The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-02

who impartiaIly studded the plctur"
without catalogue. d"-"r,lHcs II a.
Christ by night VITA "a lantern. but
Tor Hunt the meaning - Christianity
i Illuminating the universe with the mystic
light ~ fai:h aud seeking admission at
the long closed door % unbelisf II Vas
l,r'aus, - 'hl- implicit suggestion that
the work made au understandable ~susa-
! ton in England u had to 60 On pilgrim
age from town to town, aud Hundreds ot
thousands 81 TepTuductiCus were sold
| The pirti-tic feeling 81 this ascetic
preacher wis 80 strong that he wa~
: abide Ia venture un pictures like The
ScaIr.s'i'- Il 1850 without becoming
Cum,Cal
A STRIVING to attain the great'Si posi-
! bl. local truth had ls.d Holman Hunt to
the East when he began these Biblical
pictures lie spent several wears in
Palestine studying the Typographical
/ character of the land. it, buildings and lts
! people and sndeay orsd with IN" help 81
these actual men and women to re-
construct IN. events at Biblical history
Vith nntiuuarian fidelity To paint The
shadow 81 Death h" searched IN IN"
East until he discovered a lew wh" cor
/ responded To hls idea II christ and painter
him a strong man. IN" genuln" son OF
carpenter. with The truth I" nature with
which Hubert van EycS painted hIs Adam
though without tho genius of IN" great
, Flamingl The hair 81 the breast ana
legs are a. faithfully rendered as II one
saw The model in the glass Near thus
semi .nakei carpenter for h" - "nIN
clothed with leathsrn apron there
kneels a mndern Eastern woman bowed
over a chest m winch various Oriental
vessels ar. wing III" ground - covered
with woud shavmgs. Up 10 TINS point
n "A natrIralstiC picture from me modern
Fast But Hunts pIouS sentiment NAV
he s.san. n L. the eve II a festival the sun
casts us diving RAYS into the room; the
i,,,rp.vuan Carrenter YEARLY stretches
ou, hrs arms and the shadow 81 his body
de-cr,hs- upon the wall IN" prophetic
form IL the cross
What N,thar did not add Was that for
any we'll lnsr ructai ,udsnt 81 arr history
the device was an old and trusfy one
y,, may -lnmon from the vasfy heavens
.,cr..d sentiment but u will not always
cnpa when YOU do summon Hunt
meyer discovered this. nor did James
Tisso,. the sad nan ~ IL is that other folk
didn't discover the absence % genuine
religious emotion The truth is, ours -
n,t the age ~ faith as far "a ar is con
cernad Another Hunt picture repre-
-..u,..d RI. discovery Of Jesus ia the tenn
pie: a third the hock which had been
asiray following the good shepherd into
HE fathers fold On his picture ~ the
fiish, into Egypt. or. as he has called 1t
The Triumph of the Innocent-.- he pub
li.hed a pamphlet Of twelve pages. IN
which ne dslves into all the hist orical
events connect 81 with the picture
With tho loyalty u historian; he dis
cusSes everything in what month the
AiRht took place and by what route. the
age Of Christ to what race belonged the
natient iackass on which he rode. and
Whit clothes were worn by Mary and
Joseph One might he forgiven for
thinking such a production the absurd
-Tusion ~ a whimsical pedant were It
not that Hunt il 30 gTimly in earnest IN
the matter.
After speaking Of Mulready being on
the line Of water oolorists who by their
notation 81 color in shadow as well n
light we're sapping and mining the megilp
chIaroscuro Of oil Mr.. MaCColl dwell-
upon the work - Holman Hunt as one
Of IN. plradoN-s Of the imagination.
He USES art as rebuke To itself, 10 all
the mot YES that ordinarily inspire II.
the lust ~ the eye IN" pride Of life, the
Iov Of sanse. the passion II love. the
delight - show When Millais proposed
To- paint lovers whispering against a
vail Hunt sternly checked him. That
was no fit subject for painting there
must ba a conflict ~ love and duty When
he paints tSO lusty nIstiCs IA field n
I H. 20 rebuke tho instinct that max - them
embrace Hunts sheep are always
strayai. his lovers have always a guilty
conscience All that To- Rossetti vac q
starting pom. for shrine building and
Wi-tful idolatry supplies 10 this puritan
prophet a motive for castIgation and
p-nlnc~.
The arr ~ show thus IN arms against
herself did not give easily the means ~
mprtifica'io and punishment. but Hunt
found them Indirectly by tssking his
eye and hand 10 uneKs IMPLIED truthful.
ness avenged and wr eakcd himself on
hIs wicked instinct o. Iainting NV exact %
INK au intense. unforRiving d"nunciatory
detail Thinga that N" accommodating
friendly. bea uty seeking eve has shrlnk
from started ou' under this accusing
excited scrutiny. and b. made over 10
ia. i-.lu'v seekers new world But
he. the prus.curpr Il beauty. uut tn.
wpper. wrought out mosaic ~ colOred
tones ~ AN eye might $500 them. an inch
At a time, matted 10 each induI-ItOrIa lly
such honesty oy'rrelched itself. stripped
aspect - all its mOder'y and made n a
aayed and fewer stricken thing
Tho method nv which tins painting
was wrought came. a. Mr. Maa'oll has
pointed out, from water color WilkIe
noted that English oil painting was stead
ilv becoming a Hat color Mosaic from
thus csus" and Iewlss minute
EASTERN vIt"r color- were perhaps a
lat hnk q" the typical Pre- Raphaelits
praCtic.. Wake met Lewis at ConstAn-
tinopla m $50 lie had disappeared
from England Tor "a period of twelve
years. leaving two styles behind hun
The wear 1850 mad. his new manner
famous Tor has -Harsem- wls exhibited
at the old Water Color society
Wilkes journals were published IN
ISIJ. and "" NAV guess that a reading
- tho one and a vr"S 81 m" others were
among the directing causes ~ Hunts
pIQriinag. Their. on the one side va.