Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25
ARTISTS IN THE WAR
Musicians, Painters and SculptOrs
Serving in All the Armies.

The world has not forgotten that t.
nous saying of Henri Regnault, for al
though made 10 years ago X is to-day
typical of the calm heroism of the French
artist who has gone to the firing line. In
1870 Regnault said. They are beating
mamma ! fly to her assistance" Reg
nault went and fell on the grim field Of
Buzenval in 1871. In very much the same
manner his felow-artists of another L.
cade are dying in the trenches in Alsace
and near the heights of Notre Dame lie
Lorette. Imaginative, sensitive, delicate,
knowing the horrorj of war before ex-
periencing them. a double courage is at
tached to the artist when he braves the
dangers and the horrors of battle There
are some brave men fighting for Franc:
but none drawer than the knights of tn
whose matchless illustrations of the
works of Francois Vilon, himself a
creature Of adventure. is by his own
wish in the firing line. Francois de
Marliave is fighting for the republic as
a lieutenant of reserve.
From the Luxembourg to the Lys is
far cry, but Leon Broquct. having hung
his canvas in Frances palace of art. his
journey. He fought at tn battle of the
Marine in the cyclist corps to which he
is attached. Horace Colmaire distinguish
ed himself at Arras. one of Frances
most famous architects. Rene Mirland
, premier grand prix de Rome in 1911, was
promoted on the field Of honor at Ypres
Albert Gleizes. the famous cubist, is also
at the front, Holbauer, Henri Roger and
To, leo i
their artistic ideals to the defense of
France. Sculptors too numerous to men
ton. cubsts. futurists and architects are
doing their service. Their paint brushes
are laid aside; their hand is on the sword.
To-day the attics of Montmartre are
empty save for some model who keeps
memories fresh against the day when the
master who immortalized her returns to
lay aside his military coat and slip on
the soft velvet once again. Only the
aged artists are seen; the younger ones
have gone off to fight for La Patrie,"
to get color for many q picture that in
future years shall grace the halls of
Frances museum Of art.
Britain has the same story to tell.
Her artists are out on the fields of war
also Charles Sargent Jaeger. the bril-
| liant young sculptor who was recently
| awarded the grand priX de Rome. is in
the trenches with the artists corps,
Richard Goulden, another Sculptor. is with
the engineers Oswald Burley. whose
| picture is now attracting attention at the
Royal academy, is fighting for his coun-
| try: SO Is George Hendry OF the rifle
brigade. A good story is told of Mr..
| Herdry. who has proved himself master
| of another art, and can claim the dis
| tinction of having been the first to play
the bagpipes In war in Belgium since
| Waterloo. He uses the sef-same
'chanter" or mouthpiece. that was used
| on the field Of 1915. To see Hendry cheer
| ing the men on the march is a sight for
sore eyes" said one soldier, and when
days get dull II is he who entertains us
In the trenches Henry Tonks, Mouat
Loudan, Townsend. the art editor of
| Punch, Arthur Rackham. whose fairies
and elves and gnomes have delighted a
| thousand book lovers, and Harrison
| Townsend are all in khaki
In the German and Austrian ranks.
| artists of all kinds are as fervent to the
| patriotic ideal That creator of delight
| full waltz tunes, Franz Lehar. in fight
| ing against the Russians. has been I'M
| fortunate enough to get captured, as also
| has his brother artist Leo Fall, the
talented composer whose Dollar Prin-
cess music captivated London no: so
| many years ago Vienna Is a gloomy
city to-day with these two of its leading
lights In the enemy's hands, for tho
tunes Of Fall and Lehar once filled the
cafes. and 1t is said that you hardly
| hear one Of their melodies these days,
for out Of compliment to these musical
and endorsed Austrians their airs are not
| played
Kreisler has also come in contact with
the orchestration of the guns. so sadly
dissimilar to the haunting charm of the
great art of which he was such mas
| ter.-From 7. P.'s Journal