. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. lie cliildlike glimpse of nature, tlie aiilhro[)omor-pliic view which is the child-mans. Sohtude is terrible; so also the intrusion of the actual. I-ikc the an-cients, he peopled nature with beings of his own creation: sweetly impersonal, responsive only to his ownmood. To Corot life was one unbroken harmony, llien ne trouble sa fin, cest le soir dun beau jour. Hissister, with whom the old bachelor lived, died in the October of 1874. On February 23d of the followingyear, when he
. Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia. lie cliildlike glimpse of nature, tlie aiilhro[)omor-pliic view which is the child-mans. Sohtude is terrible; so also the intrusion of the actual. I-ikc the an-cients, he peopled nature with beings of his own creation: sweetly impersonal, responsive only to his ownmood. To Corot life was one unbroken harmony, llien ne trouble sa fin, cest le soir dun beau jour. Hissister, with whom the old bachelor lived, died in the October of 1874. On February 23d of the followingyear, when he had just completed his seventy-ninth year, he was heard to say as he lay in bed, drawing inthe air with his fingers; Mon Dieii, liow beautiful that is—the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen!On his deathbed his friends brought him the medal struck to commemorate his jubilee, and he said: Itmakes me happy to know that one is so loved; I have had good parents and dear friends. I am thankfulto God. With these words he passed away—the sweetest poet-painter and the tenderest soul of thenineteenth CHARLES FRANCOIS DAUBIGNY 1817-1878 Charles Fran9ois Daubigny, the youngest of the men now known as the Bar-bizon painters, was born in Paris in 1817. His father was a teacher of drawing, andhis uncle and aunt were miniature painters of enough importance to have their workexhibited at the Salon. With strong inherited artistic tastes, pencils and paint natu-rally became the playthings of his youth, and long before he had reached his majoritythey were the means of his daily livelihood. He began his artistic work by ornament-ing articles of household use. He afterwards learned the art of engraving and etching,and became an illustrator of books. In painting he was a pupil of Paul as a candidate for the Prix de Rome, not by competition, but because,ignorant of the rules, he was absent on the day when the preparations began, he reso-lutely determined to save
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