. The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. r-soaked earth and dripping trees fills the canvas. Thewhole picture breathes an air of pulsing spring to whichthe soft, clear colours add a delicate force. The generaltones are a dark gray, light green and brown, with hereand there reds, whites and yellows and a bit of blue inthe frock of the man under the apple-tree at the endof the path. It is thickly and heavily painted and isquite without the brilli
. The art of the Louvre, containing a brief history of the palace and of its collection of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticism of many of the principal pictures and their artists. r-soaked earth and dripping trees fills the canvas. Thewhole picture breathes an air of pulsing spring to whichthe soft, clear colours add a delicate force. The generaltones are a dark gray, light green and brown, with hereand there reds, whites and yellows and a bit of blue inthe frock of the man under the apple-tree at the endof the path. It is thickly and heavily painted and isquite without the brilliance of a Monet. But it has a feel-ing of the spirit of spring itself. The Church of Greville was bought by the state afterhis death in its present unfinished condition. Thequaint old church with is square low tower and over-hanging roof, is built upon a cliff. In the distance is aglimpse of the sea and in front on the path going by thechurch are a man and two sheep. About the clock-towermyriads of birds are flying. The gray stones of thechurch set the general scheme of colour. This is variedby the thin greens about the path and in the trees showingover the roofs of the village S3 <w PQW h Ofa h si CO 3 fa pqw H 0fa o Saiie fces Etats 361 The Bathers are two women, one of whom, seatedupon a hillock is helping her companion to go into thewater. This was painted by Millet when he was stillthe painter of nude women, and has the fresh colourand grace of that period. Rousseau, the first of the painters to go to Barbizon, hasfive canvases in this room. Of these, the Opening in theForest at Fontainebleau, is one of his greatest worksand is in a more completely finished condition thanusual with him. It shows his love of differentiating thedetails of a landscape and is a wonderful example of hispower to do this without sacrificing in the least thehomogeneity and effect of it as a whole. The foreground,with its weeds, rocks, twigs and bushes is carefully andconscientiously wo
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