. McClure's magazine. THE BURIAL OF ATALA. FROM A PAINTING BY GIRODET, IN THE LOUVRE. Atala, the heroine of a romance by Chateaubriand, was the daughter of a North AmericanIndian chief, passionately in love with the chief of another tribe, with whom she fled into thedesert. But having been religiously vowed to virginity by her mother, she remains faithful tothe vow, and finally in despair poisons herself. A CENTURY OF PAINTING. ^57. Fortune favored her in Italy,whence she went to Vienna,Prague, Dresden, and each and every capital thesame success, due to her talent,beauty, and amiabil
. McClure's magazine. THE BURIAL OF ATALA. FROM A PAINTING BY GIRODET, IN THE LOUVRE. Atala, the heroine of a romance by Chateaubriand, was the daughter of a North AmericanIndian chief, passionately in love with the chief of another tribe, with whom she fled into thedesert. But having been religiously vowed to virginity by her mother, she remains faithful tothe vow, and finally in despair poisons herself. A CENTURY OF PAINTING. ^57. Fortune favored her in Italy,whence she went to Vienna,Prague, Dresden, and each and every capital thesame success, due to her talent,beauty, and amiability, followedher; and at last arriving in , she remained thereuntil 1801, when she returned toParis. Some time after, shevisited England, where she re-mained three years, and thenreturned by way of Holland toFrance in 1809. The Academyof France and the academies ofall other European countriesadmitted her to membership. Indefatigable as a workerduring her long career, she pro-duced an immense number ofportraits; and while she paintedcomparatively few subject pict-ures, she arranged her modelsin so picturesque a fashion that,as in the example here given,her portraits have great charmof composition. With a virilegrasp of form, tempered thoughit be with grace, Madame Lebrunoffers an interesting example ofwomans work in art; and, whileshe has nothing to concede tothe painters of her time, is noless interesting as sho
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