. Art in France. their serene gravity through this vibrating style. Bes-nard preserves form admirably amidst his reflections; the jets oflight follow the modelling; the supple hatchings of the brush con-tinue to design even when the fantasies of the colour die out. Hehas painted some excellent portraits, in which the personahty of themodel is not too much dispersed in the capricious play of reflectionsamongst flowers and stufl^s (Figs. 906, 907). Gaston La Touche,Louis Picard, Mile. Dufan, and Cheret also practice this explosivedecoration. Invented by fervid Naturalists, the Impressionist lan-
. Art in France. their serene gravity through this vibrating style. Bes-nard preserves form admirably amidst his reflections; the jets oflight follow the modelling; the supple hatchings of the brush con-tinue to design even when the fantasies of the colour die out. Hehas painted some excellent portraits, in which the personahty of themodel is not too much dispersed in the capricious play of reflectionsamongst flowers and stufl^s (Figs. 906, 907). Gaston La Touche,Louis Picard, Mile. Dufan, and Cheret also practice this explosivedecoration. Invented by fervid Naturalists, the Impressionist lan-guage now serves for the ex-pression of pictorial fiction has emergedfrom sensation; a flame hasburst from matter. Henri Martin has at-tempted and succeeded in adecorative style in which hecombines the realism of Roll,the flickering sunlight of theImpressionists, the breadthand calm rhythm of Puvisde Chavannes. Men of ourown day, peasants or cityfolk, take attitudes sometimes pretentious. 880. — HAVMAKIXG. (Tlie , Paris.) 426 NATURALISM
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