gust Belmont J. J. AstOr and William Rockefeller.
AT sale Of some OF his paintings in the Waldorf
Astoria Judge Dugro bought the Alma Parens"
for IS 600 His .NyTnphs and Satyr brought $40 600;
ION the Way to the Bath" 5000. and Crossing
the Stream" s.. .60o
Not the least interesting incident OF the artists
life was his wooing Of an American woman. Miss
Lizzie Gardiner. OF Exeter N H They mar
side of seventy and she a woman OF middle age
They met in the artists studio along in 1870. when
came q pupil OF his and the first American
woman 10 receive the gold medal from the Paris
Salon She captured this eight years after she met
the artist. They were 10 have been married then
but Nine. Bouguereap' who lived most OF the time
until the artists mother died. But the old woman
thai Then he artist became inipatIent and tbet
were married, despite the parental protest