The International Studio /June 1915 . Bucn« * ness and grace, if not oF^T^^Z^ Th t M «** ««- °* the series. I er, tne memon of The magnificent decoration of the City Hall of Paris, The Joys ofLife 1895), is the culmination of thatperiod. Since then, timeaccompli b ing its mission, the matureand serene artist hasfollowed two series of inspiration in hisproductions, here and there a note ofbitterness, of sinisterand quivering [hu-man distress, as inthe striking picture,I fter the Sorrow, of1000, contiguous with the resplendent nudes of The Kiss of the Sun, The Womanith a Dog or ThePink Room. At
The International Studio /June 1915 . Bucn« * ness and grace, if not oF^T^^Z^ Th t M «** ««- °* the series. I er, tne memon of The magnificent decoration of the City Hall of Paris, The Joys ofLife 1895), is the culmination of thatperiod. Since then, timeaccompli b ing its mission, the matureand serene artist hasfollowed two series of inspiration in hisproductions, here and there a note ofbitterness, of sinisterand quivering [hu-man distress, as inthe striking picture,I fter the Sorrow, of1000, contiguous with the resplendent nudes of The Kiss of the Sun, The Womanith a Dog or ThePink Room. At thesame time of the sec-ond part of The Joys the old quarryman Life, Art, Motion,Labour and Light indicate a striving for ex-pression, more complex, a noble uneasiness ofa mind in quest of a higher, more comprehensive ,nd human art. Also the great canvas of ipoS,which the artist has entitled Through Nature to-ward Humanity, and which has taken a place in he Sorbonne; finally the ceiling, recently placed solution of the out falling into thetrivialitv of shallowor flat naturalism)to the most delicateand most full-blownflowers, which heknows how to fash-ion without a touchof academic insipid-ness. Whether Rollpaints an old peasantshowing the ravagesof age, or a radiantand enchanting vis-ion of the nude formof a young maiden,it is in himself thathe verifies the phil-osophical adage that beauty is the splen-dour of truth. Heshows the same deeppassion in his pursuit I of plastic reality as by alfred philippe roll when he applies him-self with an untiringenergy to produce that ideal of luminous truth bymeans of unceasing effort. His contemporariesand his rivals at times attempt to attain the samedegree of greatness, but their audacity does notalarm him; on the contrary, they always find inhim a sympathetic companion also seeking the in the Petit Palais at Paris, where triumphs ayoung and audacious Republic, all in vivid red,in the midst of figures of geniuses, philosoph
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