The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-21
SEEN IN The WORLD OF ART
6ISellE IOI RBET'S PLACE
AMONG THE RE- tIISTS.
An InsarEent Who Made Up Hls Mind to
Paint Only What We saw ami 10 ne
strict "a. t:Hsrt To This some Pirst
ttAss t'ourbrIs In American Galleries.

Tee forerunner or revolutiorist in
ART - seldom a prop'et m ! - own land.
r. ~ a. been a." case with I = majority
Of rehels from Moses To MAret Curl
ously enough. tie gauntlet ~ dehAr &c
row. down Ia - critics and public
Wy an eNSsperat"i ard original artist
l. seldom II ever ertirely rev II ger
yally oorsiSts of old material realty
or rlldely stitched an vita " at il novel
The painters individual temperament
j. after all tho touChstoue VI .n with
te years q proper critical perspective
a. been attained . irnoyator falls
irto the proper hpe ard il cctic ro-
nnar;!Cism ur ferOCious realism or mystic
symbolism - seen To H.. oply free ST
leaves on ia" eterral ard classic tree
Of art lhi- ; oltS good for ruc a soil
tary ~ Gustav" Moroau a. u Toes for
ruC al Irsursert ~ Gustav- Court Il
tt" latter master hOastsd of ~ ratural-
ism as II u were a" unknown quality
shot from som" raising meteor He
witt il supreme ~nlf -eNahatior would
rot rave been pleased to krow : az to-
day - " regarded a, forer,rr.r Of
Manet A. " exposition Of lss7 Naret
hut Repeated tactics iTtroduc..i hy
IouTCete a. - exposition ~ iSSS az hit
irg in special gallery. = liz irauguratirE
tho orc man ow TIE elder artist
was CalleI 6 - far or Of ratu ralism
also = a. TIC rist 81 TFirtirg. yet " at
long family y"',igr"a vas u, Not
20 speak 81 " SPA iards ere was first
CarAvagCIo "A r"eiI~t II ever ere Vas
ore. Iiszt Mas a precursor Of wagi er.
~ ma v n"ii"ve TO- Ieiv NagreTits-,l
htrt Marlows pr~C"ie Shakespeare.
ChAtesuhTiard Flauhsrt ard Flaut ert
Cola ard ne MaupassaTt to mel tior
At random a few cNamplcs' T ere are
num"-ous Irrocsrt persors " O speak
nf ID" Maupassa I a. verfect flower
ing Of tlaut"rt blossom T ere
fore v" prefer To- -.e m Gintaya Courn.t
gia' r"slist VII sffiiiaiiors ~ past
ara . tor"Iu'i ~. u YOU will. ~ Me- ct
Whistler ant a toz,r 9, or mc-
HIS was m" healthi"st ~ t.np.ra.nsuts
coming IN Pr understanding with the
m"ei depressing II theories tn slightly
ml~Iuoi" phrs-- - Walter Pater's
He was confirmed -rcahst the
painted Courh"j Mover was q more t,.r-
Honal vision. hu' ~ faded ~ rrvcr' To lis
the flaming ranpsrts Of tho world ~.
had %" iine glna' ion aud while his influence
rot h" 10y no means achieved IA. other
eide Of cit. the vast uplands Of III. spir-
itus, Born the same yea ,. Walt whit
man, with whom be hrs many conta-ts
I've vas imprisoned by what he called IN.
acrIai a. the America never wa Tn.
Beyond. the Divine Escape. meant for
Dourbet solid sIrftcHs thick p.int and
the normal vision He - nasrer To- Znla
fhr Whitman a.tt "A.
81 Gr-Ss;- Zola who seldom rose sboys
the literature ~ Tho gutter. won much
~ his r"nown ~ his =ocIs'istic pI,-i-
tud"s His essential c0rrmonness Of .tyle
his lrcsS nj vision ms intolervhIa cna-s..-
n~-- -"~ forgiven nm nv uncririr-I srn.
tim,ai",isis who are disarrned nv IN.
T'Nrro,like rere. ition nf -frs'srnity, eausI-
ity- md Other spacious O. nd NEE gless
Norcr- tn" pointer was altogether the
bigger man than the novelist
'ourhat wiS a r"yolu'Ionist with nick
az" a. We'll a. palette IA deed a. we'll As
IN paint III" wa born ~ Ornans IN the
DoIh> June In. isIl b. died near V.y.y
t~It S"riaud p'""mrer g. 49, In 1871
b" joined N" Communists. who entrusted
him With ~" 'harE.. 81 museums IN Paris
He took Leading pat n the destruction
W i'Hf 'h'4UIII u 'f|H' race \ eflnpTTle and
on the fan II ~" Commune h. was CON
demn'd 20 sN months imprisonment A.
we'll a. -" payment ~ an indemnity for
his >nar" ~ the outrage How Implsc-
ably b." was opposed 10 the romantic IN
art. that on" evening - y l. NIacI oil
relate, %" stood With some friends watch
ing a sunset. b" pointed out to them the
lovely s"-.e~ of ,r"puS-ular tInts. from
roc" down to asly gray. and then h.
cried l"U know now why have tried
To- Kill 'r,~ vile IDEAL m art when he
VAS ly!gg on Boo, iea'hb"i his friends con.
trlNed. though % was snowy winter. that
sn'ns exquisite fruit should be- brought
Ia him ~" held tho fruit long m his
hands. weeping Then -orna young girI.
ram" "a 20 say goOd-by Ia him He
cooked around FOR q picture To give them.
could not rrd on" and gave them the
fr'nt human with bug heart was
tbs pIrp"t
Nuth"r saws that Courhst announced ~ b
- his prograru" 20 express the. manners
ideas and asf,.-ct Of ms age IN a word 10
Great" living art ". described himself
n ~ lover - h. S"rIte vrdr" But one NAV
question hoN far his figures and N.
"nvIronT' NJ ~ them ar" trlI. ~ color
Nr"r" there l. = delightful suhtlatv of
f""'ing r'IaL,"- 10 nature an oppressive
ouHgI" h"d-Iu"-s u found IN this modern
iaravaggIo n" certainly PAINTED modern
sion" breakers, hut ~ was m the tone of .
-aIrt- 81 IA" -.v-utsenth century Spanish
school His PICTURES Il artisans have b
too often the odor of the museum The
home of hIs men and women - not the
open 'n'd Of Ornans but that room m
IN" Low" wh"r" hang the oanvases Of
taravaggIo "" do not alioget her sub
scrIh" 70 these sentiments 81 the errIdito
professor i"t. a. Paul GauguIn pro.
claimed many 4 masterpiece looks like
a dauh. and we may remark m turn that
sometimes ~" most Realistic painting ~
bottom rests on romantic foundation
I oIrbet lIs" hI- generation. played A.
p. Sfn IA q romaL,." fashion or wee
versa
pamphle'""r 81 Ingrist tendencies
write. VIZ Mactail. rsprDache, Gourmet
witt giving up drawing and the slgnlf-