American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . t out for Diisseldorf. Heremained abroad five years, applying himself with the enthusiasm of one for whom art was notmerely a profession, a means of livelihood, but a sacred shrine, at which he worshipped withthe profound devotion of a neophyte. He became a pupil of Leutze, with whom he remainedduring the time of his stay at Diisseldorf. While there several of his most important works were executed. Among these was The Cap-tive Charger, now the property of Mr. S. M. Dodd of St. Louis. This I regard as the best ofall his w
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . t out for Diisseldorf. Heremained abroad five years, applying himself with the enthusiasm of one for whom art was notmerely a profession, a means of livelihood, but a sacred shrine, at which he worshipped withthe profound devotion of a neophyte. He became a pupil of Leutze, with whom he remainedduring the time of his stay at Diisseldorf. While there several of his most important works were executed. Among these was The Cap-tive Charger, now the property of Mr. S. M. Dodd of St. Louis. This I regard as the best ofall his works. It is a powerful composition, illustrative of the war of extermination between theraces, without the revolting details which by their presence would not add to the force withwhich the story is told, but cause one to shudder at the unnecessary portrayal of human fero-city. A small party of Indians have killed an army officer, who had doubtless ventured too farfrom camp, and are hurrying away with his horse and accoutrements. The eye of the finely AMERICAN ART 283. C. F. WlMAR. Engraved by G. Kruell.—From a Photograph. modelled charger shows by its angry glare thathe realizes the fate of his master and the charac-ter of those into whose hands he has fallen. Thecowardly savages know the dire vengeance whichwill swiftly follow the discovery of their crime,and, as they make their way through the prairiegrass, they look eagerly around for signs of thedreaded enemy. A gorgeous sunset fills the west-ern sky with gold dust, and tints the clouds withcrimson. The swarthy forms of the savages areedged with sun-rays reflected from sky and glory of the heavens diverts the attention ina measure from the hideous story of hate, theconflict between savagery and civilization, begunwith the advent of the white man upon the At-lantic coast, and which will end only when thelast red man is wounded unto death by the ex-terminator of his race. The Buffalo Hunt waspainted about the sam
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