El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-01

} d E1lBRANDT VAN RTN has come
/ n to be known as the "Shakspore Of
Painting" IN him the art Of Holland
eliminated At the beginning OF his
1 century. the 18th, this sea-bound
country was just recuperating from
+ its long and desperate war with Spain
and had just begun to take on q ma
tional existence. And as Holland
lprospered materially, step by step, a
/ fearless literature and art advanced
accordingly The Dutch school OF
painting maintained its Independence
.of the church and aided by the rise
lof the republic. the religious reforma-
ton. and the rapid spread OF the arts
OF printing and engraving. they sue
. cessfully revOlte6 against repression
in traditional mannerisms.
Dutch religion expressed itself IN
the homes OF the people and IN their
: occupations Forced. by the stormy
and uncertain climate Of their coun-
Z Try. 70 stay indoors most Of the time,
I they made their hearthstones their
affairs II was natural that their COL
oring In art was not brilliant. but the
: Spanish brought rich silk Of gaudy
colors 10 trade This was the only
source Of brilliancy that the environ
NHlEILE o. E-OAA4u4 aLAUl4E4= ADlEE-
lcuently the Dutch became masters OF
I inner light, transparent light. that
I was dark but luminous. The style Of
! Hollands early artists IS expressive
Z OF country which had Just gained its
; INDEPENDENCE II was fmpressionfstfc
I because # had a certain dash that i'm
presses one with what the person is
doing at the moment This Is charac-
teristic OF Dutch art It caught the
spirit Of fleeing moment
Pictures Kept in Homes.
! Great museums were not erected to
keep their art treasures. but after the
Z pictures were painted they were hung
7 in their homes. They kept the interior
OF their homes always attractive As
their naval commerce grew. they were
financially able 10 support guilds and
I support the arts Just as religion was
the art stimulus Of Italy. so was
wealth the art stimulus Of Holland
The art Of the country was unknown
until suddenly Rembrandt made fl
famous.
Although many biOg-aphers have
pictured RemeEandt as the son Of 4
poverty stricken miller, more authen-
tic ones show that his father was al
ways prosperous and that the six chill
dren. Of which Rembrandt was the
youngest, received a good education.
Evincing a talent for painting when
very young. Rembrandt was sent to
the best masters OF the day. All Of his
teachers were famous and some be-
came famous for being his teachers
At 20 the boy left the studio Of last
man TO open one for himself II he
had wished to go TO Italy, as was the
custom OF the Dutch art students Of
the time. he could have easily OBJ
tanned the means from his parents. but
he did not care for the systems Of the
foreign art schools Perhaps he felt
in himself the realization Of perfect
Dutch his p
spread He received many commits
sions from the city ~ Amsterdam. TO
execute portraits Finally he decided
to move his studio there.
Greatest Commercial City-
Amsterdam was then the greatest
commercial city insEurope. The archi-
lecture was picturesque and attractive
70 an artists eye. Rembrandt's pu-
pills increased so that he had TO en-
E1ge a hall as a studio and mark Il
off by portions Many Of his pupils
became famous He not only estab-
lished himself at the head OF the new
Dutch Of Art, but he also became !
known as The Prince Of Etchers." so
fine was his school Of engraving. Dur
ing his early years in Amsterdam he
loved 20 make etchings Of himself IN
different positions with varying ex-
pressions. The following are some OF
the ways he reproduced himself: /
Rembrandt with the furred bonnet"
Making a WY face; With haggard
eyes," Smiling with open mouth
with the large nose" with round
face with squirting eyes" and so
on He made numberless portraits in
dark, with colors, among them q pic
turs Of q Tristan beauty who after
wards became his wife.
He introduced a new manner OF por-
trait painting, startling in its chiaros-
euro. svith a profound black in the
backgrounds. and deep shadows on the ;
faces, except on the cheek. nose and I
shoulder. where vivid lights fall" This !
sensational method was very effective