The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
ERNAND rELEZ. the painter Of
misery. died in Paris last August
in his studio on the Boulevard de
'lichy. next door to the Quat-z-

| / IllS'Is, uItu III IdIlS last august
in his studio on the Boulevard de
'lichy. next door to the Quat-z.
Arts Cabaret and within sight of what
ali tdr world knows as "Montmartre
life. There he had worked for quar-
ter of a century for love of what h"
produced refusing To exhibit his pic
lures, unwilling to sell them, and only
a. rarr intervals conserving to paint
md part with a duplicate. In this
| Eudo three pupils of the class he con-
tnuci 10 teach until the last, Nine.
cAaI.'s Il" 'holot, Mile. Mennecier and
MI. Achdrd. vino nursed him during
bis 'ast Illness. have organized an ex-
n!b'.ua Of some thirty % his draw
ngs ana paintings. from his first work,
small landscape, To his last canvas,
'The Chapel" which shows woman
| in black. knce!ing at an altar and above
her a window with a crucified Christ in
stain,j glass.
MS,ry and poverty, the homeless beg
gar tn starved little street vender, the
wreck Of humanity are ;'e subjects OF
his pictures. only occasionally Is a
different note struck. as. for instance,
the white face and haggard eyes Of a
WON n dressed in black IN THE Vitriol
ThroH' rhis ! 'c'u-. is a portrait
from life. The original sti.l lives AMI
her victim, - rather Intended victim.
Tor her attempt fa,'cd. WAS the artist
himself
| No trar" OF hippinc -, or e;en cheer
uineSs not TO speak Of gayety. Is to
oe seen iu these canN asses; nothing but
shh.u ,u.urug, negative tones. In
deed toward the end Of his life one
OF his pupils r"nart>s I. ''he souGl, ,nly
He Iu" and she pointed to his last
Sketch "Tur FIgurants," as evidence.
II il has 10 na admitted that these
plcturcs son IA number, exert a de-
pressnE Dff"t, /. must be noted that
when shown lnjlv''ualiy at exhii,n 40
mey hay" produced SO profound an i'm
preston that pc opla have sought to
give practical effect to their pity. When
hum'l'>S, or the Olica.its," was ex-
nibllcd at the 1888 Salon, and 1t became
known that pelcz had reproduced o
efoup lac had actualls' seen and not
mef"I} some models, over $4,000 was
subs un Ii'"h foe nm to give to the family.
When n" "l.em"h Seller" was shown In
Lohd' D copper coins were constantly
eins placed on thc frame ami punches
N"l"ts thrown before II by those
| l,. he utAvn
under tn" big Ia.
humanity; or Christ in the Square,
vas fel"1s work for the 1896 Salon. 1t
Varies out on a larger scale the idea
ms 'irreconcilables" OF 1882, q poor
s"nu beside rich one. Christ on q
shadow ross looks down on the poor
.nu u" rich. Half a dozen Of the uni
.o''uhat" ones Of the world are seated
VI bench, while on chairs In the
.ehtre are well dressed fortunate bOur-
seoA, with servants to look after their
qually wcll dressed children.
re'ez, who had obtained third class
-'e1ai at the 1876 Salon, second class
s4eoai IN 1879 and first In 1880. had
ed' hopes Of obtaining the medal OF
!" with this painting. which was the
s s OF the year. He was disap.
Tnv'hled' the medal was awarded to
Ssehner' and from that date Pelez re
eu 10 exhibit or sell his canvases
~ those who came to buy he wOult
am no furniture provider for thu
vurseols, Some day I may paint thu
terrible"
ms picture, Humanity" gave ris'
we belief that Pelez, who had become
sec'nse was socialistic, II not revOlu