. What pictures to see in America. ture painter of note during Na-poleons time. One of his pictures, IsabeysBoat, that had immense success at the FrenchSalon in 1820, was a portrait group of himselfand family. At this time Eugene was a ladin his teens. The sons talents turned moreto marine-painting. In 1830 he went to Al-giers in an expedition of that year as royalmarine-painter. This Street Scene (Fig. 80)has much of the Algerian spirit in it. Thatnarrow passageway, with its bordering acute-gabled houses serrated against the sky, leadsinto uncanny byways of the mysterious strange f
. What pictures to see in America. ture painter of note during Na-poleons time. One of his pictures, IsabeysBoat, that had immense success at the FrenchSalon in 1820, was a portrait group of himselfand family. At this time Eugene was a ladin his teens. The sons talents turned moreto marine-painting. In 1830 he went to Al-giers in an expedition of that year as royalmarine-painter. This Street Scene (Fig. 80)has much of the Algerian spirit in it. Thatnarrow passageway, with its bordering acute-gabled houses serrated against the sky, leadsinto uncanny byways of the mysterious strange fascination thrown over us by astreet scene like this is a curious example ofthe power artists have over our imaginationsand emotions. Another French artist whose individualitymarks him as an original thinker was HenriHarpignies (1818- ). He literally forged hisway to greatness through the power of hiswill—he compelled admiration rather thangained it. His picture of the Cottage in theWoods (Fig. 81) holds us by its very Fig. 80—Street Scene. Eu^fene Isabey. Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.
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