The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11
SEEN IN The WORLD OF Art
THEODO RE On ISNERI as RRIET'
AND BRILLIiNT GlREER.
IIls WORK Important IN the Dr' rIopmeRi
oG Modern French art The Pupil Of
Iugrr. Who was AitrarIrd by DeIa-
cTOiN Influence Felt Later.

lngrr. Who Was Aftrartd bl VIVA
cTOiN -IIs influence Felt Later
.EoS little remembered today Is that
Theodore ChaS-'riaI whnse brief ana
htilIant CAREER. a. Muther pv'~ u. wa'
lib. cl.amlug m"tr.r shooting across
to- h,a,rns Of arr ~ hrst d"N ut ~
~ form 20 lugr-~' : sens" - the word and
attrr,ard. like p.acroiN. All enthuSl-
aEic lover ~ sunshine and the clear light
- Africa Born IN 1919 near san Duniin 70
he followed hts teacher lnRr'SS in 1874 "a
10, Villa Medici. hut even IN hls h-si
Picture the susanna ~ iS19, now IN
the Louvre he proved himself anything
10, an orthodox pupil He has not the
least understanding for the ideas or the
change Nhich have entered Irtp the art
uf oar time and knows aholute'y nothing
~ the poets of resent DAYS lie III live
OF - remiuI-. enc. and reproduction
90 "ertNiu ac"s IA M" art nf the past
without having created anything - hand
down To the future. My wishes and
ideas do not in the least correspond
with his In these words Chasserilu
has pointed out Nhat distiu g'iished him
frhm lnues. Unfortunately he pro-
duced bait little. Personally a very ele
CANT. blns@ gentleman. he plunged. on
hk return from Italy. into the dissipa' IONS
of Partisan life He was remarkably
ugly but his piercing black eyes are SAID
to'have Won Tor him many feminine hearts.
Hes hruke down Af the age ~ thirtv-siX.
Beyond various decorative paintings
for the Church - Saint Merry and .or the
Sale d.s Complies IN the Palais d'OTsay
only few Eastern pictures and hest and
mosi charactsrtstin. couple q. hthu.
graphs reni-lin - represent m, wo-k ~
these delicate mytholnGicRl compositions
a chord L. struck which found no echo
until a generation later IL was heard
again in the work ~ the French New
ldaslists and the English PrerRp aol -
There SpsakS an them a romantic HELEN
ism. something drcamiiy mystic. which
makes him remarkable link hctW cen
DelaCrolN and the most refined spirit IN
the modern school. Gus'INc MORGAN II
Was surely graceful act ~ Nor.au 10
dedicate To Theodore ChassSriau- his
picture The Young Man and Death
. For DelauroiN IN" Creole blood OF tn"
foru~r Ingres pupil burn"i with sym
rashv. hut h" had visited tho O-i"at and
settled in Algie-s With hi, volupiIoIS
tem,e.i'nent. which al-rli' pe-vl l.
hls first cla~slci,t picture, htIl i d.
the songs and IA" rrcoil"ctir1 ~
the women Of G-a, -. h. wl.a' o. ia
sympathy with thi. hand cha sS"TtI
was the first To paint the dp.n"stI. III,
Of Tn. Arabs. thnt- hose mI-k-'s and
camps. interiors OF mud hut, wl-n women
spinning wool watering Jla.e. aad
gloomy plains He ind ,rrooi IN, nat
live "a ther drlparl"s, n understood
their sHnpba and crafty souls tE"lr cruelty
and pride their childish JOYS and their
ohstipa'v He waN,i an'husilrtir oy,r
the beauty ~ N" ro-,.n"a AID a,r-",.
the severity of the fac"- tn. tawuv color
~ the soil. over Everything thFt fascinated
almost 10 dizziness m has "n"ryltiVg
country. - n OF nu Gs.Ia; srrn.'
furious medley, Of fnt-e' AID mn. hsrp,
Of gilt tatiers relieved hY the IA IN Of gu
metal aud the cold hlui.h sparkle ~ thu
blades equal those 81 pall~roiN le
Ihs most original Of hI- paintings ar" tn
ASPECTS 81 monotOnous and peaceful HE
Returning from TougSnurt or from Tim
CAD you can $3.50 again without fantasy
bis spinning women hi kef smokers
his camel dTIvers With mastery sure
nasp h" groups m"n and animals. pla ing
behind them the blue and golden per
sp@ctivns Of tho vast southern iandscap-.
Ch.tssrrIau' = Oriental works. documentary
and poetic as they Ar" remain among the
most significant that have ever l+.en
Uaint.d and contain the germ of ell that
came after him Maurlair m. Jointsi
ou' that even tn" audlciti.- 81 colorinE
which B.suaTd was 10 p"rmit himself
half \ century later under Algerian skies
may boz found in Chas-@risI
~ MacColi says that { hass 'r"Iu died
young and ha II u" laroi n" haE suror"i
n uerioi - uhltvipn. DE-" partly - tn
run ~ his grnitsst work ~ IN" nC"a-
DIARIES e rND tpmuur" and -ub-"Ius't
r.glo-' rarity to th' hrctk 4 continuity
thar the events - that time brought
about. partly ~ Lack 4 partiSarS for
non partisan tal"ut. hut also - certain
l..a lousy tor the fam" ~ 'hos" who had
Appropriated and d"y"lol"l HI, IDEAS
Ito was mother wholly fr- lusr"- nor for
HE "~"'ni".. h" was Olymp,an lnde"l
IA: n" Wa = nrol"rn poet ny the rn"lan-
Ch"ly IN ~ prid" and he was n"de~n
painter ny his desire to max" IN" mpnu-
mental real and ~ combin. u with land
- ave dfi "" Illiil ~ luRfeS. ny MS
own d"~ir" ~ tho ag" - ton IA" l"f' that
rchool rwh"r" his master had T,r"iictal
tha' b." would h"~Irna ~" Napnl" M -
raining frr research INTO color and HIGHT.
trrkoi Ear tpwat-i ~" coasts - HciacraIV.
81 J,asvinrHrH ronanc" 50 tod and palrt.i
~" FAST and occupied ~ youth with
rilInIuatlnn and "VI"rfn"n' On the mar
r7aPs ~ the notch" 'yr"- Il III. Trojan
c'iunrr with ~" poetry - ~" air a..
tfd srn"thtug. NOR" DveV ~ Cre 10
blood and I"r- nal sentiment dificuIt -
y press. that GaIti.r oall"i GrFrn- Indian
~. ,t-o and -..iu'ftve q -lnw hr.. kindlai
IN tn. o.Ial"- JI.,. - iugr". "" can IN
RI, ~ ~ 49,. threads better by prulunginz
tham .rip M" nest E"a"rnf'uu This laE'
siraiu WORKED uut ALMOST i-pistri. e."u
carir,R rIr,si m IA" f"vcrlsh impotence e
Ciu-tA, Murelu. 4 lover q m" J,rsugaut
spice and h"ldy .no"u-" 81 painting hu'
,InahI" - di-'Il 'hrrn from the hing
Iuo uiu"r strain "t q monumental art.
fulI - an"i"nt quiet II the gods amt th..iT
sa.rrd seats -uhrrttcd 'u IN" powers 81