Modern French Artists
Some of the modern French artists were appreciated by Americans before their genius was recognized at home. Certainly the Modern French Section is one of the strongest in the Museum. Romanticism, realism and impressionism are all to be seen in the work of their chief exponents. An afternoon might profitably be spent with the men of Barbizon (bar´-bee-zong). Corot’s (kor´-ro) poetic outlook upon nature is plain in each of twelve landscapes. The “Lane Through the Trees,” with a sense of cool shadow after the heat of a dusty road, is perhaps the best of them.
ENGLISH LANDSCAPE. By Thomas Gainsborough
LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES. By George Morland
Rousseau (roos-so) speaks a more rugged and direct language in the fifteen subjects by him. The sober “Gorges d’Apremont (gorge da´-pre-mong); Evening,” with a still luminous sky above the hills, is magnificent. Millet (mee´-yay) is represented by the famous “Sower,” with its rhythm and swing, an almost equally fine “Water-Carrier,” the impressive “Autumn” in the Fletcher Collection, and half a dozen others. Dupré (dyu´-pray) and Diaz (dee´-ath) have good pictures, and when has Troyon ever surpassed his superb “Holland Cattle”? Daubigny (daw-been´-yee), though he comes a bit later, is usually associated with these men. There are eight or nine of the subjects he used to find in punting about among the streams and back-waters of the Seine (sane) and Oise (wahz)—how intimate they seem!
LADY WILLIAMS. By Ralph Earle
