The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-15

wonderful work The collection dis
plays such glad spirit. She also
spoke of the Metropolitan Museum
and the pictures presented by Ben
tamin Altman. Mrs.J. w. Bryan read
an interesting paper on Millet. taking
the place of Mrs Ida Franzheim. II
Will be published later.
In speaking OF Millet Mrs. Wood
said there was so much simplicity dis
played in his paintings and he painted
only the essential. with poetry and
pathos OF the simple life. Various
pictures illustrated the talk. The
Libyou SibyL Michael Angela. which
was so loved by Millet. was shown and
the two artists compared. Comparison
OF Millet and Corot were made. Mrs.
Andrew Brown read the following
short but interesting paper on Dupre:
Jules Dupre was born at Nantes
IN 1911. At an early age he was
placed in his fathers porcelain fac
tory to gain his own living. He had
decides taste for art and was put
TO painting the faces on porcelain
clocks. Later Dupre went TO Paris
where he met Corot. a boy friend.
who took him TO the Louvre where
the views OF the fine paintings seem
ed TO stimulate the young Jules. He
then and there decided to become n
landscape painter and to work from
nature. He boarded with a member
OF the young men. AL designers and
daubers OF signs. Every Sunday they
would go 10 Paris through the Louvre
along the banks OF the Seine-inquis-
tive. dreamy: eager TO see and to
learn. The repetition of these walks
grew into pictures later on.
AT the age OF nineteen he made
his debut The following paintings:
Haute Vienna. lille Adam and Mont
morency which the Critic Lenormany
sized at once as calm and peaceful
pactures-healthy and attractive. II
Is impossible 10 speak OF Dupre and
not Rousseau for they were great
friends and their paintings were en-
tirely opposite in thought Dupre
depicted the calm and peaceful pas
lures. Rousseau the mountain precl-
pices. furious torrents and chaos.
Dupre was devoted to his mother and
II was she who presided over his
household which incIuded Rousseau.
These three were known TO be so de-
voted as 10 turn down any invitation
which excluded either.
In lSiS Dupre had some trouble with
4 fouSNfiu over the Legion or Honor
medal, OF which Dupre had received
the cross. This affected Dupre so
much that he went into retirement for
a number 81 years. In 1853 he paint.
ed three pictures in which the critic
sees much change-he was growing
too precise. His charming scenes OF
rustic genre I'm the Haymakers and
the shepherd are most beautiful. He
has two extremely characteristic
works in the LuXcnburG-No Morning and
Evening. In the International Exhibit
AZ Paris. 1867. ne had twelve land
scapes. In 1883 Duprc exhibited eight
landscapes az the T!ennial Exposition
o. the age o; Il years. still maintain
ing In them the principles he had en-
phasized in the beginning. by master
J. harmonizing OF parts. and hence
unity-he makes deep impression.
q his overpoWcrs his slight defects
Dupre stands high as a colorist. and
Les l.andes is perhaps the greatest OF
al tho painters carvasses I'm the
Louvre. and is grey toned. Above al
trees. Dupre loved the oak In all its
moods under the morning light. dark
cnpd against the evening sky. half dis
solved OF its redeemed leaves. or fun
cf rich grcencry"