El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-02-26
Famous Paintings by Noted Artists:
Guido REM and His "The Aurora"

but with fresh and tender colors- He
was able 10 express grieI or terror
L without destroying the beauty OF his
. faces. and his women are particularly
I attractive Guido became the rage in
] Rome But his frantic success de-
Z str0yed him While idol Of the peo-
] pie with a handsome income from
] the Roman church where he was en-
Z gagged in fresco work, he flung his
money about lavishly. He was a
mighty gambler But suddenly MS
stay at Rome ended. It came about
Anrered BY Cardinal.
A cardinal. displeased with Guides
actions and carelessness, sarcastical-
~ reminded the artist that years ago,
400 scudi had been paid out Of the
church Golfer for an altar piece that
should have been painted for st.
Peters and at that time Guido had
not even commenced it The artist in
a rage. threw down the money and
few days later he went bag and bag
gage. to Bologna. never TO return to
Rome. All effort to get him back per
manently. failed Pope Paul Y has
tened 10 apologize, begged him to re-
turn to finish his uncOmpleted fres-
Goes. and even sent an equipage TO
meet him This he did, but he went
back as soon as possible to Bologna.
where he established a school and
lived in splendor Now his art de-
generated. He descended into the
depths Of sentimentality because il
vas the spirit OF the age. The refOrma-
tion had shaken the world. The
Protestant church began 10 grow in
numbers and in strength.
The Catholic church was losing its
hold on many Of the people They
rose up 10 meet this crisis and used
as their principal aid. the order Of the
Jesuits. But there was a more vital
~ Il H.
people Il was art The Roman
church endeavored TO attract the
masses by splendid new churches and
tried to arouse fresh interest in
sacred figures and events They
needed dramatic and emotional art TO
draw people 10 the Catholic church.
The Jesuits demanded II. Painting
was special hel1 because the art Of
that time was full Of realism and stir
ring pathOs-
AIways In Debt.
Thus Il was that Guido fell into the
lowest fern Of painting His extrav-
agance kept him always in debt. Even
with all the money he received from
his pupils he could not keep up his
lavish living He drained his money
so completely, that he was forced 10
sell his time at so much an hour. TO
certain dealers, one Of whom is said
10 have stood beside him watch IN 4
hand" while he worked This method
Of payment according TO the time il
took TO complete a picture caused 4
Guido 20 come into a -slap-dash COR I
Tentionaiism."
AS long as his money was earned I
by time AM not by the worth Of his
composition. he made no effort TO be I
original or individual His work was
characterless and insipid- THE long
procession says Mccall. of Ma !
donna's and Cleopatra's and SibyFs I
and the rest OF il. with eyes upcast {
emerged from his studio and spread Z
their sentimental selves over Europe"
These pictures which are to be found l
in almost all European collections, !
were high in price but low in merit I
But he had ceased 10 care for his art
as art. He valued It only for the
money IL furnished him
He boosted OF his skill in painting
women and used TO say that he had
200 different ways OF making eyes
look toward heaven, as is evident in
most of his works. His eXtravagance /
outrau his wealth At the age Of 81 he
took the fever. so common in the
southern countries. and died at BO-
logna- Although he died in heavy 3
debt. he was buried in great honor.